It's the second consecutive time it's taken over 4 years to post a new version, but this is still going! And it's all thanks to you, the players.
The next words has 7 letters. Enjoy!
Welcome to a new version of Lingo! Second consecutive first version change in over 4 years! Here are the rules, thanks to Magmar.
Game Play
- The game is like MasterMind, except with words, usually 5-12 letters long. There's a given word with a given amount of letters, and everyone guesses it. The person in charge each round rates the guesses with how many letters are in the correct places (right), how many letters are in the word but not the right places (misplaced), and how many not at all (wrong).
- Say I've come up with the secret word "cow". I'll tell you "Three letters". You guess "two". Someone else guesses "oar". A third person guesses "the".
- I'll return the results as:
- Two: 0-2-1 (None correct, two misplaced letters, one letter is irrelevant to the word.)
- Oar: 0-1-2
- The: 0-0-3
- Using that logic, you could recognize that two of the letters in "two" are found in the word; a third letter, which may overlap with the original two, is possibly misplaced. The letters in "the" are not found in the secret word, so you know that the "t" in "two" is not in the secret word. So "w" and "o" are found in the secret word.
- Following that logic, you know that it must be "o" from "oar" that is also in the secret word. Since the "o" cannot fall in the first or third slot, you can discern that "o" is the second letter. And since "w" cannot be in the second slot, it must be either in the first or third.
- Your word is either _ o w, or w o _. All other letters presented are not in the word.
- Game play continues until somebody properly guesses the word. That person then runs the next round of Lingo.
Rules
- 1. I do use a checker to verify how many right, wrong and misplaced. Please try to work them out on your own rather than search around online for a puzzle solving program (or even making one yourself). That's cheating and it kills the fun and challenge. You can use a word list and grep, but that's it. If you need a word list, you can use this one: <Zip compressed: 1.4MB><Uncompressed: 5156KB>
- 2. You may guess as many times as you like in each puzzle, but only guess one word at a time, and do not post twice until the current host has posted with the reply to your original word.
- 3. Choose words that are in the English language, not hyphenated or spaced, up to 15 letters long, and try not to make the words too obscure. Don't use proper nouns, as they are not universal.
- HOWEVER: When guessing, you may use a proper, one-word noun, like Wednesday.
- Also, words have to be verifiable through an official English dictionary or thesaurus as real words that are not classified as "archaic" (i.e. talketh).
- 4. You can see a list of previous words and their winners here. Try to be original and avoid repeating the same words again and again.
The official Lingo Calculator™ by Lady Vulpix can be found here! (That's how I check the 1-2-0 etc.) No it won't help you since you don't know the original word.
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It's the second consecutive time it's taken over 4 years to post a new version, but this is still going! And it's all thanks to you, the players.
The next words has 7 letters. Enjoy!
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Speaking of players, I wonder how helpful they can really be.
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20th version already?!?
Very helpful. There would be no game without them.
Indeed. And it's also been 20 years since I joined TPM! (20 years, 3 months and 19 days to be precise). And today is the 20th day of the year!
players: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.
version: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.
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My TPM account is younger.
I'm playing the comparison game here.
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And you're doing a good job together!
younger: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.
playing: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.
When you change 3 letters and the result doesn't change... it can mean a number of things, but it certainly means something. And 'younger' has provided a very useful hint too!
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It's morning here in Finland right now.
morning: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 6 wrong.
A very helpful hint!
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Will this provide with a helpful hint as well?
I think so.
helpful: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 4 wrong.
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Okay, I'm thinking a warning may provide a big clue.
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warning: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 6 wrong.
Looks big to me.
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Warrior was my Unown Award once.
Warrior: 0 right, 0 misplaced, 7 wrong.
Wow, nice work!
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I believe a warbler will provide more help here.
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I think it has.
warbler: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.
Now... Which two are they?
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Okay, another clue is still needed here. Let's see if an aircraft carrier somehow has one aboard it.
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carrier: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.
New word, same result. But here it's easier to figure out which those two letters are.
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This must be something outside the current guesses.
I wonder if going to the nucleus here will be of more help?
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outside: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.
nucleus: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 2 wrong.
Nice words!
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I hope the winner of this one finds success.
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That should happen by default, right?
And that's also another nice word for a puzzle... In fact it was the first Lingo plushie I won.
success: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.
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Finding the right word is a process itself.
Of course it is. I hope it's a fun one.
process: 1 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.
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This is probably not an Opulent guess in terms of economy, but maybe it will be in terms of discovery.
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Louis! Nice to see you here!
Opulent: 1 right, 3 misplaced, 3 wrong.
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For some reason, this puzzle has me thinking of one of the faeries that resembles Tingle in the Legend of Zelda series, namely Knuckle.
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It must have been a good reason. Congratulations, Kyle!
You win a Knuckle plushie!
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Looks like being a Legend of Zelda fan really paid off there.
The most common roll when you have a pair of dice is the number of letters in this one (this one's also got 7 letters).
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Could we have a Hangman plushie here?
I was definitely not expecting this one to go fast, but go fast it most certainly did!
Congratulations Mikachu, the Hangman plushie is yours! It's a shame that this isn't a Pokemon, but go for it.
One thing's for sure, first try wins like this are very rare.
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Incredible! I must somehow have read your thoughts.
Let's see if an 8-letter puzzle goes a bit slower, shall we?
Okay, let's start with something that is a staple of a certain "ghost town" here on TPM...referees.
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referees: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 5 wrong.
Wow, that was amazing!
And that was a good beginning too. But what should my first guess be? Is there a clue anywhere around here?
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anywhere: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 3 wrong.
One of my alternate forms may contribute to this puzzle (a Werewolf I mean).
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