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Gomez
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:54 am Post subject: 1 |
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I've taken a bunch of words and tinkered with them just a little bit to give a bunch of different words, which are defined below. Sometimes I've added a letter, sometimes I've taken one away, and sometimes I've just changed one. Your task is to guess the 'new' words from the definitions. If you get stuck, you can check your fictionary (ba-dum-bum!).
Example: Ginhaler: Someone who gets drunk as quickly as possible.
Okay, here are the proper ones. I've only done a few 'cos it's late. Feel free to add your own.
1) The irrational terror of being knocked down by an inexperienced limo driver. - Solved - Lepton
2) A condition which leaves the sufferer with no friends and absolutely no desire for any. (9) Improved on by Oscar
3) Artificially grown wheat based Italian food. (10)
4) A circumference of ursine creatures. (8) Solved - Trojan Horse
5) First floor brothel entrance. (6)
Correct answers so far (invizzed):
1) Chauffear
2) Palitosis/Pallergy
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4) Bearring
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Lepton*
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:11 am Post subject: 2 |
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| 1. Chauffear? |
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groza528
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:44 am Post subject: 3 |
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| Ah yes, that's much better than Awrecknophobia |
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Jack_Ian
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:36 pm Post subject: 4 |
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| 2) Solow? |
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Chuck
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:22 pm Post subject: 5 |
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| I was thinking hermit crabs for #2 but that doesn't change any letters. |
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Zag
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:11 pm Post subject: 6 |
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| #4 I was thinking bearder, but that would be adding a letter and changing another. However, if you change the definition to be "an ursine creature who pays to live in your house" then it works. (border vs. boarder) |
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Quailman
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:06 pm Post subject: 7 |
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| 4: Bearimeter? |
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Gomez
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:37 pm Post subject: 8 |
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| Good guesses, but only one correct so far. I've added the word lengths to the OP to help out. |
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Trojan Horse
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:28 am Post subject: 9 |
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| 4: Bearring? |
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Internet Stranger
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:19 pm Post subject: 10 |
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6.Hoetel? _________________ "I didn't know she was your sister I swear!"
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Zag
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:47 pm Post subject: 11 |
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| Trojan Horse wrote: |
| 4: Bearring? |
Sorry, I don't get this one. What word for circumference is one letter off from this? (I could see "Ursine aural decoration" though.) |
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ralphmerridew
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:01 pm Post subject: 12 |
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| It's one letter off from "bearing". The word for circumference is "ring". |
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Oscar
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:32 pm Post subject: 13 |
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| 2. palitosis? |
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Gomez
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:24 pm Post subject: 14 |
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Nice one Oscar! The actual answer was Pallergy but I prefer yours so you get the point  |
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ralphmerridew
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:18 pm Post subject: 15 |
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| Usually when somebody runs a puzzle like this, invis answers are posted whenever an item is solved. |
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ralphmerridew
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:19 pm Post subject: 16 |
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| For #3, I've been try words like hydrotonic, but can't find any I like. |
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Trojan Horse
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:20 am Post subject: 17 |
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For #3, my train-of-thought is on things like spamghetti.  |
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Quailman
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:47 am Post subject: 18 |
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| I thought of that, and also some play on tubettini |
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Gomez
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:24 pm Post subject: 19 |
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| 'Artificially grown' is the key to that one. |
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Lepton*
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:33 pm Post subject: 20 |
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| Crossbread came to mind. |
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Internet Stranger
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:16 pm Post subject: 21 |
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3:insemolina? _________________ "I didn't know she was your sister I swear!"
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Gomez
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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject: 22 |
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| I'll give you a hint. The first letter for 3 is P and the first letter for 5 is S. |
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Gomez*
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:04 pm Post subject: 23 |
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Some more hints. Invizzed because they're pretty blatant
3) P _ S _R _ T _ R _
5) S _ N _ O _
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Gomez*
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:08 am Post subject: 24 |
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Spoilers
Pastroturf and Sindow |
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LordKinbote
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:13 pm Post subject: 25 |
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| Gomez* wrote: |
Spoilers
Pastroturf and Sindow |
Sorry, but I'm not a big fan of either of those, the first because it doesn't actually form the word that the clue is cluing (I feel "pasta" needs to be completely formed for it to work...for example, "Material on a dictator's lawn" could clue Castroturf), and the second because the clue is deliberately confusing (I suppose a window could be an entrance, but since we don't know if we're adding a letter, removing a letter, or changing a letter, the clues need to be VERY straightforward). |
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Gomez
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:59 pm Post subject: 26 |
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| Lord Kinbote wrote: |
I suppose a window could be an entrance, but since we don't know if we're adding a letter, removing a letter, or changing a letter, the clues need to be VERY straightforward
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But a window is the only kind of entrance you'd get on the first floor of a building. |
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Quailman
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:31 pm Post subject: 27 |
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| Gomez wrote: |
| Lord Kinbote wrote: |
I suppose a window could be an entrance, but since we don't know if we're adding a letter, removing a letter, or changing a letter, the clues need to be VERY straightforward
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But a window is the only kind of entrance you'd get on the first floor of a building. |
Huh? A window is the only kind of entrance you'd get on any floor other than the first. On the first you also have doors, which is what most people use. |
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Gomez
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:54 pm Post subject: 28 |
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Ah, hang on. I think I've found the problem here. What you Americans call the first floor, we limeys call the ground floor, and what you call the second floor, we call the first floor, and so on. Forgot about that. The clue should read: Second floor brothel entrance, to which the answer 'Sindow' (sinful + window) should hopefully make more sense  |
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Quailman
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:15 pm Post subject: 29 |
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That's it, except you spell it ground, but we spell it grond. |
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LordKinbote
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:25 am Post subject: 30 |
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| Gomez wrote: |
Ah, hang on. I think I've found the problem here. What you Americans call the first floor, we limeys call the ground floor, and what you call the second floor, we call the first floor, and so on. Forgot about that. The clue should read: Second floor brothel entrance, to which the answer 'Sindow' (sinful + window) should hopefully make more sense  |
You start floor indexing at 0? The British invented computer programming arrays too, didn't they? |
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