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rcurl
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Six Letter Word Game (5th Edition)
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Sep 7 03:05 UTC 1996 |
In the Six Letter Word Game a person thinks of a six letter word and
others try to deduce what it is from the responses to guessed words. The
response numbers are the number of letters that match letters in the
hidden word including with respect to place. The full rules are in
/u/rcurl/lettermatch.rules (written for a five letter verson, also being
played in another itme).
As the game proceeds a list of words guessed and their "scores" is usually
available in a file. The person that guesses the word correctly (score =
6) gets to choose the next word to be played.
The 4th Edition (in item #70) has been discontinued because 1026 responses
creates a bit of a lag in the game.
Contestants, start your dictionaries!
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rcurl
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response 1 of 594:
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Sep 7 03:06 UTC 1996 |
I am thinking of a six letter word.....
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signet
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response 2 of 594:
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Sep 9 13:05 UTC 1996 |
tunnel
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rcurl
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response 3 of 594:
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Sep 9 14:08 UTC 1996 |
tunnel 2 signet LUCKY!
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signet
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response 4 of 594:
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Sep 11 13:43 UTC 1996 |
how about "crikey" from the previous game, can we assume that is 0?
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rcurl
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response 5 of 594:
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Sep 11 15:44 UTC 1996 |
Some players started giving the count for the last word w.r.t to their
new word. I haven't adopted that practice. For those that do do it - the count
has *always* been 0 - funny, isn't it?
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kentn
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response 6 of 594:
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Sep 23 22:29 UTC 1996 |
Very funny :) Can we assume that crikey is a 0 then? Only one way to find
out for sure...I'll guess...hmmm...let me think...
crikey
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rcurl
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response 7 of 594:
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Sep 24 05:38 UTC 1996 |
0 kentn Yup......
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signet
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response 8 of 594:
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Sep 24 13:35 UTC 1996 |
trowel
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rcurl
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response 9 of 594:
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Sep 24 15:02 UTC 1996 |
Whoops - something weird happened on #7. "Crikey" was there when I entered
the response. So, again:
crikey 0 kentn
trowel 2 signet keep digging
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rcurl
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response 10 of 594:
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Sep 24 15:04 UTC 1996 |
A list of guessed words and their counts is in /u/rcurl/letter.match
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kentn
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response 11 of 594:
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Sep 25 03:49 UTC 1996 |
thrill
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rcurl
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response 12 of 594:
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Sep 25 06:58 UTC 1996 |
thrill 2 kentn
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signet
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response 13 of 594:
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Sep 25 12:44 UTC 1996 |
tawdry
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rcurl
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response 14 of 594:
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Sep 25 15:01 UTC 1996 |
tawdry 1 signet
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kentn
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response 15 of 594:
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Sep 26 03:27 UTC 1996 |
tithal (of or pertaining to tithes)
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rcurl
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response 16 of 594:
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Sep 26 15:31 UTC 1996 |
tithal 3 kentn
It wasn't in my dictionary, but OED says its a word....
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signet
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response 17 of 594:
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Sep 26 18:26 UTC 1996 |
toggle
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rcurl
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response 18 of 594:
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Sep 26 22:19 UTC 1996 |
toggle 1 signet
Hey, scare up some more players!
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kentn
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response 19 of 594:
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Sep 27 02:03 UTC 1996 |
I think we need that link to the games/iq cf. I've asked the fw
there to do so, but have not heard back (that'd be carson).
And, yup, found tithal in the OED.
tymbal (var of timbal, a kettledrum)
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signet
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response 20 of 594:
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Sep 27 12:49 UTC 1996 |
tidbit
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rcurl
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response 21 of 594:
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Sep 28 15:31 UTC 1996 |
tymbal 6 kentn BONK BONK BONK BONK (the tymbal has a crack)
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kentn
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response 22 of 594:
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Sep 30 00:50 UTC 1996 |
Heh. Okay, I'm thinking of a six-letter word.
tymbal 0
Results of the guesses on the current word can be found in
/u/kentn/letter.match.
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rcurl
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response 23 of 594:
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Sep 30 05:50 UTC 1996 |
unease
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kentn
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response 24 of 594:
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Oct 1 01:00 UTC 1996 |
unease 0 (rcurl)
Well, the word I'm thinking of passes the Unease Test.
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