I think I have created a type of puzzle, though I'm not completely sure. There are many many answers to this puzzles, ones that I have not thought of. I wonder if anyone will be able to see what I see in these words, and if anyone anywhere can, I believe it would be this group here.
I ask you all, then, to find what these words have in common ( check the 6th post for the answer to this puzzle)
I will be adding words as quickly as I discover them, and give hints as long as people continue to be dumbfounded (and really, this is a strange, non-conventional type of puzzle that I figure out as a nervous habit every time I hear a word). If you are able to find the connection between these words, instead of saying the answer flat out, try and find a word that fits the rule.
[ May 13, 2010, 11:04 AM: Message edited by: JumboWumbo ]
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
They all have vowels and consonants in common. They're also all in English
Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
I thought about this as being a problem. I'm sure they all have plenty more things than the specific quality I am thinking of in common with one another. I'm not quite sure how to specify what I want without revealing the answer.
Another word I found: Around.
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
If this doesn't take off over here you should try posting it over at Ken-Jennings.com. This sort of thing is really popular over there.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
They're all six letters long.
(except for inaudible)
Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
Actually Lisa, the length of the word is critical to this puzzle. The words must have a length of a multiple of 3 letters in them, not including 0 or 3.
Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
Here are some more words that I found fit the pattern
cloudy pragmatic listen
...though it doesn't look like too many people are trying to figure it out, so I suppose I will let you guys know what the pattern is...
Take the word listen for example: on a qwerty keyboard, the word listen has one letter on the bottom row, two letters on the middle row, and three on the top row. All the words I presented follow this 1-2-3 or 2-3-4 (for the nine charcter words)pattern. I thought I was being clever, but I guess it's just something I do alone. Can anyone think of anymore?
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
nosily chores slicer masque chewed (can you reuse a letter?) madder twangy singer ginger hunger finger damper slumbered (I had to do at least one 9 letter word) mullet bullet nugget
[ February 16, 2010, 08:38 PM: Message edited by: Lisa ]
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
myriad
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
dreamy
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
And I challenge anthro, btw.
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
lamrot
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
weblog
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
Exodus
Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
Well Jumbo, I didn't get the answer, though I did glance at the keyboard to make sure you weren't using all left-hand words or all right-hand words. I also looked to see if you were alternating left hand to right hand back and forth. The different amounts per row though, I didn't see.
It's the kind of thing you'd see in the MIT mystery hunt. It just happened last month.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dobbie: lamrot
Seriously?
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
"M" is on the bottom row, "l" and "a" are on the second row, and "r", "o" and "t" are on the top row. You can double check my math if you want, but I'm pretty sure that adds up to 1 letter from the bottom row, 2 letters from the middle row, and 3 letters from the top row.
Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
define effect
[ February 16, 2010, 11:17 PM: Message edited by: JumboWumbo ]
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
double
Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
Coarse Diabetics
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: And I challenge anthro, btw.
I am an anthropology major, and I can't count the amount of times I've used the word anthro for short.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
I use anthro all the time as an abbreviation for anthropogenic. However, if we're playing by Scrabble rules, it doesn't qualify as a word.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by JumboWumbo: Coarse Diabetics
And consequently Dianetics.
quote:Originally posted by JumboWumbo:
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: And I challenge anthro, btw.
I am an anthropology major, and I can't count the amount of times I've used the word anthro for short.
Yeah... but that doesn't make it a word. I was an econ major, and that isn't a word either.
Of course, Anthro is a comic book character, so if you're accepting proper nouns, then we're good.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Can I up the ante with this one:
imaginations
Posted by Ace of Spades (Member # 2256) on :
"Antagonistic".
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Nice.
plasticizing elasticizing
Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: madder
That's 1-3-2, not 1-2-3
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
How about mudder?
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by JumboWumbo:
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: madder
That's 1-3-2, not 1-2-3
Oops. My bad.
Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
Here's a 3-2-1 style word, that are much harder to find in my opinion, considering there are no vowels down there.
Chance
Any others?
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Vacant Batman Camber Mantic
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
nazism na'vism
Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
You guys are way too hard to stump. I just want to stump someone!!!
Posted by JumboWumbo (Member # 10047) on :
Quickness Terminals
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
If you really want to stump someone, try 3-1-2. I can't find any for that.
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
Except boxing.
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :