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Grex > Language > #102: The seven letter word game, 1st edition |  |
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kentn
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response 360 of 1177:
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Jan 7 01:14 UTC 2000 |
mammoth 1 (aruba)
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albaugh
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response 361 of 1177:
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Jan 7 18:37 UTC 2000 |
largely
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aruba
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response 362 of 1177:
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Jan 9 05:51 UTC 2000 |
avocado
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prp
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response 363 of 1177:
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Jan 10 20:26 UTC 2000 |
purpose
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albaugh
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response 364 of 1177:
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Jan 10 23:32 UTC 2000 |
liberal
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aruba
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response 365 of 1177:
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Jan 12 03:40 UTC 2000 |
Well, if Kevin can go twice, then so can I...
syllabi
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kentn
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response 366 of 1177:
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Jan 12 04:02 UTC 2000 |
largely 0 (albaugh)
avocado 0 (aruba)
purpose 1 (prp)
liberal 0 (albaugh)
syllabi 0 (aruba)
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prp
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response 367 of 1177:
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Jan 12 21:10 UTC 2000 |
humbles
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albaugh
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response 368 of 1177:
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Jan 12 23:46 UTC 2000 |
Oops, sorry! My offering:
apology
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kentn
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response 369 of 1177:
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Jan 13 02:49 UTC 2000 |
humbles 4 (prp)
apology 0 (albaugh)
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aruba
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response 370 of 1177:
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Jan 14 01:26 UTC 2000 |
kickoff
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prp
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response 371 of 1177:
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Jan 14 20:54 UTC 2000 |
hundred
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kentn
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response 372 of 1177:
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Jan 15 02:13 UTC 2000 |
kickoff 0 (aruba)
hundred 2 (prp)
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aruba
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response 373 of 1177:
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Jan 15 03:28 UTC 2000 |
shiatzu
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kentn
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response 374 of 1177:
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Jan 15 23:20 UTC 2000 |
shiatzu 1 (aruba)
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albaugh
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response 375 of 1177:
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Jan 17 20:06 UTC 2000 |
mumbles
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aruba
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response 376 of 1177:
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Jan 18 14:42 UTC 2000 |
kibbitz
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prp
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response 377 of 1177:
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Jan 19 19:30 UTC 2000 |
humbird
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kentn
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response 378 of 1177:
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Jan 21 00:55 UTC 2000 |
mumbles 3 (albaugh)
kibbitz 2 (aruba)
humbird 4 (prp)
While I couldn't find an OED dictionary defn of 'humbird' it does seem
to be used fairly frequently as a shortening of 'hummingbird' and
appears in some URLs...so I guess that's good enough for our standards
(I hope).
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aruba
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response 379 of 1177:
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Jan 21 17:38 UTC 2000 |
OK, the word is "humbuzz" - proof in the next response.
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aruba
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response 380 of 1177:
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Jan 21 18:11 UTC 2000 |
peewees 0 (aruba)
apology 0 (albaugh)
humbugs 5 (aruba)
mammoth 1 (aruba)
kibbitz 2 (aruba)
shiatzu 1 (aruba)
Let "-" represent a letter that is definitely wrong,
s(w) be the score of a word or partial word w, and
n(w) be the number of letters in w which are not -'s.
Then clearly
0 <= s(w) <= n(w).
0 = s(peewees) >= s(------s), so s(------s) = 0.
0 = s(apology) >= s(-----g-), so s(-----g-) = 0.
5 = s(humbugs) = s(humbu--) + s(-----g-) + s(------s)
= s(humbu--) + 0 + 0
= s(humbu--)
= s(h------) + s(-u-----) + s(--m----) + s(---b---) + s(----u--)
==> 1 = s(h------) = s(-u-----) = s(--m----) = s(---b---) = s(----u--),
since all five terms are between 0 and 1 and they add up to 5.
1 = s(mammoth) = s(ma-mo-h) + s(--m----) + s(-----t-)
= s(ma-mo-h) + 1 + s(-----t-)
==> s(ma-mo-h) + s(-----t-) = 0
==> s(-----t-) = 0.
2 = s(kibbitz) = s(kib-i--) + s(---b---) + s(-----t-) + s(------z)
= 0 + 1 + 0 + s(------z)
==> s(------z) = 1.
1 = s(shiatzu) = s(shiat--) + s(-----z-) + s(------u)
= 0 + s(-----z-) + 0
==> s(-----z-) = 1.
So therefore
s(humbuzz) = s(humbu--) + s(-----z-) + s(------z)
= 5 + 1 + 1 = 7.
Of course, I don't have any evidence that humbuzz is really a word.
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albaugh
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response 381 of 1177:
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Jan 21 18:24 UTC 2000 |
a buzz you get from drinking a hummer? ;-)
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prp
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response 382 of 1177:
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Jan 21 19:31 UTC 2000 |
HUMBIRD: n. Now U.S. M17. The hummingbird.
from The New Shorter Oxford (1973,1993)
It is not in the Worldbook Dictionary.
HUMBUZZ is not in either.
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orinoco
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response 383 of 1177:
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Jan 21 19:41 UTC 2000 |
Not to further complicate matters, but isn't it "shiatsu"?
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aruba
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response 384 of 1177:
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Jan 21 19:58 UTC 2000 |
Both spellings are in Merriam Webster (www.m-w.com).
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