Lingo version 19!

[Lady Vulpix]

Welcome to a new version of Lingo! 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.

[Lady Vulpix]

The current puzzle has 10 letters.

Here are the guesses and results posted so far:

reasonable: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 7 wrong.

addictions: 2 right, 3 misplaced, 5 wrong.

disappoint: 0 right, 5 misplaced, 5 wrong.

snowstormy: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 7 wrong.

eliminated: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 7 wrong.

antiataxia: 0 right, 3 misplaced, 7 wrong.

uneducated: 2 right, 1 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Knight of Time]

Um, aren't you forgetting the game tag, Gabi? I just wanted to point that out.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

My grid is ready, now let's see if it helps me to take part in this game more frequently.

[Lady Vulpix]

Game tags are no longer necessary now that everything on this forum is a game.

forgetting: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 7 wrong.

frequently: 2 right, 1 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Zak]

First version change in four years? Well I guess that explains why we're only on 18 considering how long it's been since I posted the first one.

Also is there a legitimate reason for starting a new version in the middle of a round? First time I've seen that happen, don't think it happened when I was playing a decade ago...

[Lady Vulpix]

The old version closed itself. I don't know if there was a glitch or if the forum is set to close threads after a number of posts, but in any case I thought it would be safer to make a new one.

legitimate: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Zak]

No posts in two weeks... did my return intimidate everyone?

[Lady Vulpix]

I hope not... The game is more fun when more people play it. In any case, it hasn't gone unnoticed (see Unown Awards).

intimidate: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 7 wrong.

[Blademaster]

Greatsword.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Where did my grid go...?

I'll just trow in something mysterious.

[Lady Vulpix]

Thanks for joining in, Mikachu!

mysterious: 3 right, 2 misplaced, 5 wrong.

[Zak]

Um, Gabi, I think you overlooked Blademaster's guess.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

If the plushie is abdominous, must it have a diet?

[Lady Vulpix]

Oh, I'm sorry!

Greatsword: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 7 wrong.

overlooked: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 9 wrong. Good one!

abdominous: 5 right, 0 misplaced, 5 wrong. Wow, that result is really hard to get!

How would putting a plushie on a diet work?

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Still having difficulties with this one.

But I don't feel like abandoning the game either.

[Zak]

Well you seem to be ubiquitous across the forums anyway...

[Lady Vulpix]

That much is true, but the plushie goes to you. Nice job, Zak!

[Zak]

Okay let's change things up and heighten the tension a bit... four letters. Ready, and go!

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Four letters?

[Lady Vulpix]

This should be easy.

[Zak]

Yeah let's see...

Four: 0-0-4 (good start!)

Easy: 0-2-2

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Can words heal wounds?

[Zak]

Maybe...

Heal: 0-2-2

[Lady Vulpix]

And if they don't, a couple of teas may do the trick.

[Zak]

Teas: 0-2-2

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Can I use an aide to help me with this puzzle?

[Lady Vulpix]

I hope this guess will fare well and give me some useful information.

[Zak]

Aide: 0-4-0 (...!!!)

Fare: 0-2-2

[Lady Vulpix]

Wow, those are great clues!

Making those guesses turned out to be a very good idea.

[Zak]

Yeah it sure was, it's not every day we have an anagram (0 wrong) as a guess! Enjoy your 'idea' plushie!

[Lady Vulpix]

Thank you!

Let's do a 6-letter puzzle now.

[Zak]

6 letters? Sign me up...

Ataxia

[Blademaster]

Uhhhh... Garnet?

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Letter, because, I'm in a hurry.

[Lady Vulpix]

Ataxia: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong. Of course, it had to return.

Garnet: 1 right, 2 misplaced, 3 wrong. I'm allergic to them, but just typing the word won't hurt.

Letter: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong. Not a bad guess for one made in a hurry.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I'll have to ask mother now. Just for the clues.

[Lady Vulpix]

She's welcome to join and play if she wants to.

mother: 0 right, 2 misplaced, 4 wrong.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Actually, her vocabulary canvas might be quite wide.

[Lady Vulpix]

canvas: 0 right, 1 misplaced, 5 wrong.