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What is the connection between the following words?:
fundry
jolling
tarekat
pulao
polocier
marocain
malet
telak
gau
fundry
jolling
tarekat
pulao
polocier
marocain
malet
telak
gau
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Re: New puzzle
They all contain consonants.
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Nice try Johnny-boy, but you're not right.
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I think I AM right and your puzzle just has multiple solutions.
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Demonstrate another of your solutions, then.Johnny Canuck wrote:I think I AM right and your puzzle just has multiple solutions.
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Too soon for a cloo?
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OK, here's a clue: they are not all in English and some of them mightn't even be words at all, in whatever language.
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I notice they all have at least one anagram in some language according to apterous. Although for such short "words" that's probably not remotely surprising. Anyone have any idea how that might be significant?
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All of the words contain fewer than 65,536 letters.JimBentley wrote:Demonstrate another of your solutions, then.Johnny Canuck wrote:I think I AM right and your puzzle just has multiple solutions.
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Suspended Russian athletes?
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And they said satire was dead. No-one close yet, though Charlie's comment is interesting...Gavin Chipper wrote:Suspended Russian athletes?
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Re: New puzzle
I can now add the following to the list:
ka
polocier (again)
marocain (again)
malet (again)
jolling (again x 2)
ka
polocier (again)
marocain (again)
malet (again)
jolling (again x 2)
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Re: New puzzle
Questions.
Is the order relevant?
Could you only just add the new ones now, or could each new one have been added at a different time and you're just posting them all now?
Will we get more additions to the list at some point?
Why did you change your profile picture?
Is the order relevant?
Could you only just add the new ones now, or could each new one have been added at a different time and you're just posting them all now?
Will we get more additions to the list at some point?
Why did you change your profile picture?
cheers maus
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No.Thomas Carey wrote:Questions.
Is the order relevant?
I can only add new ones until the end of the month.Thomas Carey wrote:Could you only just add the new ones now, or could each new one have been added at a different time and you're just posting them all now?
Will we get more additions to the list at some point?
Because Milkman Dan is badass.Thomas Carey wrote:Why did you change your profile picture?
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OK, that doesn't work any more, but Dan will be back.JimBentley wrote:Because Milkman Dan is badass.Thomas Carey wrote:Why did you change your profile picture?
To add:
raincoit
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Is this still a new puzzle?
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I want to know if Graeme has been in yet.
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Oh I'd ask Thomas about that, personally I lost track ages ago.Matt Morrison wrote:Is this still a new puzzle?
Haha not really.
Have I mentioned:
manh
dhol
can be added to the list?
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These new ones that get added to the list - is there an exact time and date when they were able to be added? Can we have the times and dates for them all?
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I would if I could but I can't predict them, only report them. All I know is there won't be any more after the 31st of this month (and if there are, they'll have the devil in them (ask your great-granny)).Gavin Chipper wrote:These new ones that get added to the list - is there an exact time and date when they were able to be added? Can we have the times and dates for them all?
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My great-granny's dead so I had to use a medium. She said not to worry about the money, and that I should do that thing that I'm not sure about doing at the moment. If anything that has just confused me even more.
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No, I don't think you should do that thing that you're not sure about at the moment, it's totally the wrong time for that. In fact, it's never the right time for that sort of thing in polite society. Your great-granny must have been quite the libertine.Jon Corby wrote:My great-granny's dead so I had to use a medium. She said not to worry about the money, and that I should do that thing that I'm not sure about doing at the moment. If anything that has just confused me even more.
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JimBentley wrote:Your great-granny must have been quite the libertine.
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Add:
gavania
downlod
babul
bruth
tarama
gavania
downlod
babul
bruth
tarama
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OK, can't be arsed to continue this beyond here (although as I mentioned earlier, it could have gone on until 31st August).
The words I've mentioned constitute List A (18 items). I've reviewed them and as I've changed my mind about a couple of them that I might have mentioned above, this is the definitive List A:
babul
bruth
dhol
downlod
fundry
gau
gavania
hd
jolling
malet
manh
marocain
polocier
pulao
raincoit
tarama
tarekat
telak
There is a corresponding List B (24 items). Name a word from List B and win big prizes! *
* may not exist
The words I've mentioned constitute List A (18 items). I've reviewed them and as I've changed my mind about a couple of them that I might have mentioned above, this is the definitive List A:
babul
bruth
dhol
downlod
fundry
gau
gavania
hd
jolling
malet
manh
marocain
polocier
pulao
raincoit
tarama
tarekat
telak
There is a corresponding List B (24 items). Name a word from List B and win big prizes! *
* may not exist
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Are we going to get an answer for this one Jim?
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You know, I'd quite forgotten about this, but since you mention it, I'll further prolong the misery by altering the presentation slightly:sean d wrote:Are we going to get an answer for this one Jim?
1: babulbruthdholdownlodfundrygaugavaniahdjollingmaletmanhmarocainpolocierpulaoraincoittaramatarekattelakfemllkaadailunchghatpujasabrapuli
2: andbrewcapdonkeymenfuckhorniesinindexjingokakalilamedmangelmereofpandalspornopotiespregnancyqawwalisodsongthetripletsvideowhiteyarzoo
1 = 23, 2 = 28.
Same puzzle. I can guarantee that you will be disappointed with the answer, so much so that I'm going to now have to come up with a better puzzle later tonight, or tomorrow or something.
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Bump
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OK, you got me. I don't remember a lot about this one (I was pissing about with lots of cryptography stuff at the time) and I've completely forgotten how to solve it. The one thing I do remember is that it was solvable given the information. Fuck knows how though.Gavin Chipper wrote:Bump
And that just proves how good a code it was!
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Re: New puzzle
I thought of a new puzzle for this section.
What is the longest Scrabble word you can make by adding a letter either side starting with a two letter word.
My best is SWINGERS from IN
What is the longest Scrabble word you can make by adding a letter either side starting with a two letter word.
My best is SWINGERS from IN
GR MSL GNDT MSS NGVWL SRND NNLYC NNCT
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Don't quite understand it, but SWANKIEST from AN?
COUNTDOWN or THE TUBE? Which is better? There's only one way to find out....
Call it a draw![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
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Call it a draw
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Swankiest cannot be done because each additional letter must make a word eg in, win, wing, swing, swinge swinger, swingers
GR MSL GNDT MSS NGVWL SRND NNLYC NNCT
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That really wasn't well explained. Now the explanation is satisfactory.