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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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