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kentn
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response 750 of 1055:
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Mar 17 00:13 UTC 1999 |
schema [a diagrammatic presentation: outline; a mental codification
of experience...]
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aruba
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response 751 of 1055:
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Mar 17 00:45 UTC 1999 |
asthma 6 (anilkk)
schema 2 (kentn)
That sure didn't take long. Wish we could get some more players...
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rcurl
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response 752 of 1055:
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Mar 17 05:43 UTC 1999 |
(I'm lurking....but not playing as it *does* consume that one more iota
of time that at the moment I feel I don't have).
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anilkk
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response 753 of 1055:
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Mar 17 22:37 UTC 1999 |
Re: 751 I agree..I didn't expect it get it right this early! How about adding
one more letter?
Next time I'll come up with a new word.
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aruba
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response 754 of 1055:
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Mar 18 05:05 UTC 1999 |
Might be interesting to try a seven-letter word game...
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rcurl
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response 755 of 1055:
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Mar 18 17:45 UTC 1999 |
Do you remember the time in the beginning when it started with the
five letter game and went up to the twenty-eight letter game? It
seemed to settle down to six as the best compromise between five and
many, in this medium (but don't try more than five when playing the
game entirely in your heads while on long car trips).
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aruba
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response 756 of 1055:
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Mar 18 19:33 UTC 1999 |
Well, the situation is a bit different now, though, since we've been playing
with 6 letters for a long time.
Actually, I think the thing that has changed the game the most is the
existence of searchable online dictionaries, and that wouldn't be any
different if we played with 7 letters.
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rcurl
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response 757 of 1055:
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Mar 18 20:00 UTC 1999 |
Well, we are running of out (obscure) 6 letter words....
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aruba
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response 758 of 1055:
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Mar 18 21:51 UTC 1999 |
True. Most of the obvious candidates have been used. I'm confident that
Kent can come up with a few more, though. :)
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anilkk
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response 759 of 1055:
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Mar 18 22:49 UTC 1999 |
I agree that the use of online dictionaries help you to narrow down your
choices irrespective of the word length..but it might take more time to figure
out the word..well...
I'm thinking of a new 6 letter(!) word thats not asthma.
asthma 0 (lastword)
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albaugh
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response 760 of 1055:
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Mar 18 23:18 UTC 1999 |
streak
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kentn
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response 761 of 1055:
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Mar 18 23:41 UTC 1999 |
unease
Re 758: yeah...I probably can find a few more 6-letter words :)
I guess the fact that a lot of the people who see this item are just
passing through means they can't take the time to get involved (and run
the game if they guess correctly). That, and we're suffering from a
decline in conference usership in general. I don't see where making the
word longer will help those problems, though it might revive some of
the interest for the former "regulars" if they have the time. With the
on-line dictionaries, the game will be more oriented toward the timing
of one's guesses, but then it always was. FWIW, there are slightly
more non-capitalized 7-letter words in /usr/dict/words than there are
6-letter words. Maybe we need to promote this item more? Or provide
some instructions on how to use an on-line dictionary to help? Just a
few thoughts.
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aruba
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response 762 of 1055:
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Mar 19 01:38 UTC 1999 |
elated
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anilkk
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response 763 of 1055:
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Mar 19 23:24 UTC 1999 |
streak 0 (albaugh)
unease 0 (kentn)
elated 1 (aruba)
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kentn
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response 764 of 1055:
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Mar 19 23:30 UTC 1999 |
trowel
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aruba
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response 765 of 1055:
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Mar 20 05:17 UTC 1999 |
stated
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anilkk
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response 766 of 1055:
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Mar 22 22:41 UTC 1999 |
trowel 0 (kentn)
stated 1 (aruba)
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kentn
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response 767 of 1055:
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Mar 23 02:08 UTC 1999 |
refund
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aruba
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response 768 of 1055:
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Mar 23 04:17 UTC 1999 |
charts
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anilkk
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response 769 of 1055:
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Mar 23 22:40 UTC 1999 |
refund 1 (kentn)
charts 1 (aruba)
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kentn
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response 770 of 1055:
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Mar 24 01:54 UTC 1999 |
hybrid
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aruba
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response 771 of 1055:
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Mar 24 05:47 UTC 1999 |
rhythm
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rcurl
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response 772 of 1055:
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Mar 24 06:42 UTC 1999 |
(diversion - guess what the answer is to down 100 Jitters, in the NY Times
Crossword published in the 3/21 Detroit News.)
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aruba
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response 773 of 1055:
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Mar 24 13:58 UTC 1999 |
"unease"?
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rcurl
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response 774 of 1055:
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Mar 24 15:29 UTC 1999 |
CORRECT!
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