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mathgrant
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 Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:33 am Post subject: 1 |
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Two words or phrases are consonantcies of one another of they have the same consonants (any letters besides A, E, I, O, U, and Y) in the same order. For example, "minotaur", "mentor", and "amen, Trey" are all consonantcies of one another.
The items in the lists below are all consonantcies of related items. Can you figure them out?
1.
Amuses cohost Otis
Envied
Kyle -- him
Lasik
Lob aim
Our heads leaned
Yeoman
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Do it, honey, too!
Feel lame 'til Lucy hems tee
Fleece ail
Frets, buys kite
Nip coy
Pure, nice futon in Asia
Uzi man: aged he
3.
Ice cocoa axe
Line
Matt arousal
Mulls
Oaf: my ire
Oy vey, Mr.
Taboo
I might come up with more tomorrow.
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lexprod
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:16 pm Post subject: 2 |
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States:
Massachusetts
Nevada
Oklahoma
Alaska
Alabama
Rhode Island
Maine |
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mathgrant
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:23 pm Post subject: 3 |
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4. (by mikeamok)
Oily Edna
Onion
Moxie led one
Ad irony
Loon
Pay hero again
Eel cornea
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Yard
Renege
Lily way
Grainy
Abel
Nudge
Vault
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Quailman
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject: 4 |
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| 5. Roy G. Biv |
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Zag
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject: 5 |
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3. Bones
coccyx
ulna
meta tarsal
m l l s ?
femur
v m r ?
tibia
[edit] A little work on Wikipedia turns up Malleus and Vomer, but I didn't know them. [/edit]
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Zag
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: 6 |
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No riot? You, Hymie, you're ace.
easy
ripe
not rice, tea ice!
asthma race
set your ale
fierce |
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Dented Ford
Hoopy Frood
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject: 7 |
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3. Missing ones are
Malleus (hammer) in the ear
Vomer (in the head) |
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fadeblue
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:12 am Post subject: 8 |
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2.
Death Note
Full Metal Alchemist
FLCL (or Fooly Cooly)
Fruits Basket
One Piece
Prince of Tennis
Azumanga Daioh
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grz*
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:53 pm Post subject: 9 |
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6.
NoRTH aMeRiCa
aSia
euRoPe
aNTaRCTiCa
SouTH aMeRiCa
auSTRaLia
aFRiCa |
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grz*
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject: 10 |
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4.
LyDiaN
ioNiaN
MiXoLyDiaN
DoRiaN
aeoLiaN
PHRyGiaN
LoCRiaN
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cloud
apathy ogres
afro-mute
upscale
rich muds
leer
discrete soy |
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jbvntx
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:17 pm Post subject: 11 |
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7. Mathematicians
Euclid
Pythagoras
Fermat
Pascal
Archimedes
Euler
Descartes
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: 12 |
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8.
month ilk
Eve's sour
AWOL Leslie
Smut? Aha!
auburn mower
brain radio |
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jbvntx
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject: 13 |
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9. Poe: Lore buys a name.
If I ode, I rule, or I say, ”Raven, Out!”
No ivy is red, so color me.
As a creator, a faith, you too are sure.
Aye, any eye.
Any good water is tea.
Ninety cup o’ teas.
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ralphmerridew
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: 14 |
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| 8 could be (Women's?) Colleges: Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley |
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grz*
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject: 15 |
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| I can add Smith and Mount Holyoke to that list. |
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mathgrant
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: 16 |
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 @ 9
*has the answer, but won't spoil*
10. (by Kit and mathgrant)
Bleed blood
I hear a deed is enough, too
I leave mud
Math w/o leers
Open no alien
Paul, spoil some
Stride
Edit: The dead giveaway entry is now replaced. If you absolutely must know what the dead giveaway entry was (but please don't look until you've tried to solve the puzzle without it), it was "Leo can eat his kiwi", they deem and say.
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jbvntx
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject: 17 |
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I got #10, but only because the "Leo" entry leaped out and gave the category away. Otherwise, I'd never have figured this set out.
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ralphmerridew
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:37 am Post subject: 18 |
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#9 is Phrases on $1
#11:
My, the ogre. Not!
Alex pried
Equal moon
Ooze goo
Don't -- a doe fried
Oof, double
Graze
Liar! Die, keen booty
Real ape humor: ride woe
Instead of posting the answer to mine, post the missing element and where it goes in the sequence. |
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:37 am Post subject: 19 |
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| ralphmerridew wrote: |
| 8 could be (Women's?) Colleges: Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley |
Your answers so far are right, you just need to be a *little* more specific as to the category. |
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jbvntx
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:38 am Post subject: 20 |
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For #11: Hey, I'm flattered, and I go between Groza and Lord Kinbote.
#12: I tried to make one where the clues also have a common thread (like with Poe and the Raven earlier). So, here's the recipe for my exotic seafood omelet. Yum!
Omelet
Cheese
Mein Rice
Capers
Saucy Eel
Ray Heads
Icy Roe Sauce
Booze
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jbvntx
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: 21 |
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yes, Omelet is one of the clues. There are eight clues in this set.
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groza528
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: 22 |
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12) Malta, Chios (had to look this one up), Minorca, Cyprus, Sicily, Rhodes, Corsica, Ibiza (this one too)
I'm surprised you left off Euboea. |
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jbvntx
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: 23 |
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Started off with a dozen or so. Couldn't think of foods for some of them, so had to add a couple lesser-known ones. I managed to resist using Sardines for Sardinia, though.
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mathgrant
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 6:46 am Post subject: 24 |
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13.
Yay, yen!
Taw
Either
Afro
Fovea
Use Axe
So vain
14.
Boom
Cool nation
Green tea
House
I feel lamer
Minor
Origin
15.
CIA roof rumor: agent on!
Fey rather poor
Fine acumen
I sat on a disc last May
Sooty pueblo? avenge!
Yogi Bear, Kong, Maher, too
You were a ruby hippie
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Zag
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:55 pm Post subject: 25 |
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| 13. one through seven |
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Oscar
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:52 am Post subject: 26 |
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15.
All songs starting with 'don't'
...cry for me Argentina
...fear the reaper
...fence me in
...stand so close to me
...stop believing
...go breaking my heart
...worry be happy
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject: 27 |
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I think one of the problems of these consonantcy lists is that the creator puts a lot of effort into coming up with a semi-clever word/phrase with the same consonant order, work that is fairly meaningless, since the first thing the solver does is strip the phrase of its vowels.
I think they work better as they exist in the Enigma, where the solver has to find both the original word/phrase AND its consonantcy. That way the creator gets double the credit for his cleverness. |
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mathgrant
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:39 pm Post subject: 28 |
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| LordKinbote wrote: |
I think one of the problems of these consonantcy lists is that the creator puts a lot of effort into coming up with a semi-clever word/phrase with the same consonant order, work that is fairly meaningless, since the first thing the solver does is strip the phrase of its vowels.
I think they work better as they exist in the Enigma, where the solver has to find both the original word/phrase AND its consonantcy. That way the creator gets double the credit for his cleverness. |
That is a good point, Kinbote; however, I think these are intended more as cute little quickies than the NPL flat equivalents would be. (All those freewheeling phrases -- "You were a ruby hippie", "I sat on a disc last May", "Sooty pueblo? avenge!" -- would be difficult to clue in a flat, and technically, the solver doesn't even have to figure out the original group in a group consonantcy flat in order to get credit for a solution. )
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject: 29 |
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| mathgrant wrote: |
That is a good point, Kinbote; however, I think these are intended more as cute little quickies than the NPL flat equivalents would be. (All those freewheeling phrases -- "You were a ruby hippie", "I sat on a disc last May", "Sooty pueblo? avenge!" -- would be difficult to clue in a flat, and technically, the solver doesn't even have to figure out the original group in a group consonantcy flat in order to get credit for a solution. ) |
How often does someone figure out a group consonantcy without figuring out the original group, though? Almost never, I'd say.
But you're right, the original phrases for most of these could not be clued sufficiently. I just think that, if given a phrase with vowels, the first step is trivial, and the creator could just as easily given the following list and have the puzzle be exactly as hard:
n
tw
thr
fr
fv
sx
svn
Sure, making phrases out them is whimsical, I guess, but it doesn't really increase the difficulty. |
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mathgrant
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: 30 |
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| LordKinbote wrote: |
I just think that, if given a phrase with vowels, the first step is trivial, and the creator could just as easily given the following list and have the puzzle be exactly as hard:
n
tw
thr
fr
fv
sx
svn
Sure, making phrases out them is whimsical, I guess, but it doesn't really increase the difficulty. |
You say that as though whimsical puzzles are a bad thing.  I, for one, am more of an advocate of fun whimsical puzzles than of hard ones. I get your drift, though.
I know for certain these are more fun to make when I change the vowels in "one" to make "Yay, yen!" than I would merely removing the vowels from "one" to make "n".
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: 31 |
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| mathgrant wrote: |
| LordKinbote wrote: |
I just think that, if given a phrase with vowels, the first step is trivial, and the creator could just as easily given the following list and have the puzzle be exactly as hard:
n
tw
thr
fr
fv
sx
svn
Sure, making phrases out them is whimsical, I guess, but it doesn't really increase the difficulty. |
You say that as though whimsical puzzles are a bad thing. I, for one, am more of an advocate of fun whimsical puzzles than of hard ones. I get your drift, though.
I know for certain these are more fun to make when I change the vowels in "one" to make "Yay, yen!" than I would merely removing the vowels from "one" to make "n". |
I also agree that whimsical is often better, and they *are* more fun to make. A lot of that whimsy is lost on the solver, though, who will immediately strip the phrase of vowels like the hubcaps off a stolen convertible.
Anyway, carry on. I didn't mean to hijack the thread. I am of the belief that conversation about the essence of puzzles in general is a good thing to have. |
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Oscar
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: 32 |
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14.
US presidents
Obama
Clinton
Grant
Hayes
Fillmore
Monroe
Reagan |
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Amb
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:42 pm Post subject: 33 |
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#16
1.RUPEE
2.GONE MAD
3.CELLOIST
4.
5.MY LATHE
6.LEER |
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:10 am Post subject: 34 |
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| 16 Moons of Jupiter |
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