This is the Six Letter Word Game.  I am currently thinking of a
six-letter word, and it is the goal of the respondants to guess my word. 
The prize for guessing the word is the power to select the next word. 
Rules may be found in /u/rcurl/lettermatch.rules (they were written for
the 5-letter version of the game), and I will be keeping a log of guesses
in /u/aruba/letter.match for as long as I am 'it'.  If this item already
has a lot of responses to it, and you would like to join the game, I
recommend that you not try to read the whole item, but go to the end and
read back a few responses (if your pager is _more_, hit 'q' at the "More"
prompt and then enter "-10", or "-20" to see a little further back).

1008 responses total.

I am thinking of a six (6) letter word.  Since it has become traditional
for the first guess to be the word just guessed,

influx  1  (srw)

unease

joyful

unease  0  (kentn)
joyful  0  (rcurl)

titian

saturn

lummox

atones

titian  3  (srw)
lummox  1  (rcurl)
atones  0  (srw)

dang:  The only "saturn" in my dictionary is capitalized, and capitalized
words are not allowed as guesses.  Is there an un-capitalized definition?

exodus

tiglon

nation

I'll bet its tiglon.

Could be...

exodus  0  (arwen)
tiglon  6  (srw)
nation  2  (kentn)

tiglon it is.  That was quick.  I didn't think it would be a hard one,
I just wanted to use it because I thought it was a neat word.  (A tiglon
is a cross between a male tiger and a female lion.)
   Steve's up!

Wow! OK I'm thinking of a 6 letter word.
A
tiglon  0  (rcurl)

look in /u/srw/letter.match for a summary of responses.

Hey, I think that was me that guessed tiglon, even though I really didn't,
but I was supposed to - wait now I 'm confused.  If it was rcurl that
guessed last, can I guess now?  Or have I somehow "become" rcurl?  Or
has rcurl become me?  Who's typing this response?

Oops. make that
 tiglon  0  (aruba)

I *wondererd* about #16! I only put a bet on it. When's the payoff?
grumpy

grumpy  0  (rcurl)

zariba

zariba  1  (kentn)

My dictionary is pretty funny on zariba. It says its zariba in *arabic*,
but zareba or zareeba in *english*  (??).
oolite

scream

better

return

forget

I found a dictionary with zariba in it.

oolite  0  (rcurl)
scream  1  (flem)
better  0  (aruba)
return  0  (carson)
forget  1  (md)

purple

afraid

stripe
 
(You can be sure I have a reference for 'zariba'.  You might look
it up under 'zareba'.  My dictionary, Wb 9th Coll, shows 'zaribah'
as the Arabic form.)

prefer

purple  0  (aruba)
afraid  0  (rcurl)
stripe  0  (kentn)
prefer  0  (carson)

lamest

caveat

falter

snooty

lamest  5  (aruba)   <getting close>
caveat  3  (kentn)
falter  1  (arwen)
snooty  0  (jdg)

laxest ?

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