GAME: *LINGO* Revival Round (14)!! [M.A. Lady Vulpix]

[Magmar]

Game Play

The game is like MasterMind, except with words, usually 5-12 letters long. There's a given word with a given amount of letters, and everyone guesses it. The person in charge each round rates the guesses with how many letters are in the correct places (right), how many letters are in the word but not the right places (misplaced), and how many not at all (wrong).

Say I've come up with the secret word "cow". I'll tell you "Three letters". You guess "two". Someone else guesses "oar". A third person guesses "the".

I'll return the results as:
Two: 0-2-1 (None correct, two misplaced letters, one letter is irrelevant to the word.)
Oar: 0-1-2
The: 0-0-3

Using that logic, you could recognize that two of the letters in "two" are found in the word; a third letter, which may overlap with the original two, is possibly misplaced. The letters in "the" are not found in the secret word, so you know that the "t" in "two" is not in the secret word. So "w" and "o" are found in the secret word.

Following that logic, you know that it must be "o" from "oar" that is also in the secret word. Since the "o" cannot fall in the first or third slot, you can discern that "o" is the second letter. And since "w" cannot be in the second slot, it must be either in the first or third.

Your word is either _ o w, or w o _. All other letters presented are not in the word.

Game play continues until somebody properly guesses the word. That person then runs the next round of Lingo.


Rules


1. I do use a checker to verify how many right, wrong and misplaced. Please try to work them out on your own rather than search around online for a puzzle solving program. That's cheating and it kills the fun and challenge.

2. You may guess as many times as you like in each puzzle, but only guess one word at a time, and do not post twice until I have posted with the reply to your original word.

3. Choose words that are in the English language, not hyphenated or spaced, and try not to make the words too obscure. Don't use proper nouns, as they are not universal.

HOWEVER: When guessing, you may use a proper, one-word noun, like Wednesday.

Also, words have to be verifiable through an official English dictionary or thesaurus as real words that are not classified as "archaic" (i.e. talketh).

4. You score one point for each solved puzzle. I have the old score table, don't worry! I'll present it after this round.


The official Lingo Calculator™ by Lady Vulpix can be found here! (http://forboards.prophp.org/lingo.php) (That's how I check the 1-2-0 etc.) No it won't help you since you don't know the original word.

The first word has nine letters. :)

[Knight of Time]

Threesome

[mr_pikachu]

Awesome! It's back! I loved this game back in the day...

analogous

[Magmar]

Threesome: 1-2-6
Analogous: 1-3-5

[Knight of Time]

Authentic

[Blademaster]

Sweet! I love word games!

METRONOME.

[Magmar]

Authentic: 1-2-6
Metronome: 0-4-5

[Knight of Time]

Aeroblast

[Magmar]

Aeroblast: 0-4-5

[Shadow Wolf]

Let's see if I can help

Adventure

[Magmar]

Adventure: 0-5-4

[Shadow Wolf]

Hmm, not much help...:sweat2:

Let's go with:

Universal

[Blademaster]

How about BREAKFAST?

[Magmar]

Universal: 3-2-4
Breakfast: 0-3-6

Getting closer!

[Blademaster]

Well, this *is* a Pokemon message board...

How about TORTERRAS?

[Magmar]

Torterras: 3-0-6

[Blademaster]

How about...

LADDERMAN?

[Magmar]

Ladderman: 3-2-4

[Blademaster]

Um...

YESTERDAY?

[mr_pikachu]

I have a question. In the old days of Lingo, we were allowed to use the Grep program, but only to eliminate choices based on certain traits. (For instance, if we knew that a certain letter was in a certain spot, we could eliminate any words that didn't fit that specific criteria. Likewise, we could eliminate words that had letters which we knew weren't in the puzzle.) Is such limited use of the Grep program still legal?

(If you don't recall what Grep is, ask Gabi. She's the one who gave me my copy. And incidentally, I need to ask her for another copy of the word list; mine got corrupted.)

As for a guess... corrupted works.

[Magmar]

Well, most of the members here don't have Grep. Wait and ask Gabi what she thinks, I trust her decision.

Yesterday: 2-1-6
Corrupted: 1-4-4

[mr_pikachu]

Okay, let's try a different tactic. xylophone

[Blademaster]

I agree - if I've figured out what that 1 right-place letter is, this may help...

MARSUPIAL?

[Lady Vulpix]

I think it's ok to use Grep, it doesn't really make much of a difference, it just helps you do an easy task faster. And you can download it for free.

I'm not using it yet, though. I'm posting a guess to help confirm or discard something:

UNIVERSES

[Magmar]

Xylophone: 0-4-5
Marsupial: 1-2-6
Universes: 2-2-5

[Blademaster]

AMSTERDAM, maybe?

[Magmar]

Are you getting somewhere, or did you get lost in:

Amsterdam: 2-1-6

[Blademaster]

Maybe... SINCERELY?

[Lady Vulpix]

This is WONDERFUL!

[Magmar]

Yes! It is indeed wonderful. :)

Congrats and a point to Lady Vulpix! *Waves wand*

[Lady Vulpix]

Thanks! *Updates plushie list.* (http://forboards.tripod.com/LingoPlushies.html) I guess it's my turn now, right?

_ _ _ _ _ _ (6)

[Shadow Wolf]

Now that you say it, why don't we try an Update?

[Lady Vulpix]

update: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.

Interesting beginning.

[Shadow Wolf]

Thanks! I appreciate it. ^_^

[Blademaster]

How about DEVICE?

[Magmar]

Could there be some sort of Mishap here? Doubt it.

[Zak]

Oh shit I never thought this game would return. lol

This post was brought to you by the creator of this game.

[mr_pikachu]

Let's see what happens with armada.

[Lady Vulpix]

It's nice to see you again, Zak!

thanks: 2 right, 1 misplaced, 3 wrong.
device: 0 right, 0 misplaced, 6 wrong. Valuable!
mishap: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.
return: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 3 wrong.
armada: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Zak]

I miss going to my Auntie's house.

EDIT: Please, Gabi, if you are going to save that plushie list in that form, is there any way you can take out that atrocious sig of mine?

If that is not possible, could you copy it onto something else?

[Magmar]

This chair is not very smooth and it's annoying me. Time to buy a new one.

[Magmar]

I'm not sure where my original guess went! I thought for sure I'd posted something!

Nevertheless I could devise something better, methinks.

[Lady Vulpix]

auntie: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong. :)
smooth: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 3 wrong.
devise: 1 right, 0 misplaced, 5 wrong. DING!

Alright, Zak, I'll edit it when I get home.

[Magmar]

I'm feeling Robust today.

And once again, sorry about the double post!!!!!!!! I didn't realize the post was on the other page :(

[Lady Vulpix]

And I didn't realize both posts had come from the same parson. I guess we're even. -_- But I'll pay more attention from now on. Once you've posted a guess, you can't post another one until the host updates.

robust: 2 right, 2 misplaced, 2 wrong. Getting closer.

[Magmar]

Yeah, my post was trapped in thrush somewhere. :)

[Lady Vulpix]

Well done, Magmar! The thrush is yours!

By the way, is the permission for using Grep confirmed?

[Magmar]

I say go for it =) I don't have a problem with using a program like that provided it's free and accessible to all participants. Plus I have a hard time believing you'd endorse cheating in any way =)

Thrush, yay! Infected baby tooth disease! My favorite haha (it's also a bird lol).

Well, the next word has ten (10) letters!

[Zak]

I'll try a word I used once: Rigamarole.

[Magmar]

Rigamarole: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

Let see if there are any promotions to be found.

And about it being free and accessible to all participants, do you still have the program and word list, Gabi?

[Shadow Wolf]

Does anyone know the importance of this word?

[Blademaster]

SUPERSONIC.

[Magmar]

Importance: 3-3-4. Ooh!
Supersonic: 1-4-5
Promotions: 0-4-6

[Blademaster]

How about 'supersonic's' anagram, PERCUSSION?

[mr_pikachu]

And I'll add Prometheus.

[Zak]

SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE

[Shadow Wolf]

...and I will try to get help from Hypotenuse Man.

[Lady Vulpix]

I do, Brian, but at home, not here at work. And I don't know how much access I will have to my home computer until the weekend (visitors are staying in the computer room). But you can search for Grep on the web, it should be easy to find.

CREATIONAL

[mr_pikachu]

Actually, I still have grep (although I haven't tested it to make sure it still works after my file transfer). That's not a big deal, really.

The bigger problem for me is that I need a new word list, or grep itself is useless for this game. That and the fact that I'm weighed down by morality, so I don't want to use grep anyway until it's available to everyone through the thread. WHY MUST I HAVE MORALS? >_<

[Lady Vulpix]

Alright, the word list's on my site (http://forboards.prophp.org/index.html). (Search the links for English word list).

[Magmar]

Creational: 1-5-4
Hypotenuse: 1-4-5
Dumbledore: 1-2-7
Percussion: 0-5-5
Prometheus: 0-4-6

*Breathes*
Thanks Gabi!! Not quite sure what to do with it, though! :p

[mr_pikachu]

I have confidence in this guess.

[Zak]

Carpenters

[Blademaster]

CORPORATION.

[Magmar]

confidence: 5-1-4. Uh-oh!
carpenters: 1-6-3
corporation: *buzzer sound* too many letters!

[Blademaster]

Whoops...

Maybe... CONCIONATE?

[Magmar]

Concionate: 2-5-3

I'm noticing a pattern. haha.

[Lady Vulpix]

I've figured out 3 letters, but not their positions yet.

COEXTENDED

[Zak]

Abstinence.

[Magmar]

I sniggered a bit when I saw "Dumbledore"; I thought of Hermione's spiteful Gryffindor common room password of "Abstinence!"

You got it, Zak =)

Edit: I have to bestow upon you this plush Chastity Belt, a symbol of the great Abstinence. Your word!

[Zak]

Hah, thanks... Abstinence was a password? I don't remember that...

Okay, I give you a word of 9 letters.

[Blademaster]

Mega Horny says...

BLASPHEMY!

[mr_pikachu]

I'll go with one of my favorite Lingo words, xylophone.

And nicely done, Zak!

[Shadow Wolf]

I'll play it safe, and get an insurance.

[Zak]

Blasphemy: 0-5-4

Xylophone: 0-4-5

Insurance: 2-2-5

[mr_pikachu]

What about aardvarks?

[Blademaster]

Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up!

(holds up shotgun)

You see this?

This... is my BOOMSTICK!!!

[Magmar]

Look at my zygomorph, its so cute ^.^

[Zak]

Aardvarks: 1-1-7

Boomstick: 0-3-6 (assuming that was your guess and not "primitive")

Zygomorph: 1-2-6

[Shadow Wolf]

Work hard to become moderator.

[Magmar]

Work hard to become moderator.

Yes that is what Confucius say!

[Blademaster]

Why would I guess primitive and not boomstick when all my other guesses so far have been in capital letters, too?

PROMOTION.

[Zak]

I dunno, didn't notice...

Moderator: 1-2-6

Confucius: 0-2-7

Promotion: 0-4-5

[Blademaster]

I'll go back and recycle a guess.

METRONOME.

[Magmar]

I just popped out Octuplets! Oh, the pain!

[Shadow Wolf]

There has to be a Technique

[mr_pikachu]

I want to travel to the future and play the holophone.

[Zak]

Metronome: 0-3-6

Octuplets: 1-1-7

Technique: 1-3-5

Holophone: 0-3-6

[mr_pikachu]

Is this a word that is worthy of being displayed?

[Blademaster]

OSCILLATE.

[Zak]

Displayed: 0-4-5

Oscillate: 1-3-5

[mr_pikachu]

Did you ever play that old board game called Labyrinth?

[Blademaster]

PROTOZOAN.

[Zak]

mr_pikachu, I actually have! And consider this round yours, you got it!

[Lady Vulpix]

x_x I missed a whole round! I hate being so busy.

Nicely done, Brian.

[Blademaster]

There has gotta be a way to make this game easier without cheating or counting every word in the dictionary...

Oh, well... Words here are usually 5-12 letters long, right? Then I'll guess the word appropriate to that in advance:

GUSTO.
FRIEND.
SURREAL.
FISHBONE.
GOALPOSTS.
COOPERATED.
BELLYBUTTON.
EMBEZZLEMENT.

[Magmar]

I missed the end of this round as well!! Mainly because of my sprained ankle, it's lovely mind you. Good job on that guess!! :)

[Lady Vulpix]

You only missed the end. I missed the WHOLE round!

I hope your ankle's better.

[mr_pikachu]

...Holy cow. I actually won a round of Lingo! *jaw drops*

Well. Thank you, Zak! I think this is the first time I've ever hosted a game...

10 letters! Good luck, everyone!


cooperated: 0-6-4


(I really should've done a 13-letter word. ;))

[Zak]

Molybdenum

[mr_pikachu]

molybdenum: 0-4-6

[Zak]

Peppermint.

Oh, and stop whining about how you all missed a round, look how long I was gone for.

[mr_pikachu]

peppermint: 0-4-6

[Magmar]

This year, my goal is: graduation.

[Blademaster]

AUDITORIUM.

[mr_pikachu]

graduation: 0-7-3
auditorium: 1-6-3

[Magmar]

There are Insomniacs lurking about.

[Blademaster]

JUDICATORY.

[mr_pikachu]

insomniacs: 1-5-4
judicatory: 2-6-2

[Magmar]

If you don't know how to spell a word, look it up in the DICTIONARY!!

[mr_pikachu]

But of course! You've won a dictionary, Magmar! And better yet, it's an unabridged edition with over 70 languages... in large print!

*drops two-ton dictionary on your head*

Your turn. ^_^

[Magmar]

Hooray, now not only am I dyslexic and insomniac, and have a sprained ankle, but I have a dictionary to read while I can't sleep and am stuck in the house on crutches! Yes! Time to learn Swedish!

The next word has six (6) letters. :)

_ _ _ _ _ _

[mr_pikachu]

I have taken many quests in search of this word.

[Magmar]

*Little trumpet goes off*

Quests: 0-0-6 :)

[Blademaster]

ANIMAL.

[Magmar]

Animal: 1-0-5

[mr_pikachu]

It takes a real drunk to consume alcohol in quarts.

[Magmar]

Quarts: 0-1-5 :)

[mr_pikachu]

Now, go do that voodoo that you do so well!

[Magmar]

Voodoo: 0-0-6
we're onto something.

[mr_pikachu]

What about lusted?

[Magmar]

Lusted: 0-0-6 :)

[mr_pikachu]

Do you ever miss The Rusted One?

[Blademaster]

RAMADA.

[Magmar]

Rusted: 0-1-5
Ramada: 0-1-5

[Blademaster]

You're a mean one, Mr. GRINCH...

[Magmar]

Grinch: 2-0-4
I can hear the bells...

[Blademaster]

Time to eliminate some letters...

HYPATE.

[mr_pikachu]

Is this a frizzy prize?

[Magmar]

Congrats, Mr. Pikachu! You got it with FRIZZY :)
and you get a Ms. Frizzle plushie
from The Magic School Bus =)

[mr_pikachu]

Awesome! Thank you, Magmar. ^_^

The next word has five (5) letters. Good luck!

[Crazy Elf Boy]

Is Blarg a word, because if it is Blarg

[mr_pikachu]

I've been looking through dictionary.com, reference.com, and Gabi's word list... haven't found "blarg" anywhere. Sorry, but I don't think I'm supposed to count that guess, from what I can tell.

[Zak]

OMG NO WAY I MISSED TWO ROUNDS I WAS IN NY FOR TWO DAYS :( :(

Anyway, as the creator of this game let me once again go over the limits as two what may be guessed. I remember stating a while back that you may use proper names that aren't in the dictionary, but preferably as guesses rather than the word for people to guess. You may also guess ANYTHING as long as its not a word you made up. You may go from fictional things like Harry Potter terms to random video game RPG terms or like words that are invented in certain songs that the lyricists made up... like Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious or Ob-la-di Ob-la-da (obviously just examples since a word isn't gonna be that long or that short) or a name of a company... hell, even people sometimes guess names of Pokemon! Basically, as long as the word is not just a random combination of letters you made up to be a convenient guess that you never heard anywhere else before. To me, Google is a good enough judge as to whether a word is an apropriate guess.
According to Google, "Blarg" is a lot of things, so it IS a legit guess, and I would insist that you rate that guess.
However, it is true that the way Crazy Elf Boy said it it sounds like he was digging for random combinations of five letters that are pronouncable. But Google has "Blarg" as a lot of things, including a company and I'm pretty sure a word, so it's more than a fair guess, considering it gives an average amount of matches for a word that exists on google (as opposed to only five pages). It would have been better if Crazy Elf Boy had googled it, and then used one of the matches as an example of what it could be.

One thing though, it would be preferred that you TRY and use only real words for the actual answers. I mean, every now and then it would be okay if you use a name or fictional word that a lot of people would know, I mean, Pichu once used "Nazgul". I just wouldn't want to get too carried away with it. But as far as guesses are limited, have Google determine that for you.

and also, cocks.

(if anyone got my above inside joke, I love you, but if not, don't ask me to explain, heh.)

[mr_pikachu]

Thanks for clarifying, Zak. Didn't know what the precise criteria were... I appreciate it. ^_^

blarg: 1-0-4
cocks: 0-2-3

[Lady Vulpix]

I missed two whole rounds too! At least I'll make a post this time.

CLOCK

[Toxicity]

Disregard Zak because he sucks cocks. Hah. (another inside joke. relative, although not quite fitting. oh well.)

I play Hardball. Although I think everybody plays it at one point.

[Blademaster]

SKATE.

[Magmar]

hell froze over! :)

[Zak]

The sad part is I actually get it. rofl.

SPEED.

[mr_pikachu]

clock: 1-0-4
plays: 0-1-4
skate: 1-0-4
froze: 1-1-3
speed: 2-0-3

[Magmar]

Argh! I'm a pirate!
I swish me sword in the air!

[mr_pikachu]

sword: 5-0-0

Congratulations, Magmar! You've won a sword! Here, take your prize. *throws sword at Magmar*

O_O

...Oops.

*runs*

[Magmar]

Yatta! I'm doing well at this game lately o_O;;

Nevertheless the next word has a grand thirteen (13) letters in it :)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

[mr_pikachu]

Hooray for zygomorphism!

(Yeah, I have no idea what that is.)

[Blademaster]

The end of the remake of The Hills Have Eyes II was totally ANTICLIMACTIC, in my opinion.

EDIT: Bri, 'zygomorphism' has twelve letters, not thirteen.

[mr_pikachu]

Bleh. Misread my list; it should have been zygomorphisms. Not sure if that guess can count now... if it doesn't, oh well.

[Magmar]

Anticlimactic: 1-4-8
Zygomorphisms: 3-3-7

Big words can be a challenge, but there are far fewer of them!

[mr_pikachu]

Before you can take a standardized test, it has to go through a standardizing process.

[Magmar]

standardizing... let me run it through the machine...

bleep bleep bloop ba dummmm.

Standardizing: 0-4-9

[Blademaster]

I have yet to win a round of this game... how HEARTBREAKING...

[mr_pikachu]

Every standardized test also has to have standardizers.

[Zak]

bleep blap bloop da dummm... interesting onomatopoeias.

[Shadow Wolf]

is there a chance that this could become an international game?

[Magmar]

The game will most likely remain in English, since nearly everybody in these forums is fluent in English to some degree. Like stated earlier, it's an excellent tool to gain some new understanding of English.

Heartbreaking: 0-3-10
Standardizers: 1-4-8
Onomatopoeias: 1-7-5
International: 1-5-7

[Lady Vulpix]

Well, it is international in a way. There are players from different nations.

I'll try EXPOSITIONARY, even if I know it's not the word and someone is bound to get it before I can check again.

[Zak]

I have actually played it in Hebrew. And as far as I know, the game show (which is very different and easier than this) is international.

Immortalities

[Magmar]

Expositionary: 1-5-7
immortalities: 3 right, 3 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Is EXPEDITIONARY any further?

[Magmar]

expeditionary: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 9 wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

Is anybody here a Mississippian?

[Blademaster]

ARCHAEOPTERYX was the first bird.

[Magmar]

mississippian: 1 right, 4 misplaced, 8 wrong.
archaeopteryx: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 10 wrong.

Mississippians and other Gulf Coast residents should beware the approach of Hurricane Dean.

[Lady Vulpix]

Why would anyone want to have mononucleosis?

[Magmar]

I DO have mononucleosis! :( That's my big SURPRISE! Mono! That's why I'm at home posting a lot here, and sleeping the rest of the time :(

Lame, I know. haha. But congrats, Gabi ^_^ you guessed the word. (I don't have much luck this summer do I....)

Nevertheless you get the Mono plushie... since it's the "Kissing" disease you can have a cute teddy bear making a kiss-face! (But don't kiss him for 4-6 weeks 'cuz he has mono.)

[Lady Vulpix]

Oh, sorry to hear that. I hope you get well soon.

9 letters now.

[Magmar]

Wisconsin!

'Cuz I could go for some cheese, if I could swallow it.

[Blademaster]

Mononucle-what-now? o.O Sorry to hear it, Barry... Hope you get better soon...

But until then, no offense, I ain't getting any closer to you than the length of a YARDSTICK.

[Zak]

I dunno if you realized (considering you had to say it a second time and even then you sounded like you were serious) but I was being sarcastic when I 'complained' about missing two rounds.

[mr_pikachu]

I like aardvarks.

What does mono cause, anyway? In terms of symptoms, I mean.

[Lady Vulpix]

wisconsin: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 6 wrong.
yardstick: 1 right, 3 misplaced, 5 wrong.
sarcastic: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 6 wrong.
aardvarks: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 7 wrong.

I've never seen an aardvark, actually.

[Blademaster]

BARTENDER.

[Lady Vulpix]

bartender: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Zak]

Let's try this once and for all:


Ataraxias.

[Lady Vulpix]

Hehehehe.

ataraxias: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Blademaster]

SCARECROW.

[Lady Vulpix]

scarecrow: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Blademaster]

REARRANGE.

[Lady Vulpix]

rearrange: 2 right, 3 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

I don't like to have a single condiment on my cheeseburgers.

[Blademaster]

REVISITED.

[Lady Vulpix]

condiment: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 5 wrong.
revisited: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 7 wrong.

Feel free to start grep (http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/)ping things away.

[mr_pikachu]

It takes endurance to win this game.

[Lady Vulpix]

endurance: 3 right, 3 misplaced, 3 wrong. Nice!

[mr_pikachu]

One of life's greatest miracles is pregnancy.

[Blademaster]

It's either that or RESONANCY.

[Lady Vulpix]

Indeed it is! And now it's all yours! Err... The plushie, I mean. And it has a little plushie inside! :D

[Zak]

Whoa... well I have nothing to guess considering I'm assuming Brian probably has it, but if he DOES have it and we're following the pattern of people choosing words for reasons like Magmar's mononucleosis... does that mean... ah whatever I'm not gonna finish that sentence :P

[Magmar]

*Gasp* Oh my my my. Hahahahaha. Sorry I missed all this! I nearly slept through, but HAD to attend, this concert. Now I'm deaf and sore! And exhausted! But not pregnant.

[mr_pikachu]

Zak: o_0


Magmar: 0_o


Uh, okay! Thanks, Gabi. That's a very unusual plushie for the collection! ^_^;;


Time for an eight-letter word.

[Zak]

Has Gabi become one of those triple posting spammers? ;)

Actually when I had made that previous post I wasn't sure it actually came through since I clicked submit and nothing happened, it just kept loading, so instead of trying again I just said fuck it, but whaddaya know, it actually appeared. So... I think clicking submit once, even if it doesn't finish loading, ensures your post coming through. UNLESS your internet disconnects while you have that window open.

[mr_pikachu]

Gabi and I started discussing this on AIM once she had the problem. I tested it myself and got the same result... basically, what happens is that it appears that the post doesn't get through. The "in progress" thing on your browser keeps going until it times out or whatever. But even though it seems like your post didn't get through, it shows up once the forum catches up with the posts that are being made. So if you hit that "Submit Reply" button nine times, there will be nine posts. (Seriously, that very thing happened in Hangman awhile back. I still don't think that record's been broken.)

Back to the game!


spammers: 0-2-6

[Lady Vulpix]

No, Zak, I'm not pregnant.

And I'm not addicted either, except to tea.

[Blademaster]

SUITCASE.

[mr_pikachu]

addicted: 0-4-4
suitcase: 0-4-4

Is anyone here addicted to suitcases?

[Blademaster]

ARCHIVES.

[Lady Vulpix]

Let's see if I can find a matching word.

[Magmar]

Matching would work...

Just in case, Patching!
haha.

[Shadow Wolf]

Time to take a look for the meaning of oxidizer

[mr_pikachu]

archives: 0-4-4
matching: 1-2-5
patching: 1-2-5
oxidizer: 0-3-5

[Blademaster]

BACKFIRE.

[mr_pikachu]

backfire: 0-4-4

[Blademaster]

HYSTERIA.

[mr_pikachu]

hysteria: 2-2-4

[Crazy Elf Boy]

historic

[Magmar]

Crutches should provide further clues.

[Lady Vulpix]

I'll try marching just to buy time until I can go home and check my list and previous deductions.

[Zak]

Too sleepy to deduct right now, didn't sleep at all last night... so much that I think that whoever designed the system for what I was playing most of the night should have their crotches hurt.

[mr_pikachu]

historic: 3-1-4
crutches: 0-5-3
marching: 1-2-5
crotches: 0-5-3

[Shadow Wolf]

I'll try juggling for some time.

[mr_pikachu]

juggling: 0-2-6

[Shadow Wolf]

Has anyone heard about a bird known as hoactzin?

[Blademaster]

CRAWFISH.

[Lady Vulpix]

I'll try electric.

[mr_pikachu]

hoactzin: 3-0-5
crawfish: 0-3-5
electric: 8-0-0

Congratulations, Gabi! You've won an electric plushie! Shocking, isn't it?

[Lady Vulpix]

Yes... shocking that I managed to make enough deductions to come up with a matching guess while at work and my boss didn't notice. :D

Ok, 9 letters now.

[Blademaster]

FANTASTIC.

[mr_pikachu]

aardvarks!

What, you expected something different?

[Inferno_Dragon]

Anybody can play this game, right?

How about Thesaurus?

[Magmar]

Saxophone for fun times!

[mr_pikachu]

Anybody can play this game, right?

How about Thesaurus?

No! You are barred from playing! Bad Inferno! Bad! *hits with rolled-up newspaper*

...Yeah, you can play. ^_^

[Lady Vulpix]

fantastic: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 6 wrong.
aardvarks: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 5 wrong.
thesaurus: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 5 wrong.
saxophone: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

Everybody loves a xylophone!

[Magmar]

Brian, you stole my word! But it's good to know that we all have strategy. Potentially eliminating those two letters is a good idea.

Succotash! You know, it suffers. Like... sufferin' succotash!

[Lady Vulpix]

xylophone: 1 right, 0 misplaced, 8 wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

You do realize I did the exact same thing for the last nine-letter word, right Magmar? (At least, I think I did...)

To continue the chain, let's play the holophone.

[Magmar]

Gabi, you forgot my word ^_^;; "Succotash".

Lusaphone! Like... people who speak Portuguese.

[Lady Vulpix]

Oh, succotash wasn't there when I started typing my reply.

succotash: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 6 wrong.
holophone: 1 right, 0 misplaced, 8 wrong.
lusaphone: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 6 wrong. :)

[Magmar]

Oh, okay :)

Rectangle. :)

[Lady Vulpix]

rectangle: 4 right, 0 misplaced, 5 wrong. Getting closer!

[Magmar]

Rectorial? Haha, yes I know what that word means. But it would make an interesting plushie o_o;; although it's not the answer. It's just a guess :)

[Lady Vulpix]

It is, indeed, just a guess. But the closest so far.

rectorial: 4 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Magmar]

How about Phlegmier; I need more clues.

[Lady Vulpix]

phlegmier: 1 right, 3 misplaced, 5 wrong. Is it any help?

[mr_pikachu]

I know this isn't right, but I'm baffled... this situation needs to be rectified.

[Magmar]

We should reconcile some differences. I don't know what they are, but... if it gets us some clues XD

[Lady Vulpix]

rectified: 4 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.
reconcile: 5 right, 0 misplaced, 4 wrong. Wow!

[mr_pikachu]

Um... is it recursive?

[Blademaster]

RECORDING.

[Zak]

If it all adds up correctly I'm pretty sure mr_pikachu got it again.

But just as a desperate little attempt I'll guess the only other real word that fits the combos of possible letters and correct placement, although less likely to be the word in question: recrusive.

Hey, it worked for Jay with "Zealous" after someone had already guessed "jealous" before J or Z were even used. Haha pretty sad how I remember that.

[Lady Vulpix]

I don't think it's sad, Zak.

But yes, Brian got it. Congratulations! You win a recursive plushie! See if you can define it recursively. :D

[mr_pikachu]

Thanks, Gabi!

Things that are recursive can be used repeatedly, like pieces of computer code and such. I'm sure that's probably where you got it.

Things that are recursive can be used repeatedly, like pieces of computer code and such. I'm sure that's probably where you got it.

Things that are recursive can be used repeatedly, like pieces of computer code and such. I'm sure that's probably where you got it.

^_^;;

New word! Nine (9) letters! Good luck!

[Blademaster]

CUSTOMIZE.

[mr_pikachu]

customize: 1-2-6

[Blademaster]

CLEOPATRA.

[Lady Vulpix]

That's not exactly recursion, but nice attempt anyway. And you're right, that's where I got it.

I doubt I'll have the chance to post when this one can be resolved, but for now I'll try...

ataraxias

[mr_pikachu]

cleopatra: 1-3-5
ataraxias: 0-2-7

[Blademaster]

CRANIALLY.

[mr_pikachu]

cranially: 1-4-4