Hi all.
While Apterous is down, have a go at this Countdown Alphabet puzzle I've created. There are 26 conundrums, and each one starts with a different letter of the alphabet. There are some standard ones and some tricky ones, so something for everyone I hope. If you take the 5th letters of the solutions to each conundrum, going downwards, you will uncover an indisputable opinion of mine.
Also, please respond in tiny text so others can attempt. Or warn of spoilers.
Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:07 amALEATORIC (2)
BREASTING (4)
CHAFFINCH (5)
DOGMATISM (21)
EXPLODENT (9)
FANDANGLE (6)
GUERRILLA (13)
HYPERBOLA (18)
ISOPYCNIC (15) (Cheeky just writing it backwards )
JOCKSTRAP (22)
KEYHOLDER (17)
LIONIZING (3)
MAWKISHLY (1)
NEURALGIA (12)
OVERCRUDE (25) (Quite similar to the scramble, but not sure if you did that deliberately)
PYROXENIC (19)
QUANTISED (8)
REQUESTER (24)
SOLILOQUY (14)
THRIFRITE? (16)
UNTAMABLE (20)
VARIOUSLY (10)
WATERFAST (7)
XERODERMA (23)
YARDSTICK (26)
ZOOKEEPER (11)
Great stuff, 24/26 correct! Honestly didn't design 15 like that on purpose
As Maus said there's one where you need to adjust the last four letters, and the other incorrect is another where you need to adjust the last four letters!
"And PANTIES, thank you for that, that cheers us up enormously" - NH
Oh, right. I feel so stupid now, because I made that much harder than it should have been. . So I've now got THRIFTIER for 16 but can't figure out what the other one is.
Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:33 am
Oh, right. I feel so stupid now, because I made that much harder than it should have been. . So I've now got THRIFTIER for 16 but can't figure out what the other one is.
Nah don't, you smashed it the other one is the conundrum which you thought was similar to the scramble.
"And PANTIES, thank you for that, that cheers us up enormously" - NH
Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:33 am
Oh, right. I feel so stupid now, because I made that much harder than it should have been. . So I've now got THRIFTIER for 16 but can't figure out what the other one is.
Nah don't, you smashed it the other one is the conundrum which you thought was similar to the scramble.
Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Fri Nov 23, 2018 9:10 pm
While apterous is down I made another one of these, they were randomly chosen from about 7000 non-ascension conundrums and are very difficult.
Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Fri Nov 23, 2018 9:10 pm
While apterous is down I made another one of these, they were randomly chosen from about 7000 non-ascension conundrums and are very difficult.
Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 1:04 am
I've got some of my own here. Haven't got 26 of them though. Only 9 of them. Got them from the countdown wiki.
Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:18 am
yeah, nice one Toby, got the opinion (lmao) but missed a few of the cons, literally just swap the last 4 letters on the one you missed
Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:18 am
yeah, nice one Toby, got the opinion (lmao) but missed a few of the cons, literally just swap the last 4 letters on the one you missed
Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:18 am
yeah, nice one Toby, got the opinion (lmao) but missed a few of the cons, literally just swap the last 4 letters on the one you missed
What is the opinion?
solve the conundrums, read the op and find out
But it doesn't seem to be "live" any more so it's time to post the solutions!
All of the solutions are in the forum but here they are in order (brace yourselves for this extreme opinion...)
MAWK I SHLY
ALEA T ORIC
LION I ZING
BREA S TING
CHAF F INCH
FAND A NGLE
WATE R FAST
QUAN T ISED
EXPL O DENT
VARI O USLY
ZOOK E EPER
NEUR A LGIA
GUER R ILLA
SOLIL O QUY
ISOP Y CNIC
THRI F TIER
KEYH O LDER
HYPE R BOLA
PYRO X ENIC
UNTA M ABLE
DOGM A TISM
JOCK S TRAP
XERO D ERMA
REQU E STER
OVER C URED
YARD S TICK
From this weekend it's just about acceptable
"And PANTIES, thank you for that, that cheers us up enormously" - NH
the other one is the conundrum which you thought was similar to the scramble.
. You be sure of it.