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Grex > Language > #128: The seven letter word game, 5th edition |   |
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aether
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response 100 of 1031:
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Jan 27 09:11 UTC 2004 |
insular 5 (gelinas)
bellows 0 (albaugh)
itching 1 (aruba)
insulin 7 (kentn)
And we have a winner! The word is
insulin
noun: a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the islets of
Langerhans that is essential especially for the metabolism of
carbohydrates and is used in the treatment and control of diabetes
mellitus
Congratulations, kentn.
gelinas: Oh, but zero-score answers are equally important: they reduce
the alphabet. For example the theorem `monitor' excludes `insular'
from the solution set, even though the second has a higher score.
Now that I think about it, my guess is that you need a rather small set
(four, five?) distinct zero-score words to perform a statistical analysis
and come up with the most likely answer. That is even without using
a dictionary.
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kentn
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response 101 of 1031:
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Jan 27 12:13 UTC 2004 |
Okay, I'll try to have a new 7-letter word in mind when next I'm
logged in.
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naftee
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response 102 of 1031:
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Jan 27 16:10 UTC 2004 |
The more you play scrabble, the better you get.
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gelinas
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response 103 of 1031:
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Jan 27 17:02 UTC 2004 |
Yes, I understand the value of zero scores. I just don't see the leap
from
-ssho-- (1)
and
isthmu- (1)
to
insulin "guaranteed seven" which kip announced.
I _hoped_ "insular" would score two, but I would not have been surprised
by a different score.
Ah well. I'll just be satisfied with my occasional win.
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kentn
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response 104 of 1031:
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Jan 29 01:03 UTC 2004 |
'insulin' was just a guess that happened to fit the previous clues.
I had no idea that that was the word--certainly not "guaranteed".
Anyhoo, I'm thinking of a seven-letter word that is not
insulin 0 (The Previous Word)
The guess summary is in ~kentn/letter.match7.
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gelinas
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response 105 of 1031:
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Jan 29 01:11 UTC 2004 |
referee
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aruba
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response 106 of 1031:
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Jan 29 02:41 UTC 2004 |
element
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naftee
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response 107 of 1031:
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Jan 29 05:32 UTC 2004 |
fuckers
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kentn
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response 108 of 1031:
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Jan 29 12:18 UTC 2004 |
referee 0 (gelinas)
element 0 (aruba)
fuckers 0 (naftee)
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gelinas
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response 109 of 1031:
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Jan 29 13:46 UTC 2004 |
complex
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albaugh
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response 110 of 1031:
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Jan 29 19:55 UTC 2004 |
parting
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aruba
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response 111 of 1031:
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Jan 30 03:33 UTC 2004 |
abalone
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kentn
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response 112 of 1031:
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Jan 30 03:34 UTC 2004 |
complex 0 (gelinas)
parting 0 (albaugh)
abalone 0 (aruba)
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gelinas
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response 113 of 1031:
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Jan 30 03:48 UTC 2004 |
hickory
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aruba
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response 114 of 1031:
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Jan 30 06:42 UTC 2004 |
bananas
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kentn
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response 115 of 1031:
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Jan 30 12:46 UTC 2004 |
hickory 0 (gelinas)
bananas 0 (aruba)
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gelinas
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response 116 of 1031:
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Jan 30 13:53 UTC 2004 |
umbrage
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albaugh
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response 117 of 1031:
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Jan 30 18:26 UTC 2004 |
barging
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naftee
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response 118 of 1031:
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Jan 31 00:43 UTC 2004 |
forager
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aruba
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response 119 of 1031:
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Jan 31 05:31 UTC 2004 |
inertia
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kentn
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response 120 of 1031:
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Jan 31 16:54 UTC 2004 |
umbrage 0 (gelinas)
barging 0 (albaugh)
forager 0 (naftee)
inertia 0 (aruba)
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albaugh
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response 121 of 1031:
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Jan 31 21:39 UTC 2004 |
dampers
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gelinas
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response 122 of 1031:
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Jan 31 21:40 UTC 2004 |
opinion
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kentn
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response 123 of 1031:
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Feb 1 13:46 UTC 2004 |
dampers 0 (albaugh)
opinion 1 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 124 of 1031:
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Feb 1 17:17 UTC 2004 |
Wow, 14 zeros in a row. Pretty impressive!
trooper
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