Got a problem:

Z shares 2 with ADO

Z shares 0 with QAT (so no A)

Z shares 0 with WED (so no D)

I don't think you should count ZOO as a 2, as there's only one O in ADO

OOPS...it should share 1 with QAT...

BOW, COW, DOW!, FOW?, JOW!, POW, YOW

Interesting! didn't know there were so many words ending in OW...

Yes, Yes, Yes, No (you already had F), Yes, Yes, yes...

Yeah, I always used to bet my friends that if I gave them 2 letters in a 3 letter word of hangman, that they would still never get it...I always won (just because you can arbitrarily choose whatever they don't guess)...

I seem to have misplaced my list of what you have guessed...but that was the bulk of it...I think you just had Z and U left? something like that...

FOE, HOW, JOE, LOW, MOW, NOW, ROW, SOW, TOW, VOW

HAHA...keep going with that...

No, Yes, No, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes

DOE, EON, ION ?

I think it is easier than the longer words. (Not that it's easy, just easiER)

No, Yes, Yes...

ADO?

Yes!...You're getting closer...

KOI?

Yes!

edit: added O word

ELK, ILK, FLY, ORB

No, No, No, Yes!!

5 down, 21 to go:

A - ?

B - ?

C - ?

D - ?

E - ?

F - ?

G - GOB

H - ?

I - ?

J - ?

K - ?

L - ?

M - ?

N - ?

O - ORB

P - ?

Q - QAT

R - ?

S - ?

T - ?

U - ?

V - ?

W - WED

X - XIS

Y - ?

Z - ?

CRY?

As you say, getting less easy and less certain

less secure:

AXE and ZAX

No, no, and no...however, I will say I originally thought of using ZAX...but decided to change it :c)

I will also say that after creating this, I haven't actually gone through and checked how easy it would be to solve...so, really all I can say again is notice that there are not many 0s in that grid...

Also, I'll let you know that words J, U, Y, and Z are not super common (along with the X and Q that has already been solved)...but the rest are pretty normal

I must get new glasses: Q and U don't overlap, so...

QAT (as in "more than one way to skin a...")

Correct...look it up on dictionary.com...it is a valid word (and a GREAT Scrabble word...really, I've used it many times in Scrabble)...that's 4...those were the "easy" ones (sort of)

QUA

XIS (plural of the greek letter XI)?

GOB (less certain about this one)

WED?

No, Yes, Yes, Yes...that's 3 of them...

Following in Bonanova's footsteps in following in Prof. Templeton's idea (PT's game)

You know...there have been 5 and 6 letter versions of this by Prof. Templeton and Bonanova (which I have thoroughly enjoyed)...I figured I'd go with the 3-letter version...this one could be super easy or really tough...not sure...

If you look at this grid, you should notice 2 things:

1) There are two letters which have a lot of 0s...solving these should be pretty easy.

2) Considering these are all 3 letter words, there are a lot of 2s and very few 0s (besides those two letters)...what does that tell you?

Here it is:

. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A . 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2

B 1 . 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1

C 1 2 . 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1

D 2 2 2 . 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 1

E 1 1 1 1 . 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1

F 1 1 1 1 2 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1

G 1 2 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

H 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 . 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1

I 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 . 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1

J 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 . 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1

K 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1

L 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 . 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1

M 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 . 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1

N 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 . 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1

O 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

P 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 . 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1

Q 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

R 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 . 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1

S 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 . 2 1 2 1 1 2 1

T 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 . 1 2 1 0 2 1

U 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 . 1 1 0 1 1

V 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 . 1 0 2 1

W 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 . 0 1 0

X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0

Y 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 . 1

Z 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 .

1 - R

2 - T

3 - S

4 - U

5 - P

6 - Q

Your solution seems to break with this requirement:

3. Br.Q's seat number is precisely 1 larger than that of Br.T's seat number.

You have Q = 6, and T = 2...so...

Determine the respective seat numbers of the six brothers.

R = 1

T = 2

Q = 3

P = 4

U = 5

S = 6

Ah...AI beat me to it...nice

T = THRIVE (possibly THRICE...but I'm going with THRIVE)

W = WARMLY

And since I'm now heading home from work...this will probably be solved by the time I look at it agian...but this was a lot of fun! thanks!!

S = Salmon

A = ABSURD

I = ICEBOX

Q is one of (quaked, queasy)

W is one of (walkup, warmly)

A is one of (absurd,adsorb,aumbry,avowry,awmous,ayword)

Q is one of (quaked, quaker, queasy, quidam)

W is one of (walkup, walrus, wambly, warmly)

Y is one (yolked, yowled, yowler)

I'm going to say that the J word is JINXED...simply because J and X have 4 letters in common...so far I have (but could definitely be wrong):

A = ARTFUL

E = EXPAND

F = FLIXED

J = JINXED

X = XENIAL

I just noticed that X has a lot in common with other words...so...decided I would try starting there

so, my first thought with reading this, make me think of either the letter "e" or "t"...but it's probably completely wrong...

14 so far...

+---+---+---+---+
| | 11| 6 | 3 |
+---+---+---+---+
| 5 | 2 | 9 | 12|
+---+---+---+---+
| 10| 13| 4 | 7 |
+---+---+---+---+
| 1 | 8 | | 14|
+---+---+---+---+

Could it be Euchre?

Sentries silent, in the right, -Right Bauer?

Ten in all the team, -a team in Euchre has 10 cards

Guarded vile servant tight,

Who stood against his queen.

She served along with husband well,

And all bowed to the one, -One who "bows" would be a "bower" or "bauer" (play on words)?

The winner left who begged to tell -Maybe Left Bauer?

The victory soon won. - Each round is pretty quick...

Upon the field these warriors lie

In armored suit arrayed,

Be it love or money, tool or leaf, - 4 suites of the cards...any of which could be trump

They soundly won the day

Obviously not an explanation for all of the lines, but seems to fit alright...

if you're reading this,

you own at least one of me,

some think i make light,

some think i take light.

i'm like a mirror,

with a reflective screen,

i'm quite delicate,

so please take care,

if you break me,

it'l give you a scare.

What am i?

i'm going on a short vacation for about 3-4 days, so just write down your thoughts, and i will tell who's right/wrong when i get back. (or before i leave).

an eye...or could be a lens or specific part of the eye...

Alright, so I've spent too much time on this one so far...

1) This cryptoquote contains all but 1 letter of the alphabet. The coded letter is "Q"...which, if this is an acurate cryptoquote means that this quote actually does contain a "Q"...

2) Given this, there are really only A, P, S, X, or Z that could be the "Q" (which would make R, W, T, M, or B the "U" respectively).

3) With regards to the subject matter...L/S with the quantum numbers could be the magnetic and spin numbers (since they are designated as m_l and m_s respectively...OR L = azimuthal quantum number...)..

4) Given #3, the word "magnetic" can appear in this quote in a few places, but most probably only "OLCGMNST" or "GMNSTZBF" are it...

5) "Angular" could also appear in this quote as "VYNFIVO"...but I don't see that going anywhere...

6) Other words that don't seem to appear in this quote: azimuthal and physics

umm he isn't in highlands?

It just says that it was raining in the Highlands...and that Roy was in a field all day...it does say that that field was in the Highlands

My first riddle posted here, it's an easy one just to get started:

It was a rainy day in the Highlands. Roy had been standing out in an open field all day, watching the clouds, but he was not wet. Not a drop on him. How can this be?

1) He had an umbrella...

2) He wasn't in a field in the Highlands...he was in some other field where it wasn't raining...

3) He's a rainbow... (AH, kawnsentrait beat me to this one by a minute...grr...)