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Grex > Language > #62: Six Letter Word Game (second edition) | |
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aruba
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response 950 of 1001:
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Jul 24 06:36 UTC 1994 |
Looks good to me!
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srw
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response 951 of 1001:
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Jul 24 14:31 UTC 1994 |
Yeah, me too.
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rcurl
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response 952 of 1001:
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Jul 24 15:33 UTC 1994 |
At least, down-to-earth.
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kentn
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response 953 of 1001:
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Jul 24 21:10 UTC 1994 |
Looks really good to me, too. Your word, Rane. Oh, better make it
official:
podzol 6 (rcurl)
Is it my imagination or are most words falling in less than 15
guesses (usually around 12) lately? Has it been that way all along
or are we just getting too good?
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dang
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response 954 of 1001:
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Jul 24 21:26 UTC 1994 |
after 953 frsponses, i think you're all too good. maybe a 8 letter game?
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rcurl
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response 955 of 1001:
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Jul 24 21:35 UTC 1994 |
We've tried other variations, working up to a 28 letter word game. It
didn't get very far. "After the fall", we settled on 6.
I am thinking of another diabolical six letter world.
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kentn
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response 956 of 1001:
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Jul 24 21:40 UTC 1994 |
podzol
(Gotta get that tradition back on track...)
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rcurl
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response 957 of 1001:
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Jul 24 21:45 UTC 1994 |
Right. And here is the traditional response:
podzol 0 kentn
List of guessed words are in /u/rcurl/letter.match Rule of the
game are in /u/rcurl/lettermatch.rules (except that we are playing
the six letter version). Say, has anyone tried it yet as a car game?
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srw
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response 958 of 1001:
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Jul 25 01:31 UTC 1994 |
I think the competition has become fierce, and the slackers have gone away,
so both of these would drive down the solution time.
"entity"
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kentn
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response 959 of 1001:
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Jul 25 03:23 UTC 1994 |
unease
You're probably right, srw. I try to throw in a few gratuitous guesses
to stretch things out a bit, but...
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aruba
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response 960 of 1001:
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Jul 25 03:42 UTC 1994 |
master
We have been averaging under 15 guesses for some time. I know
because the sheets I use to keep track of the guesses have 15 rows per
column, and I usually don't have to spill over to a second column.
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carson
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response 961 of 1001:
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Jul 25 04:40 UTC 1994 |
behind
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rcurl
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response 962 of 1001:
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Jul 25 05:11 UTC 1994 |
There certainly is a "hard core" here. I found that after not paying much
attention for a couple of weeks (because of our flood at home), it took
a concentrated effort to climb back into the "winning circle". I can
imagine that new players don't get enough feedback and practice time
before each game is over. Maybe we need leagues...
entity 0 srw
unease 1 kentn (congratulations!)
master 0 aruba
behind 1 carson
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dang
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response 963 of 1001:
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Jul 25 05:50 UTC 1994 |
leagues might help. i'd be in the wild guess league.
undone
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kentn
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response 964 of 1001:
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Jul 25 05:57 UTC 1994 |
breeze
We do give some analyses of how people arrived at the winning guess.
Maybe we should do that more often? Or set up a game summary and
analysis item (to look at completed letter match puzzles with hind
sight) -- it's hard to do that in the context of an ongoing game in
this item. Don't know how many people would be interested...
If any of you people reading this but not responding think it looks
like a fun game (it's addictive actually) but don't know how to
start or improve, ASK!
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rcurl
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response 965 of 1001:
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Jul 25 06:03 UTC 1994 |
undone 0 dang
breeze 0 kentn
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aruba
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response 966 of 1001:
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Jul 25 12:45 UTC 1994 |
metate (a stone with a concave upper surface used as the nether millstone
for grinding grains and especially maize)
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srw
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response 967 of 1001:
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Jul 25 14:11 UTC 1994 |
stasis
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rcurl
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response 968 of 1001:
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Jul 25 15:02 UTC 1994 |
metate 1 aruba
stasis 0 srw
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arwen
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response 969 of 1001:
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Jul 25 15:49 UTC 1994 |
I am asking! I couldn't get to the rules....computer illiteracy will
frustrate the heck out of you. Can you give me explicit step by step
instructions on how to get the rules? e-mail them to me. Thanks
This looks fascinating and I hate lurking.....;-)
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arwen
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response 970 of 1001:
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Jul 25 15:50 UTC 1994 |
Oh wait....is this a word version of mastermind?
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rcurl
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response 971 of 1001:
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Jul 25 16:15 UTC 1994 |
Enter more /u/rcurl/lettermatch.rules at the Ok: prompt. I forget
how mastermind works, but I recall someone else making an analogy (but
pointing out the differences). Briefly, the number gives the number
of exact letter and position matches between the hidden and guessed
word. Proper nouns are not allowed. You cannot guess twice in a row (etc).
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kentn
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response 972 of 1001:
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Jul 25 18:13 UTC 1994 |
wizard
If, for some reason, you still can't get to the rules, arwen, let us
know and we'll e-mail them to you (assuming you can read mail).
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rcurl
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response 973 of 1001:
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Jul 25 18:27 UTC 1994 |
wizard 4 kentn (not long now!)
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arwen
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response 974 of 1001:
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Jul 25 20:50 UTC 1994 |
wezart
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