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Message Posted: Jan 12, 2007 11:59:13 PM

The author works with a 4-letter word with no duplicate letters, and each guess will be labeled with the number of letters found in the word. ---HAVE FUN---
EXAMPLE: (The author's word is: E A S Y)

W H A T - (1)
T I M E - (1)
W H I M - (0)
T U R N - (0)
S T A Y - (3)
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2013 10:55:19 AM

ə okay, maybe
J A D E
is it. ə
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Message Posted: Jun 18, 2013 7:28:20 AM

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
S A L E (2) ND - Got 2 on SALE
T A K E (2) ND - This time you TAKE 2.
C A G E (2) ND - Got 2 letters CAGEd
B E A M (2) ND - You've got 2 sealed BEAMs to help search our more letters!
D E A F (3) ND - Did you hear that you got 3 with that word?
H E A D (3) ND - With 3, you're still HEADed in the right direction.
A X E D (3) ND - You've AXED one more letter into elimination
D A Z E (3) ND - You're still in that 3-letter DAZE
I D E A (3) ND - Sorry, this IDEA did not pan out
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2013 9:47:47 AM

ə i just got a bright
I D E A
that maybe it would be the right word. ə
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2013 7:11:13 AM

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
S A L E (2) ND - Got 2 on SALE
T A K E (2) ND - This time you TAKE 2.
C A G E (2) ND - Got 2 letters CAGEd
B E A M (2) ND - You've got 2 sealed BEAMs to help search our more letters!
D E A F (3) ND - Did you hear that you got 3 with that word?
H E A D (3) ND - With 3, you're still HEADed in the right direction.
A X E D (3) ND - You've AXED one more letter into elimination
D A Z E (3) ND - You're still in that 3-letter DAZE
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Message Posted: Jun 17, 2013 2:08:43 AM

ə i’m in somewhat of a
D A Z E
now. not so much from the game as what my weekend entailed. ə
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Message Posted: Jun 15, 2013 8:39:43 AM

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
S A L E (2) ND - Got 2 on SALE
T A K E (2) ND - This time you TAKE 2.
C A G E (2) ND - Got 2 letters CAGEd
B E A M (2) ND - You've got 2 sealed BEAMs to help search our more letters!
D E A F (3) ND - Did you hear that you got 3 with that word?
H E A D (3) ND - With 3, you're still HEADed in the right direction.
A X E D (3) ND - You've AXED one more letter into elimination
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Message Posted: Jun 14, 2013 10:42:03 AM

ə okay, that narrows down the possibilities.
A X E D
ə
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Message Posted: Jun 14, 2013 8:07:24 AM

It seems that the missing word got out of its CAGE for awhile.

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
S A L E (2) ND - Got 2 on SALE
T A K E (2) ND - This time you TAKE 2.
C A G E (2) ND - Got 2 letters CAGEd
B E A M (2) ND - You've got 2 sealed BEAMs to help search our more letters!
D E A F (3) ND - Did you hear that you got 3 with that word?
H E A D (3) ND - With 3, you're still HEADed in the right direction.
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Message Posted: Jun 13, 2013 1:29:27 PM

ə somewhere along the line, the cage got lost. ☺
H E A D
will be my guess here. ə
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Message Posted: Jun 13, 2013 7:28:17 AM

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
S A L E (2) ND - Got 2 on SALE
T A K E (2) ND - This time you TAKE 2.
B E A M (2) ND - You've got 2 sealed BEAMs to help search our more letters!
D E A F (3) ND - Did you hear that you got 3 with that word?
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Message Posted: Jun 13, 2013 12:24:38 AM

ə i assure you, i am not
D E A F
but will play it. ə
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Message Posted: Jun 12, 2013 8:18:21 AM

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
S A L E (2) ND - Got 2 on SALE
T A K E (2) ND - This time you TAKE 2.
B E A M (2) ND - You've got 2 sealed BEAMs to help search out more letters!
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Message Posted: Jun 10, 2013 8:02:11 PM

ə scotty,
B E A M
me up because there is no intelligent life here.
j/k ə

[Edited by: NakedDriver at 6/10/2013 8:05:04 PM EST]
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Message Posted: Jun 10, 2013 7:59:14 AM

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
S A L E (2) ND - Got 2 on SALE
T A K E (2) ND - This time you TAKE 2.
C A G E (2) ND - Got 2 letters CAGEd
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Message Posted: Jun 9, 2013 11:50:49 PM

ə
CA G E
ə
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Message Posted: Jun 9, 2013 7:59:11 AM

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
S A L E (2) ND - Got 2 on SALE
T A K E (2) ND - This time you TAKE 2.
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Message Posted: Jun 8, 2013 10:55:31 PM

ə okay, i hope it’s these two.
T A K E
ə
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Message Posted: Jun 8, 2013 8:01:03 AM

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
S A L E (2) ND - Got 2 on SALE
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Message Posted: Jun 7, 2013 7:18:20 PM

ə is anything on
S A L E
today? ə
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Message Posted: Jun 3, 2013 7:31:23 AM

Thanks ND!!

_ _ _ _ (4-Elimination, no dups)

U R E A (2) ND - Off to a good start with 2.
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Message Posted: Jun 2, 2013 1:42:22 PM

ə you busted your rear end, and won!
A R S E
was the right combination!
for your game:
U R E A ə
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Message Posted: Jun 2, 2013 7:13:43 AM

I'll have to bust my A R S E to come up with another one.
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Message Posted: Jun 1, 2013 11:48:04 AM

ə the building still stands.
E A R S, E R A S, S E A R, A R E S, S E R A, R A S E: you got to the last (i think) one. ə
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Message Posted: Jun 1, 2013 8:36:08 AM

R A S E as the Canadians would say.
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Message Posted: May 31, 2013 11:59:23 PM

ə or ares reversed. ☺
in either case, E A R S, E R A S, S E A R, A R E S, S E R A: none is the one i need. ə
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Message Posted: May 31, 2013 8:07:09 AM

Three more possibilities:

S E R A the plural of serum
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Message Posted: May 30, 2013 12:55:10 PM

ə nope, not several hundred m² either.
E A R S, E R A S, S E A R, A R E S—still a few arrangements. ə
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Message Posted: May 30, 2013 8:01:28 AM

How about 100 square meters: A R E S
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Message Posted: May 29, 2013 10:21:15 PM

ə
E A R S, E R A S, S E A R—still a few arrangements. ə
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Message Posted: May 29, 2013 9:13:54 AM

Well, I'm all E A R S as to which word it is!


[Edited by: GotNews at 5/29/2013 9:16:16 AM EST]
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Message Posted: May 28, 2013 1:25:02 PM

ə nope
E R A S (still looking for right combo)
ə
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Message Posted: May 28, 2013 7:39:46 AM

And we have many anagrams to chose from.

E R A S
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Message Posted: May 26, 2013 8:45:55 PM

ə
S E A R (gn gets the correct letters, but needs to find their order)
earlier guesses are no longer relevant. ə
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Message Posted: May 25, 2013 12:24:58 PM

Get ready to S E A R those Memorial Day steaks!
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Message Posted: May 24, 2013 9:42:35 AM

ə
S O R E (gn is not hurting with three)
R E S T (rest assured, gn, you found three)
S N U G (not very warm, gn, only one there)
L I M B (gn elims four!)
R U S H (gn is in a hurry, finds two)
G O A T (gn finds one and says “ma-a-a-a-a”.)
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Message Posted: May 24, 2013 8:33:38 AM

S O R E
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ə
R E S T (rest assured, gn, you found three)
S N U G (not very warm, gn, only one there)
L I M B (gn elims four!)
R U S H (gn is in a hurry, finds two)
G O A T (gn finds one and says “ma-a-a-a-a”.)
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Message Posted: May 22, 2013 1:45:03 PM

Maybe this will put my quandary to R E S T.
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Message Posted: May 21, 2013 3:55:57 PM

ə
S N U G (not very warm, gn, only one there)
L I M B (gn elims four!)
R U S H (gn is in a hurry, finds two)
G O A T (gn finds one and says “ma-a-a-a-a”.)
ə
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Message Posted: May 21, 2013 8:42:48 AM

S N U G
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ə…ə
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Message Posted: May 19, 2013 8:33:11 AM

ə ack, i did it again, and just noticed!
RUSH, has two, not one. ə
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Message Posted: May 19, 2013 7:54:51 AM

ə
K E G S (gn finds two but may be consuming too much beer)
L I M B (gn elims four!)
R U S H (gn is in a hurry, finds one)
G O A T (gn finds one and says “ma-a-a-a-a”.)
ə
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Message Posted: May 18, 2013 10:46:45 PM

K E G S
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Message Posted: May 17, 2013 10:40:42 PM

ə
L I M B (gn elims four!)
R U S H (gn is in a hurry, finds one)
G O A T (gn finds one and says “ma-a-a-a-a”.)
ə
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Message Posted: May 16, 2013 8:58:02 AM

Then I'll go out on a L I M B to find more?
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Message Posted: May 16, 2013 7:12:53 AM

ə
R U S H (gn is in a hurry, finds one)
G O A T (gn finds one and says “ma-a-a-a-a”.)
ə
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Message Posted: May 15, 2013 8:00:01 PM

I'll R U S H to find a better word.

[Edited by: GotNews at 5/15/2013 8:03:06 PM EST]
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ə
G O A T (gn finds one and says “ma-a-a-a-a”.)
ə
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G O A T
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