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gelinas
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response 150 of 388:
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Dec 3 19:13 UTC 2001 |
OK, I think I have a word. The hints helped.
quagmire
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brighn
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response 151 of 388:
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Dec 3 19:54 UTC 2001 |
woowoo =}
quagmire 8,0 (gelinas)
so, do we have the guts to try a nine-letter word? ;}
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gelinas
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response 152 of 388:
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Dec 3 19:59 UTC 2001 |
I need a break, and even then I don't know that I can think of even one
nine-letter word.
Hey, Jim, had you come up with quagmire? If so, how so?
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blaise
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response 153 of 388:
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Dec 3 20:34 UTC 2001 |
Yes, I had come up with quagmire as the only possibility when we got the score
for guardian. I used the same approach I use in the n-letter match games,
where I construct regular expressions using the information I've gotten so
far (using only the exact match information), and then see what possible words
there are that match one of the regular expressions (or in some cases, one
regular expression for each clue). I do automate it by using a file (which
I keep on another machine because it's too large to keep on grex) of words
to match against using grep. (The file wordlist is a little over 3M. My
regular expressions use anchors to get only words with the right number of
letters.)
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gelinas
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response 154 of 388:
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Dec 3 22:01 UTC 2001 |
That's not something I can compete with. Ah well.
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blaise
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response 155 of 388:
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Dec 3 22:45 UTC 2001 |
Urg. It's the only way I can start to handle it when there are as many
possibilities as there are in this. I lose track too easily when there are
n^26 theoretically possible permutations.
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jhudson
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response 156 of 388:
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Dec 3 23:43 UTC 2001 |
Less than half that! You gotta have vowels.
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gelinas
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response 157 of 388:
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Dec 4 03:21 UTC 2001 |
That's why I keep a file with the current guesses, their scores, and my notes.
Of course, this past word is a nice example of why it doesn't work; nothing
eliminates the most frequently used letters, especially the consonants tnsh.
Once you get hooked on them, it's hard to get loose.
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gelinas
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response 158 of 388:
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Dec 8 00:06 UTC 2001 |
I'm ready to continue. I'm thinking of a nine-letter word.
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blaise
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response 159 of 388:
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Dec 8 01:09 UTC 2001 |
combatant
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gelinas
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response 160 of 388:
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Dec 8 02:06 UTC 2001 |
combatant 0,3 ((blaise))
Current guesses are in ~gelinas/master.match
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brighn
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response 161 of 388:
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Dec 9 22:05 UTC 2001 |
strengths
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gelinas
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response 162 of 388:
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Dec 9 23:01 UTC 2001 |
strengths 0,5 (brighn)
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blaise
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response 163 of 388:
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Dec 10 04:09 UTC 2001 |
announcer
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gelinas
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response 164 of 388:
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Dec 10 04:40 UTC 2001 |
announcer 0,2 (blaise)
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brighn
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response 165 of 388:
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Dec 10 15:23 UTC 2001 |
blackness
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gelinas
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response 166 of 388:
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Dec 10 17:26 UTC 2001 |
blackness 1,5 (brighn)
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blaise
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response 167 of 388:
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Dec 11 14:08 UTC 2001 |
jailbreak
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brighn
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response 168 of 388:
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Dec 11 14:35 UTC 2001 |
bleakness
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gelinas
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response 169 of 388:
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Dec 11 19:52 UTC 2001 |
jailbreak 1,4 (blaise)
bleakness 2,4 (brighn)
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brighn
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response 170 of 388:
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Dec 11 22:17 UTC 2001 |
cataracts
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gelinas
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response 171 of 388:
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Dec 12 01:46 UTC 2001 |
Uh, no. It's not your turn, Paul. ;)
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blaise
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response 172 of 388:
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Dec 12 14:22 UTC 2001 |
premodern
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brighn
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response 173 of 388:
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Dec 12 14:24 UTC 2001 |
cataracts
=P
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gelinas
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response 174 of 388:
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Dec 12 18:07 UTC 2001 |
That's better. :)
premodern 0,1 (blaise)
cataracts 2,1 (brighn)
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