This is the Six Letter Word Game.  We are now on the fourth
 incarnation of this game.  By mutual agreement among the players, when
 we hit 1000 responses on the previous letter game item, we start a new
 one.  This helps speed up Picospan's response time.

 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/kentn/letter.match for as long as I am 'it'.  Anyone may
 play, and new players are very welcome to join in the guessing.

 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).

 If you are 'it' and would like a more automated way of scoring and
 recording guesses, the script file /u/kentn/do.lm may be of help.  It
 is readable and executable, so take a look at it and/or run it to see
 what it's about.  You can copy it to your directory if you'd like.

1032 responses total.

oodles

All words used previously as "targets" in letter.match are listed
in /u/rcurl/l.m.words

This item #70 in language has been linked from item #43 in iq.

juggle   (previous answer)

roster

dybbuk ( a recurring demon)

oodles  0  (aruba)
juggle  0  (lilmo)
roster  0  (randall)
dybbuk  0  (srw)
 
BTW, Rane's list of previous target words is now 87 lines...is that
all the 6-letter targets or just most?

belong

elicit

/u/rcurl/l.m.words has *most* of the 6 letter words. I did several
different searches after the first couple of rounds. One search was
on the number 6, which got a lot, but in many cases the number was
not given, but things like "bingo" said. I searched on a variety of
those expressions. But, if anyone wants to got back, and read every
round all the way throughy - be my guest.

belong  0  (aruba)
elicit  2  (srw)

sierra

sierra  0  (randall)

longer

longer  0  (lilmo)

frisky

frisky  1  (srw)

fliers

fliers  2  (lilmo)

climax

climax  1  (aruba)

iciest

iciest  0  (srw)
 
We're at the magic 12 guesses...should be over any guess now...

fluent

flacon  (A small usually ornamental bottle with a tight cap)

fluent  2  (katie)
flacon  4  (aruba)
 
If you want this word, you'd better get it on the next guess, cuz
it looks like aruba is awfully close  :)

This response has been erased.

flavin

flocci

I do believe lilmo's got it there with "flavin"; I can't find anything
else that fits the clues.  I'll guess "flocks" just in case.

flavin  6  (lilmo)
 
Yes, I do believe lilmo has guessed the word!  Ding! (just to keep
Rane's search scripts [if any] happy).  Some excellent narrowing-
down guesses that time...
 
Congrats, lilmo, your word!

AARGH!

(oops. that's not a guess. this is.)

oppose

Thank you, thank you...   OK...  by the time you read this, I will have
thought of a word... hmmm...  OK, got one !!!

flavin  1  (kentn)
oppose  0  (carson)

freeze

unease

reject

stupid

vizier

freeze  3  (cyperpnk)
unease  1  (kentn)
reject  1  (srw)
stupid  0  (aruba)
vizier  0  (other)

I think this might be one of the most-quickly guessed words !!

french (to cut beans in thin, lengthwise strips before cooking)

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