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11-28-2023 , 01:34 AM

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bolt2112

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I have a 5 letter P word

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11-28-2023 , 01:35 AM

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IBeDrummin

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I have a 5 letter P word

Giggidy

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11-28-2023 , 01:36 AM

#28

D1iabol1cal

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I'm still a bit confused. If we clued from the C card now, why would the RG card be getting skipped? Aren't we going left to right?

Also, once we give a clue from a card, is that card totally off the table even if it has multiple letters on it?

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11-28-2023 , 01:36 AM

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Nicholasp27

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I think my opposite for 7 letter T would get them the word in one almost every time, so prefer we go with a JOVW to start so we can do that as backup (or could skip but not a fan of that I don't think)

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11-28-2023 , 01:37 AM

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Nicholasp27

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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal

we have to clue from the SIDES, so the first or last card

and yeah, when we use a card the entire card is off the table; there are 2 of each type of card, so once we use the 2 C cards, for example, there will be no more in the game

13 types of cards x2 each is 26 cards so we get 26 guesses to get as many words as possible

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11-28-2023 , 01:37 AM

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I’m okay with this.

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11-28-2023 , 01:38 AM

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Nicholasp27

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Originally Posted by bolt2112

I have a 5 letter P word

this is a great one

could go one of two ways with guess but worst case the 2nd clue we do will get them to the word I think

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11-28-2023 , 01:38 AM

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Nicholasp27

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oh wait, P is in the middle, that would be lots of skipping

let's not do that then

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11-28-2023 , 01:39 AM

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Nicholasp27

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reminder of The Board:

JOVW T P EF A C RG

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11-28-2023 , 01:42 AM

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D1iabol1cal

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I have a 13-letter V word that's pretty good. Could get it in one, or at worst 2, I think.

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11-28-2023 , 01:42 AM

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IBeDrummin

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Oooh, I like that one, D1iab

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11-28-2023 , 01:52 AM

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Nicholasp27

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yeah that's a good one; I'm good with that

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11-28-2023 , 07:28 AM

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still working on trying to understand this game lol

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11-28-2023 , 07:31 AM

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Doctor Zeus

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Great explainer.

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11-28-2023 , 11:44 AM

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Oooh, I like that one, D1iab

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yeah that's a good one; I'm good with that

do you guys know diab's clue? or are you just saying it's good cuz he said they could get it in 1 or 2?

if we are allowed to tell each other the clues, maybe we should do it on discord?

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11-28-2023 , 11:55 AM

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We are inferring D1iab’s clue as we know the target word.

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11-28-2023 , 12:07 PM

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We aren't idiots, unlike some others(you)

fyp

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11-28-2023 , 12:08 PM

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filthyvermin

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ok i figured out diab's word. it's good lol

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11-28-2023 , 12:22 PM

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Nicholasp27

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yeah everything is in the open; nothing in private other than the pm of the target word

we infer each others' clues when we can, and hopefully the guessers can infer as well when they have some options they are thinking about

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11-28-2023 , 12:23 PM

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Nicholasp27

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I think d1 can go ahead and bold his word when he gets back on

if others have thoughts, keep posting them

once someone bolds a word, we shouldn't talk more and let the guessers discuss (also in the thread) and then bold when they are ready

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11-28-2023 , 03:41 PM

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AmazingErvin

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I am confused of course

Why is D1 clueing first?

Shouldn't we get a J or an RG clue first from the sides? Or are you saying JOVW counts as "1" and you can start on any of those letters?

We are awaiting a clue right?

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11-28-2023 , 03:51 PM

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Nicholasp27

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yeah you and zeus are waiting for one of us to bold a one-word clue

we can clue from any letter on the first or last card (the sides in the row)

d1 has a great clue that we are saying he can give; in theory any of us could just give it now, which we may do in the future to make it faster, but it was his idea so we'll let him bold it

and yes, JOVW is one card, so we can choose any one letter from that card when we use that card

here is a list of all 13 card types (2 of each in the deck) in the game:
A
B
C
DL
EF
RG
IH
M
P
S
T
JOVW
UNKQ

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11-28-2023 , 03:54 PM

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IBeDrummin

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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

reminder of The Board:

JOVW T P EF A C RG

I recommend putting breaks between the cards to make it even clearer:

JOVW | T | P | EF | A | C | RG

Something like that imo.

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11-28-2023 , 03:54 PM

#49

Nicholasp27

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yeah, i'll prolly do that from now on; good idea

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11-28-2023 , 03:56 PM

#50

Nicholasp27

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current plan:
d1 gives his clue
if they don't get it in one, then I'll give my 7 letter T opposite clue barring something changing based on their guess
if they still don't get it, we'll re-group

if anybody wants to propose a different plan, you have until d1 gets back online to speak up, otherwise go ahead and bold d1 when you get back

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