[GAME] LINGO, ROUND 15!! (A.A.)

[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 five letters. :)

[mr_pikachu]

Guess who zooms into the thread and guesses first!

[Shadow Wolf]

*Later, shinypkmnchaser guesses second*

[Blademaster]

Even later, yours truly guesses FIFTH... third.

[Magmar]

Zooms: 0-0-5
Later: 2-0-3 :eek:
Fifth: 0-0-5

[mr_pikachu]

Has anyone else seen Mark McGwire hit a homer?

[Blademaster]

Grep's still broke...

LANKY.

[Magmar]

Homer: 1-0-4
Lanky: 1-0-4

[mr_pikachu]

I don't want to be a loser.

[Lady Vulpix]

I'll try level.

[Magmar]

Level: 5-0-0
Good guess, Gabi :) I have so much to do for the next few days with back-to-school and feeling better, finally, so I picked an easy yet slightly tricky one ^_^ "Later" was a lucky early guess.

Your turn!

[Shadow Wolf]

Nice move Gabi. Who would've thought that a first guess would have been able to reveal almost half of the real word.

I'll be waiting for the next word.

Later!

[Lady Vulpix]

Indeed, Louis. :) I think all the guesses were lucky. All of them had a 0 somewhere.

6 letters now.

[Magmar]

Freeze, like, my feet are doing right now

[Lady Vulpix]

freeze: 1 right, 0 misplaced, 5 wrong. Good start!

[mr_pikachu]

Does anyone else remember Pslightly Psycho Psychic?

[Zak]

Ataxia.

[Magmar]

Rhythm :)

[Lady Vulpix]

Pslightly?

psycho: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.
ataxia: 1 right, 0 misplaced, 5 wrong.
rhythm: 0 right, 0 misplaced, 6 wrong!

[Magmar]

Escape this madness

[Blademaster]

MISHAP.

[Lady Vulpix]

escape: 1 right, 3 misplaced, 2 wrong.
mishap: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Blademaster]

PATENT.

[mr_pikachu]

Pslightly. Yes, I know. It was very hard on the psyche.

[Magmar]

I'm getting close... I already guessed thrice, may as well make it four times...

[Lady Vulpix]

patent: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.
psyche: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 3 wrong. And now you know what you wanted to know, I pressume.
thrice: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Blademaster]

PLACES.

[Zak]

Does anyone else find this game more fun and enjoyable and challenging without having access to grep? I sure do.

[Lady Vulpix]

More challenging, yes. More enjoyable? I don't know. It's fun to try to figure out how to filter the list, and filtering it by hand is too much of a hassle.

Anyway, you have access to the next round now.

[Zak]

Hmm... okay, I'm not exactly sure what you mean by filtering the list, but all these years I'm actually not sure if we even used the same method.

Anyway, the next one's a niney.

EDIT: and by the way, I DO remember Pslightly Psycho Psychic.

[Lady Vulpix]

Ah, yes, Zak remembers.

I haven't always used the same method, but I'm currently using the word list to help me find possible words.

[Magmar]

In Lapras Valley High, nobody likes Exeggcute.

[mr_pikachu]

Doesn't everybody just love aardvarks?

[Blademaster]

SWAZILAND.

[Zak]

Just a random note, I'm waiting for the day when someone's gonna be psychic and guess the word before any results are posted.

Remembers: 0-2-7

Exeggcute: 0-1-8

Aardvarks: 2-2-5

Swaziland: 2-2-5

[mr_pikachu]

As you already know, I'm a big fan of the xylophone.

[Zak]

Tell me something I don't know...

Xylophone: 1-0-8

[mr_pikachu]

Then you should be able to predict my next guess.

holophone

[Lady Vulpix]

The psychic thing actually happened to me once when I was playing oral Lingo in Spanish with a friend. The word was ANANÁ (pineapple).

marijuana

[Magmar]

Thrusting :)

[Shadow Wolf]

How about Sacrament?

[Blademaster]

SWEATIEST.

[Zak]

The psychic thing actually happened to me once when I was playing oral Lingo in Spanish with a friend. The word was ANANÁ (pineapple).

marijuana

Too cool to try to use that in a sentence this time eh.

Anyway, that was it. Enjoy this... plushie. Heh heh.

[Lady Vulpix]

Wow! And I was just talking about the psychic thing. Ok, it was not the first guess, but there must have been many possibilities left. Thanks, Zak.

As for using it in a sentence, was that a challenge? If so, I have a co-worker who once said marijuana smokers were better people. You might get an idea of my opinion on him.

Hmm... 12 letters now.

[Magmar]

Onomatopoeia. As in, "I'm a math major and don't ever have to deal with onomatopoeia."

[Lady Vulpix]

You're wrong. Everyone deals with onomatopoeias at some point.

onomatopoeia: 2 right, 3 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Magmar]

Manslaughter :(

[Lady Vulpix]

manslaughter: 0 right, 7 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Magmar]

Quantitative :)

[Lady Vulpix]

quantitative: 1 right, 4 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Blademaster]

ANTICLIMAXES.

[Lady Vulpix]

anticlimaxes: 0 right, 6 misplaced, 6 wrong.

[Magmar]

Anaesthetics
(It is an accepted spelling.)

[Shadow Wolf]

O_O, have someone ever faced the experience of seeing a doppelganger?

[Zak]

Hey... I thought we established that clicking the post button will submit the post rest assured even if it doesn't load, that is, as long as you're connected.

Onomotopoeia is usually my first guess for 12 letters... but I guess this time I will go with...

pseudoataxia. :)

[Blademaster]

How about DECLARATIONS?

[Lady Vulpix]

Yes, Magmar, don't keep pushing the Submit button when it doesn't finish loading after you submit. Your post will show up in the morning.

anaesthetics: 2 right, 4 misplaced, 6 wrong.
doppelganger: 0 right, 6 misplaced, 6 wrong.
pseudoataxia: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 7 wrong. Oh, another word of the ataxia group.
declarations: 1 right, 7 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

How about making some enchainments?

[Lady Vulpix]

enchainments: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Magmar]

Howsabout entanglement.

Was there 10 million copies of my last guess? -_- I clicked refresh and didn't even seen one.

[Lady Vulpix]

Just 4 copies (5 posts in total), but I deleted them.

entanglement: 1 right, 5 misplaced, 6 wrong.

[Magmar]

Invulnerable

[Crystalmaster Mike]

achromatisms

BTW, hello! Dunno for how long this "return" to the forums is, but meh...
BTW v2: since we last spoke, I've become a licensed driver (of cars :P). Beware!

[Lady Vulpix]

It's a Mike! *Squeezes.*

invulnerable: 1 right, 5 misplaced, 6 wrong.
achromatisms: 1 right, 4 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

Hmm, I have to play more to get the hang of this.

obliterative

[Lady Vulpix]

obliterative: 1 right, 6 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

elocutionary

[Lady Vulpix]

That's a new word for me.

elocutionary: 2 right, 6 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Blademaster]

ELEMENTALIST.

[Magmar]

Celebrations...?

[Zak]

Antiataraxia

[Lady Vulpix]

elementalist: 2 right, 6 misplaced, 4 wrong.
celebrations: 1 right, 7 misplaced, 4 wrong.
antiataraxia: 1 right, 4 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Blademaster]

Since Grep is a non-functional piece of junk, I'm gonna go back to the old-fashioned method.

DELICATESSAN.

[Magmar]

Billy Graham's in the hospital yay!!

Cephalograph

[Zak]

Zygomorphism

[Shadow Wolf]

Time to do some oxyacetylene.

[Lady Vulpix]

Sorry. Long, Internet-less day.

Blademaster: is 'delicatessan' a word? I can't find it in any dictionary. Don't you mean 'delicatessen'? I'll put this one on hold until I get a confirmation. And Grep is very useful, you just don't know how to use it. Don't insult what you don't understand.

cephalograph: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 7 wrong.
zygomorphism: 1 right, 5 misplaced, 6 wrong.
oxyacetylene: 2 right, 4 misplaced, 6 wrong.

[Zak]

Sorry. Long, Internet-less day.

Blademaster: is 'delicatessan' a word? I can't find it in any dictionary. Don't you mean 'delicatessen'? I'll put this one on hold until I get a confirmation. And Grep is very useful, you just don't know how to use it. Don't insult what you don't understand.

I agree with you about what Blade said, but I would encourage him to be like me and use his head more, cause unlike you, I don't need to use it.

I shall post a guess shortly, I just had to reply and didn't want to have to wait until I thought up a guess in order to reply.

[Lady Vulpix]

What's your problem, Zak? I don't need to use it either, I played for at least 2 years without using it. But then I found that using it saved me time, which is something I have very little of. I still use my head to make the deductions I need for grep to be of any use. You should try using yours before you post something like that.

[Magmar]

Put it my my mouth...

Dreamcatcher (it's one word. I googled.. but I don't blame you if you check.)

[Lady Vulpix]

I've seen it used as a word before.

dreamcatcher: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 9 wrong.

[Zak]

Alright, sorry.

Have you ever volunteered in storytelling?

[Magmar]

Haha we just can't seem to get a break!! But dreamcatcher dropped a couple of clues...

Extravagancy

[Lady Vulpix]

It may have, but I'm afraid it was too late, Magmar.

And yes, Zak, I have. Many times. Whether people want to listen/read is another story.

Apology accepted, plushie given. :)

[Zak]

Hehe, thanks.
On a side note, in that program I was on last year one of the volunteering options was storytelling, which always ended up being the most problematic part, heh.

My word is a little shorter. Eleven letters (have we had any of those yet? Come to think I remember 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15 but is this the first eleven? I'll probably peruse the plushie list later unless Gabi gets around to beating me to it and saying).

[Magmar]

Serendipity lol

[Lady Vulpix]

Apparently you and I have guess 11-letter words, Zak: Thingamabob and Flabbergast.

I'll try serendibite (http://www.webref.org/geology/s/serendibite.htm) (a triclinic mineral, Ca2 (Mg,Al)6 (Si,Al,B)6 O (sub 20) ; aenigmatite group; blue.)

[Crystalmaster Mike]

Well, since it seems we're on to using s-words:

serviceably, which comes from serviceable (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=serviceably&x=0&y=0), is my guess.

[mr_pikachu]

You're practically asking for me to guess serviceable, aren't you?

[Shadow Wolf]

The S words are surrounding the game right now.

[Blademaster]

Why are you all being so SUPERFICIAL? It's not like every 11-letter word in existence begins with the letter S.

...Wait...

[Zak]

Okay, thanks... yeah I remember now. Come to think, I'm pretty sure I remember randomly guessing flabbergast before I had anything to base it on.



Serendipity: 3-3-5
Serendibite: 4-1-6
Serviceably: 1-4-6
Serviceable: 2-3-6
Surrounding: 0-3-8
Superficial: 1-5-5


Hehe, even though when I post the results I tend to usually prefer not to randomly comment on stuff that's blatantly revealed like Gabi does, this time I can't help it, seeing as I'm amazed how much will already be revealed from these six first guesses. This word's gonna go fast for sure. :)

[mr_pikachu]

I'm glad we've reached the penultimate day of the schoolweek.

Yeah, that's right. Couldn't come up with a witty line better than that. *shrugs*

[Blademaster]

THREATENING.

[Lady Vulpix]

hypothenuse (it's an alternate spelling (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/hypothenuse)).

And I make those comments because there's no way people won't have noticed so I'm not spoiling anything and I like to have some fun when I'm hosting too.

[Zak]

I'm glad we've reached the penultimate day of the schoolweek.

Yeah, that's right. Couldn't come up with a witty line better than that. *shrugs*


Wow, that went fast. And you almost made the penultimate post in this round. Heh.
Hopefully this isn't the penultimate plushie I'll be giving... Anyway, nice job, I think this wins the award for the fastest Lingo round. Dunno about number of guesses, but definitely number of times the leader posted.

[mr_pikachu]

Excellent! Thanks, Zak. Hopefully it's not the penultimate plushie I win, either. ^_^

Seven letters! Go!

[Shadow Wolf]

Time to break in, defeat the foes, and become the ultimate fighter.

[mr_pikachu]

fighter: 0-2-5

[Shadow Wolf]

...but let's try not to make a paradox here.

[mr_pikachu]

paradox: 1-2-4

[Shadow Wolf]

OK, now I am a little puzzled.

[mr_pikachu]

puzzled: 0-1-6

[Magmar]

Rhythms :)

[mr_pikachu]

rhythms: 1-1-5

[Zak]

Zodiacs

[mr_pikachu]

zodiacs: 2-1-4

[Blademaster]

TOPIARY.

[mr_pikachu]

topiary: 1-2-4

[Blademaster]

BIOMASS.

[Crystalmaster Mike]

syrphid (http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/syrphid.html): your friendly neighboorhood fly mutant

[Lady Vulpix]

I know ravioli is not the word, but its meaning is tasty.

[Magmar]

I know ravioli is not the word, but its meaning is tasty.

Okay so my ravioli story... I love ravioli. I hadn't eaten it in forever (that's my word) so I ate a plate of it on my first day back to school... I come home and my grandma had cooked ravioli for dinner! So I ate it twice, and now I'm plump:waycool:

But yeah... Forever. :)

[mr_pikachu]

biomass: 0-3-4
syrphid: 0-1-6
ravioli: 1-2-4
forever: 1-2-4

[Magmar]

Coveted.

[mr_pikachu]

coveted: 1-2-4

[Blademaster]

ARRIVES.

[mr_pikachu]

arrives: 0-3-4

[Lady Vulpix]

Do you like romance?

[mr_pikachu]

romance: 7-0-0

Yeah, sometimes it helps to keep up with the goings-on of TPM. ^_^ The romance plushie is yours, Gabi! Hopefully it'll help you be lucky in love.

[Lady Vulpix]

Thanks, Brian. I could use that.

The next one may not be as good as yours, but... I'm not giving any clues in advance, except that it has 8 letters.

[Magmar]

Colorado

[Blademaster]

JACUZZIS.

[Lady Vulpix]

colorado: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 7 wrong.
jacuzzis: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 6 wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

aardvark

What, you expected something original?

[Lady Vulpix]

Not really, I think Jacuzzis has already covered the originality requirement. Besides, look at what you've got:

aardvark: 0 right, 0 misplaced, 8 wrong.

[Blademaster]

RHYTHMIC.

[Lady Vulpix]

rhythmic: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 6 wrong.

[Blademaster]

RACEWAYS.

[Zak]

spoonfed

This is the longest word where the letters are in reverse alphabetical order.

[Lady Vulpix]

raceways: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 7 wrong.
spoonfed: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong. How did you find that out, Zak?

[Magmar]

Insulins.

[Lady Vulpix]

insulins: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.
insulins: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.

(Sorry, you double-posted. Deleting one post.)

[mr_pikachu]

mr_pikachu: the Electric Mouse TPMer. This user is well-known for moderating Fanfic as well as running many high-profile PCG games, creating several fanfics including War of the Forums, and attaining the rank of Grammar Nazi. He is also adept at posting with a high frequency without resorting to spamming.

:sweat2:

[Blademaster]

SEETHING.

[Lady Vulpix]

And good at describing himself, too.

electric: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 5 wrong.
seething: 2 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Houndoom_Lover]

The puppies are Teething?! ^______^ *leaves in a daze*

[Lady Vulpix]

teething: 2 right, 3 misplaced, 3 wrong.

[Blademaster]

SETTLERS.

[Magmar]

Steroids.

[mr_pikachu]

Settlers are most fond of settling.

[Lady Vulpix]

settlers: 2 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.
steroids: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 4 wrong.
settling: 2 right, 3 misplaced, 3 wrong.

[Magmar]

Softcore... porn.

[Blademaster]

GRAPHITE.

[Lady Vulpix]

softcore: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong. Porn? No, thanks.
graphite: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Blademaster]

TRIFORCE.

[Magmar]

Buttocks!

[Lady Vulpix]

triforce: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 4 wrong.
buttocks: 2 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Magmar]

A weird word... but it's sometimes used as a word for "Food":

Victuals! It's pronounced, "Vittles", by the way, if you're new to the strange word. ^_^; it's usually only used in Southern U.S. vernacular, though.

[Lady Vulpix]

Ok, it exists.

victuals: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Blademaster]

BACTERIA.

[Lady Vulpix]

bacteria: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Blademaster]

CIRCUITS.

[Lady Vulpix]

circuits: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Blademaster]

AIRLOCKS.

[Lady Vulpix]

airlocks: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 6 wrong.

[Blademaster]

BUILDING.

[Lady Vulpix]

building: 2 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong. Where's everyone else?

[Blademaster]

Who cares? I might actually win for once if this keeps up.

BUOYANCY.

[Lady Vulpix]

buoyancy: 2 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Blademaster]

BUNGALOW.

[Lady Vulpix]

bungalow: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Blademaster]

BENOQUIN.

[Lady Vulpix]

Trademark for preparations of monobenzone?

benoquin: 0 right, 6 misplaced, 2 wrong.

[Blademaster]

Yyyyyyyeah... Let's go with that...

BONEFISH.

[Lady Vulpix]

bonefish: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Blademaster]

BOUQUETS.

[Lady Vulpix]

bouquets: 1 right, 4 misplaced, 3 wrong.

[Blademaster]

QUESTION.

[Lady Vulpix]

question: 2 right, 5 misplaced, 1 wrong. Nice one!

[mr_pikachu]

I'd like to go questing.

[Blademaster]

QUINTESS.

[Lady Vulpix]

questing: 3 right, 3 misplaced, 2 wrong. Welcome back, Brian!

I can't find the work 'quintess' in any dictionary, and I don't recall having heard it anywhere. What is it?

[Blademaster]

Never mind. It's a brand name. And a rather obscure one at that.

QUOTIENT.

[Lady Vulpix]

Quotient it is! Well done, Blademaster!

[Blademaster]

About time I won this game...! Thanks, Gabi. :D

OK, new word. This one's got 8 letters.

[Lady Vulpix]

How about starting with a question?

[Blademaster]

How 'bout it?

1R, 2M, 5W

[mr_pikachu]

You know what's coming... you know what I'm going to guess... here it comes...!

aardvark

[Blademaster]

OK, you fail at life.

0R, 0M, 8W

[mr_pikachu]

Excellent! That's just what I wanted!

aardwolf

[Shadow Wolf]

You wanted to fail at life? O_O;

feelings

[Blademaster]

I think the aardtard wanted an all-letter miss, actually...

Aardwolf: 0R, 0M, 8W
Feelings: 1R, 3M, 4W

[Lady Vulpix]

The word questing should have either 4 or 5 wrong letters.

[Blademaster]

No argument there.

1R, 3M, 4W

[Lady Vulpix]

bemusing

[Blademaster]

That's exactly what that guess was.

1R, 3M, 4W

[Lady Vulpix]

What about syzygies?

[Blademaster]

...

No f**king way.

8R, 0M, 0W

>_>'''

Carry on...

[Lady Vulpix]

Wow! That was instinct.

Ok... 7 letters now.

[Blademaster]

INSTINCT, huh? Yeah, I bet. Stupid Grep... -.-;;;

And I had to check 4 different websites just to find a word that tricky to solve, too...! ;-;

[mr_pikachu]

What the heck does "syzygies" mean, anyway?

Okay, uh... ukulele.

[Zak]

First of all, INSTINCT is 8 letters.

Also, I think I've used "Syzygies" or "Syzygy" once.


Ataxias

[Lady Vulpix]

Ok, if you're all so mad about my use of grep, I'll stop using it. It's not a lingo solver anyway. You're overestimating it. Maybe that's why you couldn't figure out how to use it? Were you trying to get it to tell you things it can't tell? I do mean instinct. And uncommon words are common in Lingo, I've seen it used as a guess several times before. Syzygy means an alignment of celestial bodies. And will you please stop double-posting, Blademaster?

ukulele: 0 right, 0 misplaced, 7 wrong.
ataxias: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 3 wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

To be fair, I think that last double post by Blade was because of a forum glitch late yesterday. I had to go back and delete a couple of my own multi-posts, in all honesty.

extends

[Lady Vulpix]

Ah, that would explain it. But why is it that every time there's a glitch it's him who double-posts on this topic?

extends: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Blademaster]

You know what? If my presence here is such an inconvenience, then I'll just leave. The rest of you have fun with your game.

[Lady Vulpix]

I never said anything about your presence. You should just watch out for the recurring glitch to avoid double-posting whenever it shows up.

That, and stop accusing me of cheating, because that's what your post sounded like.

[mr_pikachu]

Blade, after I spent God-knows-how-many hours teaching you how to use Grep, you'd dang well better not leave!

Uruguay

[Lady Vulpix]

uruguay: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.

I spent a weekend there, a long time ago.

[Zak]

I don't care about your use of grep, even though it may seem otherwise. I said at one point that I find it more fun to guess without it, but it was more fun back when no one was using it. I know what it does, kinda like a substitute for the lexicon but better.

Also Blade, stop being such a fucking prat just because things aren't going your way. Instead of throwing fits and stuff either have someone explain it to you or learn the regular strategies. How old are you, anyway?
Look at mr_pikachu, he's been playing this game for ages and just recently he discovered the strategy (of course I may be wrong about the recentness, but you know). Same with a bunch of others. But whatever, if you wanna leave, whatever floats your boat. But I guarantee once you get the hang of it you'll regret having considered leaving, but your presence here isn't bothering anyone, the more the merrier, just stop having such a damn attitude.


By the way, anyone play cricket?

[Shadow Wolf]

Come on guys! What's wrong? I know that we find some things useful, or unuseful (like grep, and like forum glitches. I once did 15+posts because of that glitch once, right mr_pikachu?), and sometimes we disagree with ourselves, but that doesn't mean that we have to speak like this to anyone.

This is a game, and games are here to make people have fun together, not to have arguments over minor problems.

Sorry if this is spamming, but I just don't feel right doing nothing to help, or at least to do something good, if I can.

transit

[Lady Vulpix]

Louis It's nice to see you here.
And welcome back, Zak. :)

cricket: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 6 wrong.
transit: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 3 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

Whoa, this game became a desert all of a sudden.

dynasty

[Lady Vulpix]

Yay, a post!

dynasty: 2 right, 3 misplaced, 2 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

Who hasn't played any game of the Final Fantasy series?

[Lady Vulpix]

I don't know who hasn't. What I know is that you have won a shiny Fantasy plushie!

[Shadow Wolf]

Excellent, my first Lingo plushie, thanks Gabi.

One question: Does "shiny" makes it special? No, right?


OK, the new word has 10 letters (I think that this is the first puzzle with 10 letters)

[mr_pikachu]

I'll go with the instinct play of ameliorate.

[Shadow Wolf]

Killer Instinct! (That videogame is old, but good.)

ameliorate: zero right, three misplaced, seven wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

It's a fantasy plushie. It can be as special as you want it to be.

amoralists (clearly not the word, but it may help).

[Shadow Wolf]

Umm... OK, I think I understood now.


amoralists: zero right, three misplaced, seven wrong.

[Magmar]

Antichrist, whee, I'm here!! :)

[Shadow Wolf]

Oh, hey Mag boy. I was beginning to worry, 'cause I wasn't seeing people around. ^_^


antichrist: one right, three misplaced, six wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Too tired to think of a word that might fit. I'll just throw in some artichokes.

[Shadow Wolf]

Do not push yourself too hard when being tired.

artichokes: zero right, four misplaced, zero wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

Is Gabi suffering from exhaustion?

(I have my own reasons for not thinking of a good word right now.)

[Shadow Wolf]

The ony one who knows that is Gabi herself.


exhaustion: two right, three misplaced, five wrong.


Hey! Nice feature done! (adding the title of the topic in every post)

[Lady Vulpix]

Do not push yourself too hard when being tired.

artichokes: zero right, four misplaced, zero wrong.
Hey, that can't be right! The word has 10 letters, not 4. Why don't you use the Lingo Calculator (http://forboards.prophp.org/lingo.php)?

*Explains her exhaustion to Louis via PM in hopes that he'll think of a good way of translating it to English.*

[Shadow Wolf]

Whoops, sorry about that. It seems that I really need to pay attention to my posts, since I've been doing mistakes lately.

artichokes: zero right, four misplaced, six wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

anticorset (I'm trying to discard letters in case it's not obvious).

Thanks to Louis for the translation, I'll try to refine it now.

I was very tired. I've had to organize/supervise a test (which always leaves me tired) and I went with my mom's car (which she rarely lends me car), and when I returned to the parking lot, I discovered that someone had broken the glass and stolen the stereo of the car.

Addition: as anxious as that made me, I had to spend an hour under the sun cleaning away enough pieces of shattered glass to make it safe to drive back home. And the sun and I don't get along very well. So yes, I was exhausted when I got home.

And today I've corrected 2 exams, 5 more to go.

[Shadow Wolf]

anticorset (I'm trying to discard letters in case it's not obvious).

Thanks to Louis for the translation, I'll try to refine it now.

No problem! Like my dad says: "Two heads think better that one head."


anticorset: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that, Gabi. Criminals are the antithesis of economics and good days.

[Shadow Wolf]

Wise words Brian.

antithesis: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

True. And now for something completely different...

canonizing

[Edit: those 2 posts weren't there when I started mine, but I'll keep my guess untouched anyway.]

[Shadow Wolf]

Sometimes, different means better.

canonizing: four right, one misplaced, five wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

And sometimes, better means worse. That didn't provide much information I could use. But if may if I compare it to canalizing.

[Shadow Wolf]

That depends on which information you are seeking.

canalizing: four right, zero misplaced, six wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Ok, that was good. And calorizing should complete this set (after which I'll switch again).

[Shadow Wolf]

Well, that set has something alike, I guess...

calorizing: four right, one misplaced, five wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Ok, how about cappuccino?

And how about I go to bed now? Ok, I will. I guess I need to, if I'm having an online conversation with myself. :P

[Shadow Wolf]

Well, the next time you get here, a cappuccino awaits.

cappuccino: ten right, zero misplaced, zero wrong.

Congratulations!

[Lady Vulpix]

Really? O_O

Wow, this time I really didn't expect that to be the word. I hadn't even tested it on the calculator! I was trying to make sure there was an O and no L or R.

But I'm not complaining.

7 letters now.

[Shadow Wolf]

I'll begin with private.

[Lady Vulpix]

private: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Crazy Elf Boy]

mention

[Lady Vulpix]

mention: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 6 wrong.

[Crazy Elf Boy]

warrior

[Lady Vulpix]

warrior: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[mr_pikachu]

Do you have a pension plan?

[Lady Vulpix]

I'm not sure. I may have up to 2. I'm not trusting any, and I'm too tired to make sure if what I'm thinking matches what you're saying. Luckily, my calculator can match my word with yours for me.

pension: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 6 wrong.

[Trekkie]

I love star trek VOYAGER

[Lady Vulpix]

It was fun to watch.

voyager: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 2 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

System reboot! Game working again! Time for a new word.

gyrator.

[Lady Vulpix]

Thanks a lot!

girator: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Blademaster]

FORGIVE.

[Lady Vulpix]

You are forgiven.

forgive: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Blademaster]

Not exactly what I meant.

FORGAVE.

[Lady Vulpix]

Okay, as you wish.

forgave: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 3 wrong.

I hope that helped.

[Blademaster]

Slightly...

AVENGER.