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brighn
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The seven letter word game, 3rd edition
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Jan 6 04:59 UTC 2002 |
[Restart of puzzle item 155. Here's the text of that item's intro:]
This is the 7-letter word game. It works like this: One person is "it".
That person thinks of a seven-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 "privacy", then the scoring might go like this:
waffles 0 (no letters in common with privacy)
splashy 1 (both splashy and privacy have y as the 7th letter)
spinach 3 (spinach and privacy match in 3 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 . It's customary for the person
who's "it" to store a list of all the current guesses in a file called
letter.match7 in his or her home directory. So for instance if kentn is
"it", the guesses so far will be in ~kentn/letter.match7 .
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brighn
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response 1 of 1021:
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Jan 6 05:08 UTC 2002 |
okie dokie, I'm thinking of a seven-letter word that isn't:
yokeage 0 (lastword)
Status: Rare word, slightly more known than yokeage
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kentn
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response 2 of 1021:
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Jan 6 05:55 UTC 2002 |
unearth
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brighn
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response 3 of 1021:
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Jan 6 06:04 UTC 2002 |
unearth 0 (kentn)
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gelinas
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response 4 of 1021:
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Jan 6 06:23 UTC 2002 |
accrues
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rcurl
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response 5 of 1021:
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Jan 6 06:29 UTC 2002 |
Puzzle Item 161: The seven letter word game, 3rd edition, has been linked
to Language Item 114.
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brighn
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response 6 of 1021:
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Jan 6 18:39 UTC 2002 |
accrues 1 (gelinas)
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kentn
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response 7 of 1021:
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Jan 7 02:19 UTC 2002 |
witness
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gelinas
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response 8 of 1021:
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Jan 7 02:47 UTC 2002 |
actuary
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brighn
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response 9 of 1021:
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Jan 7 14:55 UTC 2002 |
witness 0 (kentn)
actuary 0 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 10 of 1021:
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Jan 7 15:40 UTC 2002 |
bananas
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brighn
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response 11 of 1021:
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Jan 7 16:00 UTC 2002 |
bananas 0 (aruba)
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gelinas
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response 12 of 1021:
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Jan 7 18:23 UTC 2002 |
cramped
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brighn
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response 13 of 1021:
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Jan 7 19:12 UTC 2002 |
cramped 1 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 14 of 1021:
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Jan 7 20:21 UTC 2002 |
clapper
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brighn
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response 15 of 1021:
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Jan 7 21:44 UTC 2002 |
clapper 1 (aruba)
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gelinas
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response 16 of 1021:
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Jan 8 03:53 UTC 2002 |
accrual
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brighn
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response 17 of 1021:
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Jan 8 04:25 UTC 2002 |
accrual 0 (gelinas)
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blaise
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response 18 of 1021:
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Jan 8 16:44 UTC 2002 |
swollen
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brighn
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response 19 of 1021:
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Jan 8 17:27 UTC 2002 |
swollen 2 (blaise)
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aruba
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response 20 of 1021:
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Jan 9 02:54 UTC 2002 |
Paul, is there any chance we could get you to start keeping a letter.match7
file?
sweeten
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brighn
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response 21 of 1021:
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Jan 9 06:50 UTC 2002 |
I'll try to set one up tomorrow. I'm exhausted tonight.
sweeten 2 (aruba)
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blaise
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response 22 of 1021:
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Jan 9 19:57 UTC 2002 |
youthen
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brighn
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response 23 of 1021:
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Jan 9 20:01 UTC 2002 |
Can I get a definition on that?
youthen 2 (blaise)
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gelinas
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response 24 of 1021:
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Jan 9 22:10 UTC 2002 |
redoubt
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