LOL, I was wrong. A magician or spell CASTER could have solved it faster.
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Posted 31 August 2011 - 03:56 PM
COFFEE - x0
WATERS - x000
MASTER - xxxxx
FASTER - xxxxx
CASTER -xxxxx
keep trying
WATERS - x000
MASTER - xxxxx
FASTER - xxxxx
CASTER -xxxxx
keep trying
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Posted 31 August 2011 - 04:11 PM
See, this is what happens to my brain when I try to solve these things without using a computer.
Ok, back to the drawing board. Waters has 4 letters right, not 5 like I was assuming....so that destroys the *ASTER theory which in turn confirms the M. Now I just have to figure out which letter from ASTER is wrong.
COFFEE and MASTER only share 1 letter, the E so that confirms M_ _ _ E _ and also indicates that one of the letters from COFFEE will substitute for the wrong letter in ASTER. Now where could I sub in an O, C, F or another E and still make a legit word?
......... 10 minutes later..........
Head hurts. Nothing looks right. This is one of those evil obscure words isn't it?
I'll dig into a dictionary over lunch unless Wombat shows up with the answer first.
Elimination guess: TOFFEE
Ok, back to the drawing board. Waters has 4 letters right, not 5 like I was assuming....so that destroys the *ASTER theory which in turn confirms the M. Now I just have to figure out which letter from ASTER is wrong.
COFFEE and MASTER only share 1 letter, the E so that confirms M_ _ _ E _ and also indicates that one of the letters from COFFEE will substitute for the wrong letter in ASTER. Now where could I sub in an O, C, F or another E and still make a legit word?
......... 10 minutes later..........
Head hurts. Nothing looks right. This is one of those evil obscure words isn't it?
I'll dig into a dictionary over lunch unless Wombat shows up with the answer first.Elimination guess: TOFFEE
#7984
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Posted 31 August 2011 - 04:22 PM
sorry, I screwed up, waters does have 5 letters, x0000
oops
COFFEE - x0
WATERS - x0000
MASTER - xxxxx
FASTER - xxxxx
CASTER - xxxxx
TOFFEE - x00
oops
COFFEE - x0
WATERS - x0000
MASTER - xxxxx
FASTER - xxxxx
CASTER - xxxxx
TOFFEE - x00
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Posted 31 August 2011 - 06:32 PM
Back from lunch!
Notices signature line......
Hurls EASTER egg at Nana.
Notices signature line......
Hurls EASTER egg at Nana.
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Posted 31 August 2011 - 07:01 PM
Ok, then......grabs another 6 letter word off the desk calendar.
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Posted 01 September 2011 - 10:57 AM
EUOUAE
SISTER
NANNIE
RARITY
It worked well for last game, so I'll try it again.
SISTER
NANNIE
RARITY
It worked well for last game, so I'll try it again.
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Posted 01 September 2011 - 01:10 PM
EUOUAE - o
SISTER - xoo
NANNIE - x
RARITY - o
SISTER - xoo
NANNIE - x
RARITY - o
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