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srw
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response 250 of 1000:
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Jul 27 05:30 UTC 1993 |
Well I'll admit that when I last posted that I thought I knew what the
word was, it was a bit hasty. rcurl knows this because I mailed him
my guess, revealing my underestimation of this word. I haven't
posted a guess since katie's enabled me on Sun afternoon, mainly
because I got too busy with other things.
I really thought it was menus at the time. It's amazing how the mind
locks onto one possibilty when others abound. Sigh.
Nevertheless I will not follow rcurl's advice of trying to figure out
the letter, for two reasons. (1) This is competitive. At this point if
my guess reveals any clue it does so to all, and I will enjoined from
solving the puzzle. I think the slightest clue will give this one away.
(2) There is still a perfectly good English word that fits and so I will
guess it.
nexus (a joining point)
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rcurl
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response 251 of 1000:
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Jul 27 13:31 UTC 1993 |
I cannot find "lepus" in 3 dictionaries (including unix:webster on MTS),
except as the proper name Lepus for a stellar constellation. Proper names
are not allowed in Letter Match. Please cite your reference for lepus.
nexus 4 (srw)
Steve, you have just accomplished what you abjured - giving others a
clue. Guesses giving clues cuts both ways, of course. Your guesses give
others clues, and their guesses give them to you. This game is therefore
one of both skill and strategy.
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srw
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response 252 of 1000:
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Jul 27 14:30 UTC 1993 |
Rane, That is as may be. And I will likely lose this game now.
(Unless someone helps me out by guessing a word without winning).
However I contend that when the choices are down to just 1 or 2 words
you are better off going for a solution than a letter.
Had I guessed "menus" way back before katie did, It would have
been an error in strategy, because there were more words available
than I realized (than we all realized, I suspect). I'm not sorry
I used the strategy I did when I guessed "nexus". I only wish I
had chosen a different word. :-)
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katie
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response 253 of 1000:
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Jul 27 15:01 UTC 1993 |
I didn't guess menus; chelsea did. My guess, genus, was simply to test
the three letters, rather than being a guess at the word, as I knew there
was no g or n already.
I'm still stumped; my dictionary doesn't confirm any of the remaining
possibilities.
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katie
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response 254 of 1000:
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Jul 27 15:10 UTC 1993 |
Well, if all else fails, find a better dictionary.
negus
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chelsea
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response 255 of 1000:
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Jul 27 19:16 UTC 1993 |
nevus
If this is the work I'll be sorta bummed 'cause it's more a medical
term than part of lay language.
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aa8ij
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response 256 of 1000:
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Jul 27 19:54 UTC 1993 |
naves
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srw
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response 257 of 1000:
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Jul 28 00:13 UTC 1993 |
Sorry, katie. I confused your response with chelsea's.
I think the game is over now.
"times"
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robh
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response 258 of 1000:
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Jul 28 01:42 UTC 1993 |
(Like I said, lepus is a Latin word. Hence the name of the constellation.)
maxim
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robh
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response 259 of 1000:
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Jul 28 01:46 UTC 1993 |
(If you want an English language source, there is a movie on in a few
minutes called "Night of the Lepus." Don't watch it, it's terrible. >8)
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rcurl
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response 260 of 1000:
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Jul 28 02:52 UTC 1993 |
negus 5 (katie)
Congratulations, katie!
For anyone that doesn't want to look it up, negus has two meanings.
One is the term for a king of Ethiopia (an English term, that is),
and the other is a form of hot-mulled-wine (names after a 18th
century gentleman, Col. Francis Negus. One of the reasons the Brits
lost the war of 1775.
The word "negus" is one of the words that I mentioned earlier that
satisfied all the clues to "pygmy" in the prevous game. I chose to
"guess" pygmy, rather than "negus", because I thought it more likely.
Take it away, katie.
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katie
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response 261 of 1000:
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Jul 28 21:45 UTC 1993 |
Ok, I'm thinking of a 5-letter word.
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remmers
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response 262 of 1000:
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Jul 28 22:08 UTC 1993 |
parse
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aa8ij
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response 263 of 1000:
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Jul 28 22:30 UTC 1993 |
bells
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chelsea
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response 264 of 1000:
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Jul 28 22:57 UTC 1993 |
crimp
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katie
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response 265 of 1000:
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Jul 28 23:28 UTC 1993 |
parse 1 (remmers)
bells 0 (aa8ij)
crimp 0 (chelsea)
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robh
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response 266 of 1000:
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Jul 29 01:20 UTC 1993 |
shore
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srw
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response 267 of 1000:
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Jul 29 02:16 UTC 1993 |
tonal
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remmers
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response 268 of 1000:
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Jul 29 02:36 UTC 1993 |
potty
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rcurl
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response 269 of 1000:
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Jul 29 04:27 UTC 1993 |
light
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aa8ij
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response 270 of 1000:
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Jul 29 05:03 UTC 1993 |
peter
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srw
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response 271 of 1000:
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Jul 29 05:51 UTC 1993 |
I guess we have to wait for katie now. Not bad - 5 guesses in 4 hours.
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katie
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response 272 of 1000:
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Jul 29 14:04 UTC 1993 |
shore 1 (robh)
tonal 1 (srw)
potty 0 (remmers)
light 1 (rcurl)
peter 0 (aaij)
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chelsea
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response 273 of 1000:
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Jul 29 15:09 UTC 1993 |
toupe
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katie
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response 274 of 1000:
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Jul 29 15:56 UTC 1993 |
toupe 1 (chelsea)
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