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Grex > Language > #136: The Five Letter Word Game, Fourth Edition |  |
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janc
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response 480 of 1578:
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Jan 20 13:45 UTC 2003 |
exing or eking?
throb
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jep
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response 481 of 1578:
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Jan 20 13:57 UTC 2003 |
0 exing lastword
0 speed aruba
2 crate remmers ** Note correction!
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1 throb janc
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aruba
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response 482 of 1578:
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Jan 20 14:38 UTC 2003 |
crowd
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remmers
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response 483 of 1578:
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Jan 20 15:22 UTC 2003 |
croon
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jep
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response 484 of 1578:
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Jan 20 15:51 UTC 2003 |
0 exing lastword
0 speed aruba
2 crate remmers
1 throb janc
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0 crowd aruba
0 croon remmers
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gelinas
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response 485 of 1578:
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Jan 20 17:15 UTC 2003 |
Um, john, the last word was "eKing":
eking 5 (jep)
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remmers
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response 486 of 1578:
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Jan 20 17:17 UTC 2003 |
tease
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jep
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response 487 of 1578:
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Jan 20 18:17 UTC 2003 |
0 exing jep
0 speed aruba
2 crate remmers
1 throb janc
0 crowd aruba
0 croon remmers
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0 eking gelinas/lastword
1 tease remmers
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remmers
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response 488 of 1578:
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Jan 20 18:24 UTC 2003 |
blare
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gelinas
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response 489 of 1578:
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Jan 20 19:55 UTC 2003 |
white
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polytarp
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response 490 of 1578:
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Jan 20 20:31 UTC 2003 |
tanga
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aruba
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response 491 of 1578:
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Jan 20 20:36 UTC 2003 |
ghats
Main Entry: ghat
Pronunciation: 'got, 'gdt
Function: noun
Etymology: Hindi ghAt, from Sanskrit ghatta
Date: 1783
: a broad flight of steps that is situated on an Indian riverbank and that
provides access to the water especially for bathing
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slynne
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response 492 of 1578:
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Jan 20 22:22 UTC 2003 |
whore
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jep
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response 493 of 1578:
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Jan 21 02:44 UTC 2003 |
0 exing jep
0 speed aruba
2 crate remmers
1 throb janc
0 crowd aruba
0 croon remmers
0 eking gelinas/lastword
1 tease remmers
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1 blare remmers
1 white gelinas
0 tanga polytarp
1 ghats aruba
1 whore slynne
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other
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response 494 of 1578:
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Jan 21 03:08 UTC 2003 |
knave
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jep
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response 495 of 1578:
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Jan 21 03:14 UTC 2003 |
0 exing jep
0 speed aruba
2 crate remmers
1 throb janc
0 crowd aruba
0 croon remmers
0 eking gelinas/lastword
1 tease remmers
1 blare remmers
1 white gelinas
0 tanga polytarp
1 ghats aruba
1 whore slynne
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1 knave other
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gelinas
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response 496 of 1578:
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Jan 21 03:38 UTC 2003 |
JEP, I call for a recount.
2 crate score(crate) = score(cr---) + score(--ate) = 2
0 crowd score(crowd) = score(cr---) + score(--owd) = 0
Thus, two of "ate" must be in the final answer. But:
1 tease score(tease) = score(te-s-) + score(--a-e) = 1
So it's only one of antepenultimate a and ultimate e
1 ghats score(ghats) = score(gh--s) + score(--at-) = 1
So it's only one of antepenultimate a and penultimute t
1 white score(white) = score(whi--) + score(---te) = 1
so it's only one of penultimate t and final e
Thus, it can't be
--at-
--a-e
or
---te
So how did "crate" get a 2? Or, what else was mis-scored?
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other
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response 497 of 1578:
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Jan 21 03:51 UTC 2003 |
Something above has been scored incorrectly.
crate is scored as 2, but crowd and croon both disallow the c and r,
which leaves 2 letters of the a,t and e. If we posit the a, then both
the e and the t are excluded, by scoring blare and ghats as 1 each. If
we posit the e, then 1 white excludes the t, and 1 blare excludes the a.
Correction, please...
Joe slipped in. Heh...
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janc
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response 498 of 1578:
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Jan 21 04:09 UTC 2003 |
Joe is correct. I'm going to guess arbitrarily that "white" was mis-scored,
and say
forte
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gelinas
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response 499 of 1578:
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Jan 21 04:21 UTC 2003 |
Given
1 throb janc
and the problems with --ate , I'm inclined to think the scoring is
sufficiently confused that further guesses would be wasted.
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janc
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response 500 of 1578:
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Jan 21 04:52 UTC 2003 |
Wasted? How could they be wasted? An error in scoring just makes the game
more interesting. I've thought about a version of the game where the scorer
is allowed to lie once. Figuring out which data to discard just adds a
dimension to the game. I'm presuming that one error is more likely than two
errors. If so, "white" seems to be the best bet. If we assume "white" is
really a two, then "forte" is a plausible guess.
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gelinas
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response 501 of 1578:
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Jan 21 04:54 UTC 2003 |
But white is more likely to be a three.
And guessing at random, I might actually end up 'it'. ;)
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janc
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response 502 of 1578:
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Jan 21 05:23 UTC 2003 |
white a three? No way. First, that assumes a bigger error on JEP's part.
Seconde, if white is 3 and --ate is 2 and whore is 1 then we are stuck with
??ite which contradicts another word (I forget which - scrolled of my screen),
so we'd have to assume yet another error.
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gelinas
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response 503 of 1578:
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Jan 21 05:38 UTC 2003 |
But how else to account for the 1 throb got, when tanga got 0? It's either
-ha-e
or
-hat-
or
-h-te.
Or the scores are so wrong as to be useless. And given
1 ghats (That was the score, wasn't it?)
I'm inclined toward 'useless'.
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jep
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response 504 of 1578:
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Jan 21 13:33 UTC 2003 |
Unfortunately the storm hit after I logged off for the night.
0 exing jep
0 speed aruba
2 crate remmers
1 throb janc
0 crowd aruba
0 croon remmers
0 eking gelinas/lastword
1 tease remmers
1 blare remmers
2 white gelinas <-- my mistake, sorry!
0 tanga polytarp
1 ghats aruba
1 whore slynne
1 knave other
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5 forte janc
I do apologize for the mistake. Nice job by both other and gelinas to
notice it.
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