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gelinas
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Six-letter word game, 12th edition
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Jan 15 03:02 UTC 2004 |
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\/_/\ \/\ \ \___ /\_\ ____ is the 6-letter word game. It works like
\ \ \ \ \ _ `\/\ \ /',__\ this: One person is "it". That person
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \/\__, `\ thinks of a six-letter word. It must be a
\ \_\ \ \_\ \_\ \_\/\____/ real, English word, which can be found in
\/_/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/___/ some dictionary.
Other players try to guess the word, and their guesses must also be real,
English words. The person who is "it" scores the guesses according to how
many letters in the guess match those in the word he's thinking of. So for
instance, if the word is "spring", then the scoring might go like this:
/--------------------------------------------------------------\
| waffle 0 (no letters in common with spring) |
| cranny 1 (both cranny and spring have n as the 5th letter) |
| apples 1 (both apples and spring have p as the 2nd letter) |
| string 5 (string and spring match in 5 places) |
\--------------------------------------------------------------/
etc. The game continues until someone guesses a word, and then that
person becomes "it", and the whole thing starts over again.
Complete rules are in ~rcurl/letter.match . A list of all words used
throughout the history of the game is in ~rcurl/l.m.words . It's customary
for the person who's "it" to store a list of all the current guesses in a
file called letter.match6 in his or her home directory. So for instance
if kentn is "it", the guesses so far will be in ~kentn/letter.match6 .
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gelinas
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response 1 of 1012:
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Jan 15 03:13 UTC 2004 |
So I'm thinking of a six-letter word that is not
omnium 0 (lastword)
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naftee
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response 2 of 1012:
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Jan 15 03:51 UTC 2004 |
batter
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gelinas
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response 3 of 1012:
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Jan 15 04:30 UTC 2004 |
batter 1 (naftee)
The current state of the guess is in ~gelinas/letter.match6
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kentn
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response 4 of 1012:
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Jan 15 12:30 UTC 2004 |
series
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gelinas
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response 5 of 1012:
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Jan 15 13:28 UTC 2004 |
series 0 (kentn)
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albaugh
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response 6 of 1012:
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Jan 15 18:53 UTC 2004 |
worlds
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gelinas
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response 7 of 1012:
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Jan 15 20:46 UTC 2004 |
worlds 0 (albaugh)
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naftee
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response 8 of 1012:
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Jan 16 02:57 UTC 2004 |
WOw, gelinas is on the ball.
bitter
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gelinas
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response 9 of 1012:
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Jan 16 04:47 UTC 2004 |
bitter 2 (naftee)
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aruba
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response 10 of 1012:
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Jan 16 20:59 UTC 2004 |
bistro
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albaugh
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response 11 of 1012:
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Jan 16 21:15 UTC 2004 |
beasts
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gelinas
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response 12 of 1012:
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Jan 16 21:32 UTC 2004 |
bistro 3 (aruba)
beasts 0 (albaugh)
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blaise
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response 13 of 1012:
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Jan 16 21:38 UTC 2004 |
bilked
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gelinas
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response 14 of 1012:
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Jan 16 22:27 UTC 2004 |
bilked 1 (blaise)
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albaugh
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response 15 of 1012:
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Jan 16 22:36 UTC 2004 |
saving
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naftee
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response 16 of 1012:
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Jan 16 23:16 UTC 2004 |
sitter
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gelinas
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response 17 of 1012:
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Jan 16 23:36 UTC 2004 |
saving 0 (albaugh)
sitter 2 (naftee)
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albaugh
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response 18 of 1012:
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Jan 16 23:57 UTC 2004 |
waiter
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gelinas
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response 19 of 1012:
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Jan 17 00:17 UTC 2004 |
waiter 1 (albaugh)
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aruba
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response 20 of 1012:
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Jan 17 14:10 UTC 2004 |
canary
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kentn
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response 21 of 1012:
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Jan 17 16:32 UTC 2004 |
distal
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gelinas
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response 22 of 1012:
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Jan 17 19:19 UTC 2004 |
canary 0 (aruba)
distal 4 (kentn)
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aruba
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response 23 of 1012:
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Jan 18 00:41 UTC 2004 |
pistol
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gelinas
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response 24 of 1012:
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Jan 18 00:59 UTC 2004 |
pistol 6 (aruba)
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