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winners : x

asylums : x

trivial : o

departs : xo

vitamin : x

springs : x

service : oo

cocoons : xxxo

crayons : xx

cottons : xxx

dotcoms : xxxo

marinas : x

About your ealier observation: please remember that the same vowel may appear many times in a word.

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yeah... without making any assumptions, and without using the word 'marinas' we can know for a fact that 'niramy' are not possible letters through the analysis words containing only 'X's having the same yet displaced letters between them. Then when including the word marinas, we know that 's' must be the last letter and that there are no double 's's. So that means 'aeiunrmywlpg' cannot be letters.

At that point the only things still available are:

v_t____ : x

d____t_ : o

t__v___ : o

___v_c_ : oo

cocoo__ : xxo

c___o__ : x

cotto__ : xx

dotco__ : xxo

and from the 4th word, you can see that the only two letters that are possible are 'V' and 'C'. which means t is also a goner, and that the first letter MUST be 'V'. Yielding:

v______ : x

d______ : o

___v___ : o

___v_c_ : oo

cocoo__ : xxo

c___o__ : x

cotto__ : xx

dotco__ : xxo

Now, since C has been absolutely confirmed as a Letter, that means, b/c of the 6th word down on the list, 'O' is no longer an option.

This makes our new list of absolute without fallacy, canceled letters to be 'aeiouynrmwlpgt'

For the record, that is a e i o u y... all positive to have absolutely no possibility of being contained in the word. Which means there is a mistake somewhere.

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There is no mistake.

winners : x

asylums : x

trivial : o

departs : xo

vitamin : x

springs : x

service : oo

cocoons : xxxo

crayons : xx

cottons : xxx

dotcoms : xxxo

marinas : x

cartons : xx

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Funny thing, all my vowels are canceling out too! I probably made a mistake somewhere :)

winners : x

asylums : x

trivial : o

departs : xo

vitamin : x

springs : x

service : oo

cocoons : xxxo

crayons : xx

cottons : xxx

dotcoms : xxxo

marinas : x

cartons : xx

mistake : o

;)

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yeah... without making any assumptions, and without using the word 'marinas' we can know for a fact that 'niramy' are not possible letters through the analysis words containing only 'X's having the same yet displaced letters between them. Then when including the word marinas, we know that 's' must be the last letter and that there are no double 's's. So that means 'aeiunrmywlpg' cannot be letters.

At that point the only things still available are:

v_t____ : x

d____t_ : o

t__v___ : o

___v_c_ : oo

cocoo__ : xxo

c___o__ : x

cotto__ : xx

dotco__ : xxo

and from the 4th word, you can see that the only two letters that are possible are 'V' and 'C'. which means t is also a goner, and that the first letter MUST be 'V'. Yielding:

v______ : x

d______ : o

___v___ : o

___v_c_ : oo

cocoo__ : xxo

c___o__ : x

cotto__ : xx

dotco__ : xxo

Now, since C has been absolutely confirmed as a Letter, that means, b/c of the 6th word down on the list, 'O' is no longer an option.

This makes our new list of absolute without fallacy, canceled letters to be 'aeiouynrmwlpgt'

For the record, that is a e i o u y... all positive to have absolutely no possibility of being contained in the word. Which means there is a mistake somewhere.

Yes, there is a mistake ... in your logic!

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winners : x

asylums : x

trivial : o

departs : xo

vitamin : x

springs : x

service : oo

cocoons : xxxo

crayons : xx

cottons : xxx

dotcoms : xxxo

marinas : x

cartons : xx

mistake : o

cohosts : xxo

cohorts : xxo

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:blush: sorry
I see that when I was eliminating the ending S's, I was double counting the last blank in 'service' as an 's' instead of an 'e'. sorry!
My logic was fine, it was a stupid mistake with double counting a blank!

I would call this a mistake in logic :P

No problem, it's just a game :wub:

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winners : x

asylums : x

trivial : o

departs : xo

vitamin : x

springs : x

service : oo

cocoons : xxxo

crayons : xx

cottons : xxx

dotcoms : xxxo

marinas : x

cartons : xx

mistake : o

cohosts : xxo

cohorts : xxo

churros : xx

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I think I got it.

__s____ : o

___v___ : o

______s : x

______s : x

v______ : x

______s : x

______s : x

s__v___ : oo

d_____s : xo

_____os : xx

____o_s : xx

____o_s : xx

_o_o__s : xxo

_o_o__s : xxo

_o__o_s : xxx

_o_oo_s : xxxo

do__o_s : xxxo

voodoos

Thanks WM this one was super fun to figure out! :D

I shuffled the words a bit to make it easier and I think I finally managed to solve it!

I started it five times from the beginning, but it was really mind boggling cause I kept thinking that there must be a C in it! ;)

EDIT: I'm off to sleep now so anyone who wants can start a new one! :)

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I think I got it.

__s____ : o

___v___ : o

______s : x

______s : x

v______ : x

______s : x

______s : x

s__v___ : oo

d_____s : xo

_____os : xx

____o_s : xx

____o_s : xx

_o_o__s : xxo

_o_o__s : xxo

_o__o_s : xxx

_o_oo_s : xxxo

do__o_s : xxxo

voodoos

Thanks WM this one was super fun to figure out! :D

I shuffled the words a bit to make it easier and I think I finally managed to solve it!

I started it five times from the beginning, but it was really mind boggling cause I kept thinking that there must be a C in it! ;)

EDIT: I'm off to sleep now so anyone who wants can start a new one! :)

You did awesome, Andromeda :):)

I am off to sleep too. I had a very long day testing a new software system.

Brainden kept me amused between testin runs.

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