[Game] Lingo Version 18!

[Lady Vulpix]

If it's the same Tony I'm thinking of, he would say Grrrrrrrrrrrrreat!

Great: 2 right, 0 misplaced, 3 wrong.

[Zak]

Do you expect me to worship it or something? I think that would count as idolatry.

Anyway, thanks! For a moment I was about to guess "edified", then realized its anagram was a palindrome and went with that one.

OK, 5 letters now.

Well it depends how religious you are

And yeah I was kinda banking on whether doing another palindrome might be too obvious but figured might as well take that risk, lasted long enough.

Speaking of palindromes... let's see what tenet will give.

[Knight of Time]

Hmm...as a group I'll bet this one will be solved quickly.

[Lady Vulpix]

I suppose it will.

tenet: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.
group: 0 right, 0 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Knight of Time]

Let's try fleas next.

[Lady Vulpix]

No fleas in this puzzle, but they're not too far. (Or maybe not far enough?)

fleas: 2 right, 1 misplaced, 2 wrong.

[Knight of Time]

Okay...I think another guess here is definitely ideal.

[Lady Vulpix]

It is! And now you can be the proud owner of an Ideal Plushie!

[Knight of Time]

Thanks Gabi.

Alright, let's do a 10 letter one this time.

[Lady Vulpix]

OK, let's begin with systematic just because it was the first 10-letter word that crossed my mind.

[Knight of Time]

systematic: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 8 wrong.

[Zak]

I would like to go to Madagascar...

[Knight of Time]

Madagascar: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Let's try an acanonical guess.

[Knight of Time]

acanonical: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 8 wrong.

[Zak]

How about an economical one instead?

[Shadow Wolf]

And I'll see if a blacksmith can polish this puzzle a bit further.

[Lady Vulpix]

I just got news from Kyle that he has to deal with some real life problems and will need to take a break from TPM.

In the meantime, he says that we can decide who gets to host the next round. So... is anyone interested? (If no one replies by this time tomorrow, then I'll do it).

[Shadow Wolf]

Permission requested to make the next puzzle.

If approved then I would like to host a 9 letter one.

[Lady Vulpix]

Permission granted, as far as I'm concerned.

[Shadow Wolf]

Thanks Gabi.

concerned: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Not as helpful as I would have liked, but that can be changed... if I guess concerted. (Then hopefully I won't be disconcerted by the result. )

[Shadow Wolf]

Hmm... I'm not sure if you'd be disconcerted or not...

concerted: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Not really, I think I've recovered from the initial confusion.

[Shadow Wolf]

Well, that's good, I guess. ^_^

recovered: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

OK, it looks like I won't get far by playing around with the same letters. Let's try something a bit different... like cookbooks.

[Shadow Wolf]

Is funny how actually 0's can be useful on Lingo, right?

cookbooks: 0 right, 0 misplaced, 9 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Yes! That's more like it!

Let's try diaphragm.

[Zak]

Hey Gabi, how's the weather in Argentina?

Yeah... again with the geography. I really like to take advantage of

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

I was gonna suggest, as the original one to start this game, to maybe also that guesses can consist of just about anything you're heard before as long as it's not a random combination of letters you made up just to help.

[Lady Vulpix]

It's been raining a lot, but now it stopped.

[Shadow Wolf]

Hmm... let's see how this one goes:

diaphragm: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 5 wrong.

Argentina: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Let's see... What about wallpaper?

[Shadow Wolf]

Want to place one on your wall, as a background on your computer or have it as your guess?

Hehehe, don't mind me. I'm just sleepy and bored. In any case, well gone Gabi. You have the winning guess and the chance to host the next puzzle. ^_^

[Zak]

Holy sweet jesus that was fast for a 10 letter! was that a lucky guess, or was it actually deduced from the given info? Haha just wondering that's all, not like its the first time

[Lady Vulpix]

¡Gracias, Louis!

It was a bit of both, Zak. I didn't exactly deduce it, but I had deduced a lot of relevant information.

First, that there were either a T and at least 2 N's, or no T and at most one N.

Also that neither the T in "concerted" nor the last N in "concerned" could be the right one.

Then "cookbooks" was really helpful, as it meant that the word had no C, O, K, B nor S.

So the word matched one of the following patterns:

1- ..n......
2- ....e....
3- .....r...
4- .......e.
5- ........d

Additionally, for each one of those patterns, none of the other letters in "concerted/concerned" could be in the right place.

After that, "diaphragm" ruled out the 3rd pattern and, even more, none of the letters in "diaphragm" and "Argentina" could be in the right place.

I could have extracted more information from the first 2 words than I did, but it would have been more effort than it was worth. I just discarded the words that had an R and 2 E's because there were many of them.

That still left me with a largeish list, but I took a look at it and found the word "wallpaper" near the end, and I decided to try it out and it seemed to fit all the clues.

So... let's say it was an educated guess.

Let's do a 7-letter one now.

[Shadow Wolf]

Well, I've always known that Gabi is like the Sherlock Holmes of Lingo. Oh, and I was sure I hosted a 9 letter puzzle Zak.

Anyway, let's begin this round with a grenade (no, not a real one). ^_^

[Lady Vulpix]

I'm flattered.

grenade: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Knight of Time]

Let's try trooper.

[Lady Vulpix]

trooper: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 4 wrong.

By the way, now we can blush better with the new blush smilie!

[Knight of Time]

This topic is making me feel hungry for a gourmet meal.