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Grex > Language > #114: The seven letter word game, 3rd edition |  |
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| 25 new of 1021 responses total. |
blaise
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response 125 of 1021:
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Jan 23 06:08 UTC 2002 |
earmark
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aruba
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response 126 of 1021:
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Jan 23 07:37 UTC 2002 |
parasol
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kentn
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response 127 of 1021:
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Jan 24 03:39 UTC 2002 |
earmark 2 (blaise)
parasol 3 (aruba)
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gelinas
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response 128 of 1021:
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Jan 24 04:23 UTC 2002 |
parboil
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brighn
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response 129 of 1021:
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Jan 24 05:02 UTC 2002 |
parquet
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aruba
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response 130 of 1021:
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Jan 24 23:44 UTC 2002 |
acrobat
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kentn
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response 131 of 1021:
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Jan 25 00:39 UTC 2002 |
parboil 3 (gelinas)
parquet 2 (brighn)
acrobat 1 (aruba)
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gelinas
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response 132 of 1021:
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Jan 25 05:22 UTC 2002 |
darning
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aruba
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response 133 of 1021:
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Jan 25 05:31 UTC 2002 |
incubus
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blaise
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response 134 of 1021:
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Jan 25 18:44 UTC 2002 |
harmful
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kentn
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response 135 of 1021:
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Jan 26 00:45 UTC 2002 |
darning 2 (gelinas)
incubus 1 (aruba)
harmful 5 (blaise)
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gelinas
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response 136 of 1021:
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Jan 26 02:15 UTC 2002 |
younger
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kentn
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response 137 of 1021:
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Jan 26 13:56 UTC 2002 |
younger 1 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 138 of 1021:
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Jan 26 21:15 UTC 2002 |
That leaves 11 possibilities...
panders
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gelinas
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response 139 of 1021:
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Jan 27 00:30 UTC 2002 |
pincers
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kentn
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response 140 of 1021:
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Jan 27 02:44 UTC 2002 |
panders 2 (aruba)
pincers 0 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 141 of 1021:
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Jan 27 21:28 UTC 2002 |
OK, the word is "yardful". Proof to follow.
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aruba
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response 142 of 1021:
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Jan 27 23:38 UTC 2002 |
OK, I can prove it using these scores:
element 0 (aruba)
summary 0 (brighn)
menfolk 0 (aruba)
earmark 2 (blaise)
pincers 0 (gelinas)
panders 2 (aruba)
manager 1 (aruba)
younger 1 (gelinas)
harmful 5 (blaise)
score(element) = 0 => score(e--m---) = 0,
score(summary) = 0 => score(----ar-) = 0, and
score(menfolk) = 0 => score(------k) = 0, so
score(earmark) = 2 => score(-ar----) = 2.
score(pincers) = 0 => score(p-n-ers) = 0,
2 = score(panders) = score(p-n-ers) + score(-a-d---)
= 0 + score(-a-d---), so
score(-a-d---) = 2.
Therefore score(-ard---) = 3.
1 = score(manager) = score(m-na---) + score(-a-----) + score(----ger)
= score(m-na---) + 1 + score(----ger)
=> score(m-na---) = score(----ger) = 0.
Also, since score(-ard---) = 3, score(-oun----) = 0. So
1 = score(younger) = score(y------) + score(-oun---) + score(----ger).
= score(y------) + 0 + 0
=> score(y------) = 1.
So score(yard---) = 4, => score(y--d---) = 2 => score(h--m---) = 0.
Therefore
5 = score(harmful) = score(h--m---) + score(-ar-ful)
= 0 + score(-ar-ful)
=> score(-ar-ful) = 5
=> score(yardful) = 7.
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kentn
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response 143 of 1021:
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Jan 28 00:57 UTC 2002 |
yardful 7 (aruba) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner!
Well, that was fairly painful to wade through...;) I figured once
harmful 5 and younger 1 were scored it was pretty much all over.
This word was available on ARTFL or any dict server (dict -s regexp
'^.ar.ful$') with the 1913 Webster's dictionary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yardful \Yard"ful\, n.; pl. {Yardfuls}.
As much as a yard will contain; enough to fill a yard.
Good detective work, aruba, your word!
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aruba
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response 144 of 1021:
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Jan 28 05:10 UTC 2002 |
I have a feeling Joe knew what it was but didn't want to get it right. :)
I'm thinking of a 7-letter word that's not
yardful 0 (lastword)
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blaise
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response 145 of 1021:
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Jan 28 16:49 UTC 2002 |
options
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aruba
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response 146 of 1021:
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Jan 28 21:54 UTC 2002 |
options 0 (blaise)
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kentn
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response 147 of 1021:
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Jan 29 11:47 UTC 2002 |
wrinkle
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gelinas
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response 148 of 1021:
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Jan 29 21:53 UTC 2002 |
After "harmful", I was fairly sure; after "younger", I knew.
bonkers
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aruba
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response 149 of 1021:
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Jan 29 22:01 UTC 2002 |
wrinkle 1 (kentn)
bonkers 0 (gelinas)
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