Thalia Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 OK Thalia when you come up with your rule can you advise which of the following would get thro the GGDs: insipid jeroboam tyranny yachts cipher vitriol rhizome yoghurt echidna radii pious spiel ideal igloo ovoid potoo gypsy buoys coypu young About my rule:No knowledge of a language other than English will be needed for this one. Actually, I think language rules are irrelevant. That being said, these make it through: insipid tyranny vitriol rhizome yoghurt echidna radii pious spiel ideal igloo ovoid potoo gypsy buoys coypu young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 How about these: crank bank dank tank thank yank breath death heath wreath oast boast coast roast culprit credit debit pipit pulpit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 How about these: crank bank dank tank thank yank breath death heath wreath oast boast coast roast culprit credit debit pipit pulpit crank thank death heath boast coast roast culprit debit pipit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Jugding from the list of Wombat, I noticed that ... The words that have an odd number of letters get through . Am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Jugding from the list of Wombat, I noticed that ... The words that have an odd number of letters get through . Am I right? You are really close. Unfortunately, not quite. FRUIT will get through. STARFRUIT will not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 To try to refine Perry's rule: sheik shake shaking milkshake mills windmills house workhouse outhouses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) Thanks, Wombat Edited March 18, 2011 by Perry the Platypus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 The words that have an odd number of letters get through. If the word is compound, then both of the words should have an odd number of letters to get through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 To try to refine Perry's rule: sheik shake shaking milkshake mills windmills house workhouse outhouses sheik shake shaking mills house The words that have an odd number of letters get through. If the word is compound, then both of the words should have an odd number of letters to get through. Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKitten Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 odd number of letters, but not compound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 odd number of letters, but not compound? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Based on the theory that we are making it too complicated: seven fiver letters through six nine even threesome et cetera rejected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 (edited) Based on the theory that we are making it too complicated: seven fiver letters through six nine even threesome et cetera rejected I'm not quite sure I understood that. If you are saying that multiples of 3 and even numbers are rejected, that is true (except for 3) but that is not the rule. Five and 7 letter words will get through but it is not just those. Dichotomous will pass. Edit: I just realized I forgot to post my example last time. Oops. Edited March 19, 2011 by Thalia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I'm not quite sure I understood that ... Five and 7 letter words will get through but it is not just those. Dichotomous will pass. Sorry I was playing - I thought it was only 5 & 7 letter words that were getting through. I will try to be less ambiguous next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I'll try another theory. If the spoiler is wrong, can you determine which of these words get through... contemporaneously (17) duct ( 4) abbreviations (13) abduct ( 6) abbreviated (11) abductee ( 8) abridge ( 7) abduction ( 9) seven ( 5) abbreviate (10) six ( 3) abbreviation (12) to ( 2) accomplishment (14) i ( 1) algorithmically (15) The number of letters in the word must be a prime number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I'll try another theory. If the spoiler is wrong, can you determine which of these words get through... contemporaneously (17) duct ( 4) abbreviations (13) abduct ( 6) abbreviated (11) abductee ( 8) abridge ( 7) abduction ( 9) seven ( 5) abbreviate (10) six ( 3) abbreviation (12) to ( 2) accomplishment (14) i ( 1) algorithmically (15) The number of letters in the word must be a prime number. Close enough. I would have accepted a one letter word. As long as it is not a composite number. When you make up your rule here is a list of attempted words: close enough I would have accepted a one letter word as long (as) it is not (a) composite number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 (edited) After rule application its quicker to list the rejections: REJECTED a as close have accepted edit: almost rejected one i shouldn't have Edited March 19, 2011 by WombatBreath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 board shot star red blue green cave gave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 After rule application its quicker to list the rejections: ... edit: almost rejected one i shouldn't have I'm very sorry I can't apply the rule that I had come up with flawlessly. It would have been font specific which may not have worked properly across all operating systems - I'll get back to you with new results from a new rule a.s.a.p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Did they all have straight vertical lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 OK new rule now (not font / letter shape specific) I will apply it to the submissions so far in as second... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Did they all have straight vertical lines? LOL - yes that is very nearly the rule - lower case height tho. In checking I found that g, y, j vary considerably - I should have checked first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 ACCEPTED close letter number board star cave REJECTED enough I would have accepted a one as long it is not green gave word composite red blue shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 cartoon strategy urgency continuation panic item justification raising poverty waffle stem album and. . . "I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical, I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical, About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news, With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. I'm very good at integral and differential calculus; I know the scientific names of beings animalcalous. . ." By the way, I am NOT the very model of a modern Major-General. Feel free to take your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 (edited) I'll maintain a list of ACCEPTANCES... ACCEPTED close waffle letter stem number panic board star cave Please don't make me feed all of 'G&S' through this filter. I haven't filtered the quoted string... ...yet. EDIT: Advice is that neither 'cartoon' nor 'item' can be accepted. Edited March 19, 2011 by WombatBreath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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