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Maybe one for the cruciverbalists
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Craig Salisbury
Nordic Pine
i failed today 
one 3rd and two 4th go so far.
Had a choice of 2 possible words after 2 tries and chose wrong so 4 today.
Mrs says Richard Osman has tweeted about this. i don't tweet or facebook.
Had a choice of 2 possible words after 2 tries and chose wrong so 4 today.
Mrs says Richard Osman has tweeted about this. i don't tweet or facebook.
Alf
Sapling
Alas, my guess at three was one letter off, and thus 'tis four.
Oooh Mark is happy with himself today!
Also found the lovely share button while competing against my mates.
Also found the lovely share button while competing against my mates.
My true colours are showing, two failures in a row now. 
6 today... and a lot of time.
John Brown
Sapling
One? Now that's seriously impressive...TrimTheKing":1czujulc said:Tough one today, got it in six but again was a toss up of two options for five and again I picked wrong.
John Brown":xhj324us said:One? Now that's seriously impressive...TrimTheKing":xhj324us said:Tough one today, got it in six but again was a toss up of two options for five and again I picked wrong.
Lucky guess for the first word.
Full disclosure, wife had already done it earlier in the day and all I can think is that subconsciously I might have seen or heard what she'd done and used that as my starting word. I don't remember seeing it and we didn't discuss, but maybe she was talking to our daughter and I caught it, don't know. Seems highly unlikely I just got lucky...
For those of us who can't always guess it in one... I recommend turning on "hard mode" in the settings. This means that it won't accept a guess which you should have realised could not be right, from the information already revealed.
I still needed 4 goes today.
I still needed 4 goes today.
AndyT":1377ka5q said:
Surely that's 'easy' mode as it's giving you a hint... :eusa-think:
Harv-53
New Shoots
Trevanion
Old Oak
Not easy!
That's better especially as my first guess drew a blank.
Dr.Al
Old Oak
Surely this means I have to guess the next one right first time?
Trevanion
Old Oak
Andyp":1bzru045 said:
Same Andy. I’ve come up with a good way to eliminate all vowels and 10 of the most used letters in the first two guesses. Still took a bit of thinking about to get to the answer but it was the only one I could think of that fitted.
Alf
Sapling
Should not have tried it B.C. (Before Coffee) Scraped through on the final try. "Phew" indeed.
Undoubtedly. Then buy a lottery ticket PDQ. :lol:Dr.Al":16t8iug8 said:
TrimTheKing":1eluqh7v said:
I am struggling to understand how in two guess you can eliminate 5 vowels and 10 most used letters. Don’t tell me, we are having too much fun working out our own strategies here
Dr.Al
Old Oak
Andyp":3vt1ujar said:
Presumably 5 of those 10 most used letters are vowels.
Ahh. I see.
Yeah, 10 letters in total, 5 of which are vowels and also high up in the most used letters count.
Fairy snuff, basically what I am trying to do.
Yeah you just need to find two words that have the vowels spread across them, and the rest being unique letters.
I’ll give you a small hint to my technique, there’s one vowel I don’t actually include, but deductive reasoning helps then. Not always, but often.
I’ll give you a small hint to my technique, there’s one vowel I don’t actually include, but deductive reasoning helps then. Not always, but often.
Doug
Old Oak
Alf":3a8rycba said:
If you'd had your drink first you might have got it first go :eusa-think:
RogerS":2bxx9hu8 said:
They're not mine, but I don't think it really matters too much so long as you cover off the at least four vowels and the rest being all different consonants. That then gives you a good base to identify what's in it, if you're lucky where but if not then at least knowing what's in can help you identify what needs to be.
John Brown
Sapling
I think the most commonly used letters in 5 letter words may not be exactly the same as in general plain text.
Alf
Sapling
:eusa-doh:Doug":1u1j94gu said:Alf":1u1j94gu said:
If you'd had your drink first you might have got it first go :eusa-think:
Alf
Sapling
Hah! I guessed right at last, and got it in three. God bless America! :lol:
I might have struggled further without Alf's hint
Hmmmm same, got it in 4 but honestly not sure whether I would have gone down that route if I hadn’t seen this thread.
Alf
Sapling
Roger's comment, which was rather more on the nose, might have guided me too. However I take the precaution of not reading this thread until after I've done the puzzle. A habit worth adopting, maybe?
Yep normally I don’t I just looked at the forum first thing while waiting for the the kids to get ready for school. Won’t be doing that again.