Lingo version 19!

[Lady Vulpix]

Auction: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Blademaster]

Whistle.

[Lady Vulpix]

Whistle: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 2 wrong.

[Blademaster]

Swarthy?

[Lady Vulpix]

Swarthy: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.

Thanks, I've just learnt an English word! Is it of German origin?

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I'm curious what this will result in.

[Blademaster]

Is it of German origin?

Going by my incredibly in-depth 10 seconds of Googling, it seems to be English. British-English, I mean.

Serious.

[Lady Vulpix]

Let's see what Etymonline has to say...

swarthy (adj.) Look up swarthy at Dictionary.com
"dark-colored," especially of skin, 1580s, unexplained alteration of swarty (1570s), from swart + -y (2). Related: Swarthiness.
swart (adj.) Look up swart at Dictionary.com
Old English sweart "black, dark," of night, clouds, also figurative, "wicked, infamous," from Proto-Germanic *swarta- (source also of Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Middle Dutch swart, Dutch zwart, Old Norse svartr, German schwarz, Gothic swarts "dark-colored, black"), from PIE root *swordo- "dirty, dark, black" (source of sordid). The true Germanic word, surviving in the Continental languages, displaced in English by black. Of skin color of persons from late 14c. Related: Swartest.

I guess that answers my question.

curious: 1 right, 0 misplaced, 6 wrong. Nice!

serious: 2 right, 0 misplaced, 5 wrong. Use this information wisely.

[Blademaster]

Ketchup.

[Lady Vulpix]

No, not the ketchup!

Ketchup: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

I'll try going vertical

[Blademaster]

Aerobic.

[Lady Vulpix]

Welcome back, Louis! Sorry, but the word 'vertical' has 8 letters, not 7.

Aerobic: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Shadow Wolf]

Welcome back, Louis! Sorry, but the word 'vertical' has 8 letters, not 7.

Aerobic: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.

Whooos, my bad. How about Vermont

[Lady Vulpix]

Now that's more like it.



Vermont: 2 right, 0 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Blademaster]

EDIT: How about sequoia?

[Lady Vulpix]

sequoia: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.

What was that edit?

[Shadow Wolf]

OK, let's try a deriver now.

[Lady Vulpix]

deriver: 3 right, 0 misplaced, 4 wrong. Nice!

[Blademaster]

What was that edit?

I... actually don't remember. :s

Following Louis' example, how about dernful?

[Shadow Wolf]

Let's use a philter for comparison.

[Lady Vulpix]

dernful: 2 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.

philter: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 2 wrong. You can do a lot with this one! Unlike a 'real' philter.

[Shadow Wolf]

dernful: 2 right, 1 misplaced, 4 wrong.

philter: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 2 wrong. You can do a lot with this one! Unlike a 'real' philter.

Oh, I did, and wonderfully I must admit. However, to be honest I must admit that Lingo does make my feelings shift fast. Sometimes I find myself kinda angry as I break my head in the search of the answer. However, when I do find the answer, it feels satisfying. Maybe that's why I find delight in playing this game after all.

[Lady Vulpix]

I am glad to hear that. Here's a Delight plushie to commemorate the occasion!

(Whatever 'whedeligh' may mean).

[Shadow Wolf]

That was the spellchecker trolling me XD

Anyway, thanks much. Glad to know I can still give some competition. Anyway, onwards! Let's step it up: 12 letters.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Will I succeed prosperously with this guess?

[Lady Vulpix]

I sure hope the solution to this puzzle is not unachievable.

[Shadow Wolf]

I believe each step means progress, no matter how small or big each one is.

prosperously: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 9 wrong.

unachievable: 2 right, 6 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

2 right... 110 possibilities to determine which 2 letters they are (because it's obviously not the L)... I think I'll save that bit of info for later.

At least the 0 right above is helpful. Can't get much out of the 3 and 6 misplaced right now (saving that info for later).

Let's see if I can improve this situation and extract more information from a similar word: unattainable.

Why am I saying all this?, you may ask. Well, it's because I want to encourage more people to play. Maybe showing them how I do it will help.

[Shadow Wolf]

Well, it also depends on forum activity in general too. If anything, I would like to invite our guests to sign up. I'll do what I can to help them feel at home.


unattainable: 1 right, 7 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Oh, nice! Not only is just one of those letters in the right place, but also one of the following holds:

1. The 4th letter is a C or
2. The 5th letter is an H or
3. The 6th letter is an I or
4. The 7th letter is an E or
5. The 8th letter is a V.

There is more information to obtain from comparing those 2 guesses, for example that if 2 of the above conditions hold, then 1 letter from the "ttain" in unattainable is in the right place, and so on... But that's something I will, again, save for later.

And also since there is a new misplaced letter, then either the 6th letter is indeed an I or the word has a T, 2 Ns or 3 As.

Of course, if the word has a C, H, 2 E's or a V, then at least 2 of the conditions from my previous statement hold. I may use this info when I'm not so tired.

I'm anticipating the next batch of information.

[Shadow Wolf]

Well, let's not keep that anticipation on any longer, huh?



anticipating: 3 right, 3 misplaced, 6 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

OK... I don't know what to do with that yet. Unbelievable, is it?

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I'm too lazy or busy to make a grid now or examine Gabi's reply in more detail, but I think it would be just as embarrassing not to post.

[Shadow Wolf]

Grids or not, I think the goal should be to enjoy the game as you think your way to the truth, which you guys are getting closer to.

unbelievable: 4 right, 4 misplaced, 4 wrong.
embarrassing: 0 right, 4 misplaced, 8 wrong.

[Lady Vulpix]

Wow, I found the positions of 2 letters! Those 2 guesses really helped!

Moments like this one make this game quite an enjoyable intellectual challenge.

[Shadow Wolf]

Indeed Gabi; and the best part comes up when yoy can reap the rewards after putting so much work... Like in this case.

*hands over the intellectual prize*

Nicely done!

[Lady Vulpix]

Thanks, Louis!

That was fun. I hope this round will be so too.

The next puzzle has 8 letters.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I'm enjoying football.

[Shadow Wolf]

I'll start with a popsicle