[Game] Lingo Version 17!

[Lady Vulpix]

After a long hiatus this game is back! Current version approved by Zak. Here are the rules, thanks to 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 (or even making one yourself). That's cheating and it kills the fun and challenge. You can use a word list and grep, but that's it. If you need a word list, you can use this one: <Bzip2 compressed: 1711KB><Uncompressed: 5156KB>
  
• 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, up to 15 letters long, 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 can see a list of previous words and their winners here. Try to be original and avoid repeating the same words again and again.

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

Our first word has 15 letters.

[Shadow Wolf]

OOOOHHHH, is back! Woo-hoo!

Should I use CAPITALIZATIONS on some words?

[Lady Vulpix]

capitalizations: 0 right, 8 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

Hmm... I wonder if a DOCUMENTATIONAL program might help me...

[Lady Vulpix]

documentational: 1 right, 7 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

Hmm... I wonder if it;s possible to have a TPM VIDEOCONFERENCE...

[Lady Vulpix]

That would be nice. Hopefully I'll have a webcam within the next month.

videoconference: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 12 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

Jeje, I have to install mine...

Anyway, when help is UNCONDITIONALLY, it is appreciated dearly.

[Lady Vulpix]

You mean when help is given unconditionally, right?

unconditionally: 1 right, 5 misplaced, 9 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

Exactly! I have trouble using some words correctly.

I wish I could see some TYRANNOSAURUSES.

[Lady Vulpix]

tyrannosauruses: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 12 wrong.

[Blademaster]

MICROMANAGEMENT.

[Lady Vulpix]

You're both coming up with far better words than the right one. I hope you're not disappointed when you find it out.

micromanagement: 3 right, 3 misplaced, 9 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

How about going sideways with DIAGONALIZATION.

[Lady Vulpix]

That may take you down a tangent.

diagonalization: 3 right, 3 misplaced, 9 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

This game is making me feel DISCOMBOBULATED.

[Blademaster]

How about MICROBIOLOGICAL?

[Lady Vulpix]

discombobulated: 0 right, 6 misplaced, 9 wrong.
microbiological: 0 right, 7 misplaced, 8 wrong.

[Blademaster]

Progress is being made...

UNDERVALUATIONS.

[Shadow Wolf]

BTW Gabi, did you recently ate a WHATCHAMACALLIT?

[Lady Vulpix]

It would be 'eat', not 'ate', and I've recently eaten a tangerine. Is that what you were thinking of? Or were you just thinking of winning this puzzle? Because... you know... you have!

[Shadow Wolf]

I suck at grammar -_-

You know, I found myself surprised when I found that word. But when I found its definition, I thought: well, its funny, so why not?

Anyway, thanks for the candy bar plushie Gabi (or whatever-this-is plushie )

5 letters for the next word.

[Lady Vulpix]

You're welcome.

I'll start with plush.

[Shadow Wolf]

For some reason, I want to hug one right now...

plush: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Blademaster]

CRAZY.

[Shadow Wolf]

Who? Me?

crazy: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

I know this one isn't salty, but it may still reveal some information.

[Shadow Wolf]

I think that was the description of Keitaro's first kiss

salty: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

OK, I'll try class and see if I can discard anything.

[Shadow Wolf]

What did you learn?


class: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Not much, I'm afraid. Let's try lakes for comparison.

[Shadow Wolf]

Ah, here's a calm, but swift progress.

lakes: 2 right, 0 misplaced, 3 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Then I believe shell should have at least one letter in common with the word, whether or not it's in the right place. If it doesn't, better yet. ^^

[Shadow Wolf]

Hmm... I wonder if this shell is empty or full?

shell: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 3 wrong.

[Knight of Time]

I like having a good laugh now and then.

[Shadow Wolf]

Really? Well, I think this laugh can be healthy.


laugh: 1 right, 0 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Knight of Time]

I wonder if this puzzle has anything to do with a certain meat called liver?

[Shadow Wolf]

Not quite, but it seems, that you are very close.

liver: 4 right, 0 misplaced, 1 wrong.

[Knight of Time]

This puzzle wouldn't be necessarily easier if I had a lover, but who knows?

[Lady Vulpix]

That's probably it, but I'll try liner just in case.