The Inventory on the Desert Island

Nelson was stranded on a desert island and did the only sensible thing: he started a filing system. Name the one thing he could not classify.

Subordinating conjunctionTry although or because.Irregular past tense verbA past tense that does not end in -ed: hit, shot, spun.Descriptive adjectiveTry barnacled, pristine, or ominous.Concrete common nounSomething you can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch: harpsichord, mailbox, wheelbarrow.Adverb (how)Try patiently, smugly, or crookedly.Irregular past tense verbA past tense that does not end in -ed: stuck, struck, sold.

6 down, 5 to go

Collective nounA word that names a group of people or things: committee, scuttle, audience.Mild interjection (comma)Try Fine, Gentlemen, or Right.Adverb (how)Try flatly, bitterly, or formally.Adverb (how)Try silently, promptly, or rudely.Plural concrete nounMore than one thing you can touch: bottles, oars, deckchairs.

Every blank has to be filled before this one can finish. Let's go.