Guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 paraphrasers - xxo independence - xxooo corroborator - x crosshatched - xooo chimneypiece - xxxoo lovelessness - xxxxxxxxxo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I thought longer words were supposed to be harder? I think this one will fall pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 I think the discovery of a "rosetta stone" can really influence the solve time, but I also think the number of available words per number of letters peaks at around 7/8/9 so maybe guessing a 12 will be similar to a 5 ? ABRACADABRAS - ? (think I need an eliminator) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 paraphrasers - xxo independence - xxooo corroborator - x crosshatched - xooo chimneypiece - xxxoo lovelessness - xxxxxxxxxo abracadabras - xo Sorry, that wasn't the magic word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Hmm didn't have the desired effect, bit of a waste. LOVESICKNESS - ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 paraphrasers - xxo independence - xxooo corroborator - x crosshatched - xooo chimneypiece - xxxoo lovelessness - xxxxxxxxxo abracadabras - xo lovesickness - xxxxxooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) CLUELESSNESS - ? The change between lovelessness and lovesickness is the removal of 'les' (replaced by ick) and the move of an 's' to a new position (eight letters remain unchanged). The score change is the loss of 4x and the gain of 'oo' - the loss of 4x must be the 4 letters changed and the gain must be one of the introduced letters with the relocated s or two of the introduced letters. Therefore, ????LESS???? is proven and all of the words in this format that I'm aware of end with NESS so the score for lovelessness must be 8x for ????lessness and love???????? is 'xo'. This means that the gain of 'oo' (for lovesickness) must be for one of the introduced letters (ick) with the relocated 's'. This in combination with corroborator means corr????????=x and as crosshatched=xooo has 'ooo' accounted for by ????lessness means cros????????=x, the only way these two conditions can be met (with the 'ick' clue above) is if C is the first letter so c???lessness is now proven (which matches paraphraSErS=xxo & abraCadabraS=xo). c???lessness proven with indepEndENCe=xxooo means that ?NDE????????=x ChimNEypiEce=xxxoo requires that one of hiMYpiCE are in one of the 2nd, 3rd or 4th positions but HPI & E are ruled out by paraphrasers, independence & crosshatched leaving MYCE Structurally the only thing that makes sense is c??Elessness and the options I'm aware of for this are restricted to carelessness or cluelessness (although there may be other more obscure options) and with the remaining score for lovelessness (love???????? is 'xo') means only CLUE fits. Edited June 16, 2011 by WombatBreath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 whew, i'm glad that's over cluelessness - 12x Again, taken from a plaque in my office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 New one... ????????? (9 letters) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Just to bump the thread... ????????? (9 letters) PLATFORMS - ooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabpig Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Looks like your having a bit of trouble kickstarting this 1 Womby. I'll have a go CONCUBINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Hey efpy - long time no see - thanks ????????? PLATFORMS - ooo CONCUBINE - oooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabpig Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Yeah - you ok? Hopefully will be able to spend a bit more time on BD now. ENTERTAIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 OK, Apart from work getting mental recently... ????????? PLATFORMS - ooo CONCUBINE - oooo ENTERTAIN - xxoooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabpig Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Me then INTROVERT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 ????????? PLATFORMS - ooo CONCUBINE - oooo ENTERTAIN - xxoooo INTROVERT - xoooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabpig Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 ORIENTEER I'll sell you the program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 looool - careful, no one likes a smartarse ????????? PLATFORMS - ooo CONCUBINE - oooo ENTERTAIN - xxoooo INTROVERT - xoooooo ORIENTEER - xxxxxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabpig Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Sorry 'bout the delay.... 10 letters this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 backgammon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabpig Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 backgammon - xoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 TUMULTUOUS - ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabpig Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 (edited) backgammon - xoo checkmates - xooo tumultuous - xxoo Edited June 27, 2011 by fabpig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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