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\/_/\ \/\ \ \___ /\_\ ____ is the 6-letter word game. It works like
\ \ \ \ \ _ `\/\ \ /',__\ this: One person is "it". That person
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \/\__, `\ thinks of a six-letter word. It must be a
\ \_\ \ \_\ \_\ \_\/\____/ real, English word, which can be found in
\/_/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/___/ some dictionary.
Other players try to guess the word, and their guesses must also be real,
English words. The person who is "it" scores the guesses according to how
many letters in the guess match those in the word he's thinking of. So for
instance, if the word is "spring", then the scoring might go like this:
/--------------------------------------------------------------\
| waffle 0 (no letters in common with spring) |
| cranny 1 (both cranny and spring have n as the 5th letter) |
| apples 1 (both apples and spring have p as the 2nd letter) |
| string 5 (string and spring match in 5 places) |
\--------------------------------------------------------------/
etc. The game continues until someone guesses a word, and then that
person becomes "it", and the whole thing starts over again.
Complete rules are in ~rcurl/letter.match . A list of all words used
throughout the history of the game is in ~rcurl/l.m.words . It's customary
for the person who's "it" to store a list of all the current guesses in a
file called letter.match6 in his or her home directory. So for instance
if kentn is "it", the guesses so far will be in ~kentn/letter.match6 .
697 responses total.
I'm thinking of a word that is not tizwin 0 (lastword)
series
bantam
__ tizwin 0 lastword __ series 0 kentn __ bantam 0 gelinas ___
sneeze
__ tizwin 0 lastword __ series 0 kentn __ bantam 0 gelinas ___ __ sneeze 0 aruba _____
agouti
eutaxy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :
Eutaxy \Eu"tax*y\, n. [Gr. ?; ? well + ? arrangement: cf. F.
eutaxie.]
Good or established order or arrangement. [R.] --E.
Waterhouse.
arango
azalea
__ tizwin 0 lastword __ series 0 kentn __ bantam 0 gelinas ___ __ sneeze 0 aruba _____ agouti 0 gelinas eutaxy 0 juicy arango 0 kentn __ azalea 0 aruba _____
import
cowpox
__ tizwin 0 lastword __ series 0 kentn __ bantam 0 gelinas ___ __ sneeze 0 aruba _____ agouti 0 gelinas eutaxy 0 juicy arango 0 kentn __ azalea 0 aruba _____ import 0 gelinas __ cowpox 0 kentn _____
psyche
odious
__ tizwin 0 lastword __ series 0 kentn __ bantam 0 gelinas ___ __ sneeze 0 aruba _____ agouti 0 gelinas eutaxy 0 juicy arango 0 kentn __ azalea 0 aruba _____ import 0 gelinas __ cowpox 0 kentn _____ psyche 0 gelinas __ odious 0 aruba _____
fluffy
byways
Puzzle 174 has been linked to Language 135
weighs
__ tizwin 0 lastword __ series 0 kentn __ bantam 0 gelinas ___ __ sneeze 0 aruba _____ agouti 0 gelinas eutaxy 0 juicy arango 0 kentn __ azalea 0 aruba _____ import 0 gelinas __ cowpox 0 kentn _____ psyche 0 gelinas __ odious 0 aruba _____ fluffy 0 gelinas byways 0 aruba __ weighs 0 albaugh ___
utmost
rhombi
ynambu I confess I'm a little confused about whether that word should be capitalized; dictionary.com says: 2 entries found for ynambu. ynambu \Y*nam"bu\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. ynambu ynambu: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
milieu
__ tizwin 0 lastword __ series 0 kentn __ bantam 0 gelinas ___ __ sneeze 0 aruba _____ agouti 0 gelinas eutaxy 0 juicy arango 0 kentn __ azalea 0 aruba _____ import 0 gelinas __ cowpox 0 kentn _____ psyche 0 gelinas __ odious 0 aruba _____ fluffy 0 gelinas byways 0 aruba __ weighs 0 albaugh ___ utmost 0 gelinas rhombi 0 juicy ynambu 0 aruba __ milieu 0 kentn _____
looter
Jim, are you sure the scorer is working? We've eliminated all the vowels but one, so I think either there's a mistake or this is not a real word. Just in case I'm wrong: swayed
crayon
Crud. No, the scorer was not working. Here are the corrected scores: 0 tizwin 0 lastword 1 series 1 kentn 2 bantam 2 gelinas 3 sneeze 0 aruba 4 agouti 0 gelinas 5 eutaxy 0 juicy 6 arango 0 kentn 7 azalea 1 aruba 8 import 1 gelinas 9 cowpox 0 kentn 10 psyche 1 gelinas 11 odious 0 aruba 12 fluffy 0 gelinas 13 byways 0 aruba 14 weighs 0 albaugh 15 utmost 1 gelinas 16 rhombi 0 juicy 17 ynambu 0 aruba 18 milieu 1 kentn 19 looter 2 albaugh 20 swayed 1 aruba 21 crayon 0 kentn
Ah! That's different. It was kind of fun watching the vowels disappear. Maybe we should always start off with a lot of random guesses that aren't scored until later. :) lancet
setter
0 ti z w i n 0 lastword 1 series 1 kentn 2 bantam 2 gelinas 3 sneeze 0 aruba 4 agouti 0 gelinas 5 eutaxy 0 juicy 6 arango 0 kentn 7 azalea 1 aruba 8 import 1 gelinas 9 cowpox 0 kentn 10 psyche 1 gelinas 11 odious 0 aruba 12 fluffy 0 gelinas 13 byways 0 aruba 14 weighs 0 albaugh 15 utmost 1 gelinas 16 rhombi 0 juicy 17 ynambu 0 aruba 18 milieu 1 kentn 19 looter 2 albaugh 20 swayed 1 aruba 21 crayon 0 kentn 22 lancet 6 aruba 23 setter 1 albaugh Mark, you're up!
That last one set the record for consecutive zeroes, I'm sure. :) I'm thinking of a 6-letter word that's not lancet 0 (lastword)
series
lancet 0 (lastword) series 1 (kentn)
paired
lancet 0 (lastword) series 1 (kentn) paired 0 (albaugh)
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