thithi Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 c a w h i n d s sandwich i o l o h f s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seapok Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Foolish g r i f n o e v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandslam Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 forgiven a n t o d b c n r a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seapok Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Contraband c c o o o a a n m t i d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf5370 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Contrabandc c o o o a a n m t i d Sure that's one word? A Atomic Condo? Edited February 6, 2009 by wolf5370 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seapok Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Contrabandc c o o o a a n m t i d Sure that's one word? A Atomic Condo? Ooooops! sorry I forgot an M c c o o o a a n m t i d m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf5370 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ah now that would be: accommodation EEAAIRPTTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ping Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) accommodation ignore - too late - see above Edited February 6, 2009 by Ping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzdocxx Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 s i n n e c r u a OK did we ever get the answer to this one? I cheated and put it in a word unscrambler and it said no such word. But it also said that about xenophobia. Anyway these puzzles are rather hard, how do you solve them, brute force, or insight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thithi Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 some of the words above there took me several hours to solve though. EEAAIRPTTX - i have no idea about this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seapok Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 s i n n e c r u a = Insurance EEAAIRPTTX = Expatriate y g n o i l p a m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzdocxx Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 It's a good one, I cheated and looked. I'm thinking you guys would be good in a job that required that type of persistence and intelligence. If I were more ambitious, I would probably solve it by putting all the letters in a column, then trying each remaining letter as the second letter, then each remaining as the third, and hope that something would start to jump out at me by that point. For a ten letter word, that would work out to 10! (factorial) combinations if all the letters were used, or something like that. Maybe just the first three would be 10! minus 7! Okay that's reaching way back into my math memories, just rambling here. Would that be cheating? Or do you guys just do it all in your head until it comes to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seapok Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 It's a good one, I cheated and looked. I'm thinking you guys would be good in a job that required that type of persistence and intelligence. If I were more ambitious, I would probably solve it by putting all the letters in a column, then trying each remaining letter as the second letter, then each remaining as the third, and hope that something would start to jump out at me by that point. For a ten letter word, that would work out to 10! (factorial) combinations if all the letters were used, or something like that. Maybe just the first three would be 10! minus 7! Okay that's reaching way back into my math memories, just rambling here. Would that be cheating? Or do you guys just do it all in your head until it comes to you? I would like to tell you how but I can't give away my secrets, if I told you I would have to kill you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashill Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Broadbandd d b b a a r a n o ....????????????????????????????????????? cawhinds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seapok Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Broadbandd d b b a a r a n o ....????????????????????????????????????? cawhinds Well spotted, too many a's!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ping Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Where are we up to? If the current word is: y g n o i l p a m then no-one has solved it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzdocxx Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Pygmalion? So proper names are allowed? pheocyraxert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thithi Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 no proper names - it's hard for me to guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpuiman Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 pheocyraxert is this missing an "a"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpuiman Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) duplicate post Edited February 7, 2009 by pumpuiman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzdocxx Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 pheocyraxertis this missing an "a"? Oh yes, well I am American if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpuiman Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 pheocyraxertis this missing an "a"? Oh yes, well I am American if that helps. Nope, no help.....is it missing the letter "a" and does it refer to an animal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzdocxx Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Hmmm, yes actually I have seen it spelled with an additional "a", and without, all over the internet. So I'm certain you have got the right word! ! ! And come to think of it, your spelling is probably more kurrect than mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpuiman Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I had to check the spelling too.....I remembered the bird from an old cartoon, strange how the mind works. Archaeopteryx klleeuu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashill Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 ukelule mynana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpuiman Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 it's ukulele manyana? .....Spanish?? tooieerrpfl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) profiterole how about Aha Visit EDIT Oops proper name try Aarcmatan Edited February 8, 2009 by Crossy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpuiman Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 profiterolehow about Aha Visit EDIT Oops proper name try Aarcmatan Catamaran......can't believe you got profiterole!! awbkrul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzdocxx Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) Catamaran? OK on mynana I cheated and took a look, but either of the words it could make, I never heard of. Was arch(a)eopteryx too esoteric too? (edit) oops you beat me to the punch! Edited February 8, 2009 by zzdocxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzdocxx Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Bulwark? I've never heard of a profiterole. I'd like a ruling from the judges, should this be limited to words regular people like me have heard of? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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