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| 25 new of 905 responses total. |
aruba
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response 275 of 905:
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May 2 15:34 UTC 2000 |
onward
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albaugh
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response 276 of 905:
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May 2 17:49 UTC 2000 |
wiring 1 (kentn)
onward 1 (aruba)
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diznave
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response 277 of 905:
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May 3 00:40 UTC 2000 |
sniffs
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kentn
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response 278 of 905:
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May 3 00:47 UTC 2000 |
invent
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aruba
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response 279 of 905:
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May 3 02:41 UTC 2000 |
iguana
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albaugh
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response 280 of 905:
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May 4 04:17 UTC 2000 |
sniffs 2 (diznave)
invent 3 (kentn)
iguana 2 (aruba)
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diznave
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response 281 of 905:
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May 5 20:03 UTC 2000 |
imbibe
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gelinas
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response 282 of 905:
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May 8 06:37 UTC 2000 |
extend
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albaugh
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response 283 of 905:
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May 9 23:25 UTC 2000 |
imbibe 1 (diznave)
extend 1 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 284 of 905:
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May 10 15:17 UTC 2000 |
spoons
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kentn
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response 285 of 905:
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May 10 23:48 UTC 2000 |
inurns
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albaugh
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response 286 of 905:
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May 11 06:46 UTC 2000 |
spoons 2 (aruba)
inurns 4 (kentn)
inurn Function: transitive verb Date: 1602
1 : ENTOMB
2 : to place (as cremated remains) in an urn
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aruba
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response 287 of 905:
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May 11 09:30 UTC 2000 |
stated
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albaugh
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response 288 of 905:
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May 12 12:58 UTC 2000 |
stated 0 (aruba)
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kentn
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response 289 of 905:
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May 12 23:11 UTC 2000 |
stared
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aruba
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response 290 of 905:
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May 16 05:08 UTC 2000 |
adjust
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aruba
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response 291 of 905:
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May 16 14:45 UTC 2000 |
Kevin?
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kentn
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response 292 of 905:
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May 19 02:37 UTC 2000 |
Bueller? Bueller???
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albaugh
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response 293 of 905:
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May 20 15:37 UTC 2000 |
stared 0 (kentn)
adjust 2 (aruba)
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kentn
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response 294 of 905:
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May 21 01:29 UTC 2000 |
stares
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aruba
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response 295 of 905:
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May 21 15:27 UTC 2000 |
OK, the word is "injuns"; proof to follow.
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aruba
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response 296 of 905:
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May 21 16:29 UTC 2000 |
score(inurns) = 4
score(adjust) = 2
Since these two words have no letters in common, and their total adds up to
6, each correct letter must come from one of them. (Because, if they were
both wrong in one letter position, then there would be only 5 positions left
in which the 6 correctly scored letters could be. Therefore two of the
correst letters would have to be in the same spot, which is impossible since
the two words don't agree on any letters.) So in grep notation the word must
match
[ai][dn][ju][ru][ns][st]
which implies that
score(-mbibe) = score(o-ward) = score(spoo--) = 0.
So
1 = score(imbibe) = score(i-----) + score(-mbibe) = score(i-----),
1 = score(onward) = score(-n----) + score(o-ward) = score(-n----), and
2 = score(spoons) = score(----ns) + score(spoo--) = score(----ns).
So now the word must be
in[j or u][r or u]ns,
which means that score(ad--st) = 0. So
2 = score(adjust) = score(--ju--) + score(ad--st) = score(--ju--).
Therefore the word must be injuns.
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kentn
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response 297 of 905:
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May 22 00:45 UTC 2000 |
Sounds good to me.
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albaugh
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response 298 of 905:
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May 22 22:04 UTC 2000 |
Well, whadya know:
stares 1 (kentn)
injuns 6 (aruba)
That means that aROObah is it!
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aruba
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response 299 of 905:
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May 23 14:35 UTC 2000 |
Do you have a reference for injuns, Kevin? I didn't know it had made it
into the dictionary.
OK, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word.
injuns 0 (lastword)
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