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Dinos Sfyris
Series 80 Champion
Posts: 2707 Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:07 amLocation: Sheffield
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by Dinos Sfyris Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:49 pm
Jason seems to have all the bases covered with standard conundrum alphabets so this week I thought I'd try something a little different. 12 letter conundrums!
As usual there's one for each letter of the alphabet (apart from X - I couldnt think of one) Alas since I dont have an ODE2r let me know if any are invalid (but they're all pretty safe) I normally check them on CountMax, but obviously I couldnt with these as the max solution it will allow is 9. Anyway have fun with this variation and let me know what you think.
1 CATCHPORNILY
2 LINGERIESNAG
3 INFIVEAORTIC
4 SATANORIGINO
5 ANGRIESTDIET
6 SHITECAKETIN
7 AMMOBLISSNUT
8 LILYOZCAGOOL
9 MANNEREDGENT
10 MOTORRINGYET
11 SINNINGTREAT
12 CRAPPEDTITIE
13 ANALROUTECIA
14 HORDEDFAMELY
15 HONDODMURDER
16 SCREWGINSACK
17 SHOUTREEELAX
18 FUNSOSLEUTHY
19 SLAINHEROMUD
20 FARFARTQUEST
21 CLIENTNETBAN
22 SCROUNGEDINE
23 CUNJIRIDIOTS
24 LOTIONSOCAMP
25 ANIODINESALT
Enjoy!
Ben Wilson
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by Ben Wilson Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:59 pm
JURISDICTION, QUARTERSTAFF & ZOOLOGICALLY for the 'power' letters.
YOUTHFULNESS for Y.
Jon O'Neill
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by Jon O'Neill Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:27 pm
Managed..
2 LINGERIESNAG generalising
3 INFIVEAORTIC verification
4 SATANORIGINO organisation
8 LILYOZCAGOOL zoologically
9 MANNEREDGENT endangerment
.. before I got bored.
Paul Howe
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by Paul Howe Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:58 pm
LYCANTHROPIC
KINAESTHETIC
SOMNAMBULIST
AERONAUTICAL
HETEROSEXUAL
MALNOURISHED
COSMOPOLITAN
TRIGONOMETRY
The remaining unsolved ones make my brain hurt
Joseph Bolas
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by Joseph Bolas Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:34 pm
So people can keep track, the unsolved ones are:
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Conor
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by Conor Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:39 pm
PRECIPITATED
Conor
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by Conor Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:41 pm
Joseph Bolas wrote: So people can keep track, the unsolved ones are:
DESALINATION too.
Ben Pugh
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by Ben Pugh Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:47 pm
INTRANSIGENT.
Joseph Bolas
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by Joseph Bolas Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:47 pm
Could 21 be BICENTENNEAL (sp?)
Paul Howe
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by Paul Howe Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:15 pm
16 is WISECRACKING. I thought I hade HONDODMURDER with rhododendrum, but then I realised the flower ends in -dron. Ah well.
Joseph Bolas
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by Joseph Bolas Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:50 pm
Paul Howe wrote: 16 is WISECRACKING. I thought I hade HONDODMURDER with rhododendrum, but then I realised the flower ends in -dron. Ah well.
Sorry Paul, #16 only has 1 I and 2 S's. I think you're right though and Dinos may have said the wrong letters
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Paul Howe
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by Paul Howe Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:55 pm
Ah so it does. Not my greatest effort ever.
Dinos Sfyris
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Posts: 2707 Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:07 amLocation: Sheffield
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by Dinos Sfyris Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:32 pm
Oops! It should have been SCREWGINRACK. WISECRACKING is correct, and also I thought it was RHODODENDRUM
Dinos Sfyris
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by Dinos Sfyris Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:36 pm
Thats all of em. Well done guys. Next one in a week or two.
Joseph Bolas
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by Joseph Bolas Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:06 am
Just to finish off the alphabet completely, I have had a look in the ODE2R and there is one 12-letter word beginning with 'X'
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TURNIPHEXISM
Dinos Sfyris
Series 80 Champion
Posts: 2707 Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:07 amLocation: Sheffield
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by Dinos Sfyris Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:03 pm
dinos_the_chemist wrote: Oops! It should have been SCREWGINRACK. WISECRACKING is correct, and also I thought it was RHODODENDRUM
No thats not even right. SCREWGINCAIK. Got there int end!
As usual there's one for each letter of the alphabet (apart from X - I couldnt think of one) Alas since I dont have an ODE2r let me know if any are invalid (but they're all pretty safe) I normally check them on CountMax, but obviously I couldnt with these as the max solution it will allow is 9. Anyway have fun with this variation and let me know what you think.
YOUTHFULNESS for Y.
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