Unusual letter combinations
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This is an entry in the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #41: Short and Sweet.
English spelling is very strange. Sometimes you encounter words with letter combinations that would seem entirely unpronounceable on their own.
I have listed a few such letter combinations below. Try to determine what word each combination is from.
- The letters may appear at the beginning, middle or end of the word, but they are all consecutive (no other letters appear in between)
- All words will be found in any reasonable dictionary. None are particularly obscure.
- In cases where there may be 2 or 3 valid answers, an additional letter has been supplied to disambiguate. The additional letter must be found somewhere in the answer word.
- Since using computers makes this challenge trivial, please try to work this one out using only your own brain (or those of your friends).
GNAG
PSTR (U)
KWH
NDTHS
GHTH (U)
CST
WKW
MBSTR (C)
CKKN (F)
RWAT (U)
NDTHR
LFTH
RTGA
XACE
APK
ESHOL
When you have all the words, their initials will spell something that English in general, or these words particularly, could use.
english no-computers letters
edited Nov 28 '18 at 19:25
Rand al'Thor
69.7k14231465
asked Nov 13 '18 at 18:42
GentlePurpleRain♦GentlePurpleRain
16.9k569136
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add a comment |
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This is an entry in the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #41: Short and Sweet.
English spelling is very strange. Sometimes you encounter words with letter combinations that would seem entirely unpronounceable on their own.
I have listed a few such letter combinations below. Try to determine what word each combination is from.
- The letters may appear at the beginning, middle or end of the word, but they are all consecutive (no other letters appear in between)
- All words will be found in any reasonable dictionary. None are particularly obscure.
- In cases where there may be 2 or 3 valid answers, an additional letter has been supplied to disambiguate. The additional letter must be found somewhere in the answer word.
- Since using computers makes this challenge trivial, please try to work this one out using only your own brain (or those of your friends).
GNAG
PSTR (U)
KWH
NDTHS
GHTH (U)
CST
WKW
MBSTR (C)
CKKN (F)
RWAT (U)
NDTHR
LFTH
RTGA
XACE
APK
ESHOL
When you have all the words, their initials will spell something that English in general, or these words particularly, could use.
english no-computers letters
edited Nov 28 '18 at 19:25
Rand al'Thor
69.7k14231465
asked Nov 13 '18 at 18:42
GentlePurpleRain♦GentlePurpleRain
16.9k569136
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Nice puzzle! Might I ask: How did you come up with your words? A computer search for unique letter combinations, or something else? If you don't want to spoil the secret, you don't need to answer :)
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– David Koelle
Nov 14 '18 at 1:45
1
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@DavidKoelle I thought of most of them out of my head. I then used a computer to check the combinations and ensure that they were unique or almost unique. For a few of them, I googled "unusually spelled words", and picked a few appropriate words from those lists.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:53
1
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There were quite a few other words I came up with, which turned out not to be so unique after checking. I probably went through about 50 words, and ended up with this list.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:54
add a comment |
$begingroup$
This is an entry in the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #41: Short and Sweet.
English spelling is very strange. Sometimes you encounter words with letter combinations that would seem entirely unpronounceable on their own.
I have listed a few such letter combinations below. Try to determine what word each combination is from.
- The letters may appear at the beginning, middle or end of the word, but they are all consecutive (no other letters appear in between)
- All words will be found in any reasonable dictionary. None are particularly obscure.
- In cases where there may be 2 or 3 valid answers, an additional letter has been supplied to disambiguate. The additional letter must be found somewhere in the answer word.
- Since using computers makes this challenge trivial, please try to work this one out using only your own brain (or those of your friends).
GNAG
PSTR (U)
KWH
NDTHS
GHTH (U)
CST
WKW
MBSTR (C)
CKKN (F)
RWAT (U)
NDTHR
LFTH
RTGA
XACE
APK
ESHOL
When you have all the words, their initials will spell something that English in general, or these words particularly, could use.
english no-computers letters
edited Nov 28 '18 at 19:25
Rand al'Thor
69.7k14231465
asked Nov 13 '18 at 18:42
GentlePurpleRain♦GentlePurpleRain
16.9k569136
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This is an entry in the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #41: Short and Sweet.
English spelling is very strange. Sometimes you encounter words with letter combinations that would seem entirely unpronounceable on their own.
I have listed a few such letter combinations below. Try to determine what word each combination is from.
- The letters may appear at the beginning, middle or end of the word, but they are all consecutive (no other letters appear in between)
- All words will be found in any reasonable dictionary. None are particularly obscure.
- In cases where there may be 2 or 3 valid answers, an additional letter has been supplied to disambiguate. The additional letter must be found somewhere in the answer word.
- Since using computers makes this challenge trivial, please try to work this one out using only your own brain (or those of your friends).
GNAG
PSTR (U)
KWH
NDTHS
GHTH (U)
CST
WKW
MBSTR (C)
CKKN (F)
RWAT (U)
NDTHR
LFTH
RTGA
XACE
APK
ESHOL
When you have all the words, their initials will spell something that English in general, or these words particularly, could use.
english no-computers letters
english no-computers letters
edited Nov 28 '18 at 19:25
Rand al'Thor
69.7k14231465
asked Nov 13 '18 at 18:42
GentlePurpleRain♦GentlePurpleRain
16.9k569136
edited Nov 28 '18 at 19:25
Rand al'Thor
69.7k14231465
asked Nov 13 '18 at 18:42
GentlePurpleRain♦GentlePurpleRain
16.9k569136
edited Nov 28 '18 at 19:25
Rand al'Thor
69.7k14231465
edited Nov 28 '18 at 19:25
Rand al'Thor
69.7k14231465
edited Nov 28 '18 at 19:25
Rand al'Thor
69.7k14231465
69.7k14231465
asked Nov 13 '18 at 18:42
GentlePurpleRain♦GentlePurpleRain
16.9k569136
asked Nov 13 '18 at 18:42
GentlePurpleRain♦GentlePurpleRain
16.9k569136
asked Nov 13 '18 at 18:42
GentlePurpleRain♦GentlePurpleRain
16.9k569136
16.9k569136
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Nice puzzle! Might I ask: How did you come up with your words? A computer search for unique letter combinations, or something else? If you don't want to spoil the secret, you don't need to answer :)
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– David Koelle
Nov 14 '18 at 1:45
1
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@DavidKoelle I thought of most of them out of my head. I then used a computer to check the combinations and ensure that they were unique or almost unique. For a few of them, I googled "unusually spelled words", and picked a few appropriate words from those lists.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:53
1
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There were quite a few other words I came up with, which turned out not to be so unique after checking. I probably went through about 50 words, and ended up with this list.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:54
add a comment |
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Nice puzzle! Might I ask: How did you come up with your words? A computer search for unique letter combinations, or something else? If you don't want to spoil the secret, you don't need to answer :)
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– David Koelle
Nov 14 '18 at 1:45
1
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@DavidKoelle I thought of most of them out of my head. I then used a computer to check the combinations and ensure that they were unique or almost unique. For a few of them, I googled "unusually spelled words", and picked a few appropriate words from those lists.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:53
1
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There were quite a few other words I came up with, which turned out not to be so unique after checking. I probably went through about 50 words, and ended up with this list.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:54
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Nice puzzle! Might I ask: How did you come up with your words? A computer search for unique letter combinations, or something else? If you don't want to spoil the secret, you don't need to answer :)
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– David Koelle
Nov 14 '18 at 1:45
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Nice puzzle! Might I ask: How did you come up with your words? A computer search for unique letter combinations, or something else? If you don't want to spoil the secret, you don't need to answer :)
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– David Koelle
Nov 14 '18 at 1:45
1
1
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@DavidKoelle I thought of most of them out of my head. I then used a computer to check the combinations and ensure that they were unique or almost unique. For a few of them, I googled "unusually spelled words", and picked a few appropriate words from those lists.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:53
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@DavidKoelle I thought of most of them out of my head. I then used a computer to check the combinations and ensure that they were unique or almost unique. For a few of them, I googled "unusually spelled words", and picked a few appropriate words from those lists.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:53
1
1
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There were quite a few other words I came up with, which turned out not to be so unique after checking. I probably went through about 50 words, and ended up with this list.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:54
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There were quite a few other words I came up with, which turned out not to be so unique after checking. I probably went through about 50 words, and ended up with this list.
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– GentlePurpleRain♦
Nov 14 '18 at 19:54
add a comment |
5 Answers
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The final answer is
SUBTLE ADJUSTMENT
(note that subtle contains the rather rare letter combination BTL. Not sure if that is on purpose ...)
formed by the words
- Signage (Parseltongue)
- Upstream (Parseltongue)
- Buckwheat (Parseltongue)
- Thousandths (Parseltongue)
- Lighthouse (JonMark Perry)
- Ecstatic (Parseltongue)
- Awkward (Dorrulf)
- Dumbstruck (me, kazi0)
- Jackknife (me)
- Underwater (Dorrulf)
- Spendthrift (kazi0)
- Twelfth (me, kazi0)
- Mortgage (Dorrulf)
- Exacerbate (kazi0)
- Napkin (kazi0)
- Threshold (Dorrulf)
I tried to reconstruct who came up with individual words first; which is kind of hard given the timelines and grace period edits. Apologies for any mistakes.
But if you ask me (non-native speaker here):
English spelling in general can use a not-so subtle adjustment.
I found some remaining ones:
MBSTR:
duMBSTRuCk
CKKN:
jaCKKNiFe
LFTH:
tweLFTH
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:07
GlorfindelGlorfindel
13.8k35084
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Really nice answer :)
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– ABcDexter
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
2
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Really nice puzzle :)
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– Glorfindel
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
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But it doesn't contain an F...
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– Glorfindel
Nov 14 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
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Partial answers so far:
1. Signage
2. Upstream
3. Buckwheat
4. Thousandths
5. Eighth (not quite correct, due to disambiguation)
6. Ecstatic
7.
8.
9.
10. Overwatch (not quite correct, due to disambiguation).
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:47
ParseltongueParseltongue
44628
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Partial:
1.
2. UPSTREAM
3.
4. THOUSANDTHS
5.
6.
7. AWKWARD
8.
9. ___CKKNIFE
10. UNDERWATER
11.
12.
13. MORTGAGE
14.
15.
16. THRESHOLD
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:54
DorrulfDorrulf
2,367210
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rot13(ahzore 9 vf cebonoyl wnpxxavsr)
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– JR_M
Nov 13 '18 at 19:11
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Some of the words that haven't been found yet
MBSTR (C):
dumbstruck
NDTHR:
spendthrift
LFTH:
twelfth
XACE:
exacerbate
APK:
napkin
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:08
kazi0kazi0
913
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5:
LIGHTHOUSE (thanks to the U)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:15
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
19.2k63991
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The final answer is
SUBTLE ADJUSTMENT
(note that subtle contains the rather rare letter combination BTL. Not sure if that is on purpose ...)
formed by the words
- Signage (Parseltongue)
- Upstream (Parseltongue)
- Buckwheat (Parseltongue)
- Thousandths (Parseltongue)
- Lighthouse (JonMark Perry)
- Ecstatic (Parseltongue)
- Awkward (Dorrulf)
- Dumbstruck (me, kazi0)
- Jackknife (me)
- Underwater (Dorrulf)
- Spendthrift (kazi0)
- Twelfth (me, kazi0)
- Mortgage (Dorrulf)
- Exacerbate (kazi0)
- Napkin (kazi0)
- Threshold (Dorrulf)
I tried to reconstruct who came up with individual words first; which is kind of hard given the timelines and grace period edits. Apologies for any mistakes.
But if you ask me (non-native speaker here):
English spelling in general can use a not-so subtle adjustment.
I found some remaining ones:
MBSTR:
duMBSTRuCk
CKKN:
jaCKKNiFe
LFTH:
tweLFTH
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:07
GlorfindelGlorfindel
13.8k35084
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2
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Really nice answer :)
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– ABcDexter
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
2
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Really nice puzzle :)
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– Glorfindel
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
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But it doesn't contain an F...
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– Glorfindel
Nov 14 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The final answer is
SUBTLE ADJUSTMENT
(note that subtle contains the rather rare letter combination BTL. Not sure if that is on purpose ...)
formed by the words
- Signage (Parseltongue)
- Upstream (Parseltongue)
- Buckwheat (Parseltongue)
- Thousandths (Parseltongue)
- Lighthouse (JonMark Perry)
- Ecstatic (Parseltongue)
- Awkward (Dorrulf)
- Dumbstruck (me, kazi0)
- Jackknife (me)
- Underwater (Dorrulf)
- Spendthrift (kazi0)
- Twelfth (me, kazi0)
- Mortgage (Dorrulf)
- Exacerbate (kazi0)
- Napkin (kazi0)
- Threshold (Dorrulf)
I tried to reconstruct who came up with individual words first; which is kind of hard given the timelines and grace period edits. Apologies for any mistakes.
But if you ask me (non-native speaker here):
English spelling in general can use a not-so subtle adjustment.
I found some remaining ones:
MBSTR:
duMBSTRuCk
CKKN:
jaCKKNiFe
LFTH:
tweLFTH
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:07
GlorfindelGlorfindel
13.8k35084
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2
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Really nice answer :)
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– ABcDexter
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
2
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Really nice puzzle :)
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– Glorfindel
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
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But it doesn't contain an F...
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– Glorfindel
Nov 14 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The final answer is
SUBTLE ADJUSTMENT
(note that subtle contains the rather rare letter combination BTL. Not sure if that is on purpose ...)
formed by the words
- Signage (Parseltongue)
- Upstream (Parseltongue)
- Buckwheat (Parseltongue)
- Thousandths (Parseltongue)
- Lighthouse (JonMark Perry)
- Ecstatic (Parseltongue)
- Awkward (Dorrulf)
- Dumbstruck (me, kazi0)
- Jackknife (me)
- Underwater (Dorrulf)
- Spendthrift (kazi0)
- Twelfth (me, kazi0)
- Mortgage (Dorrulf)
- Exacerbate (kazi0)
- Napkin (kazi0)
- Threshold (Dorrulf)
I tried to reconstruct who came up with individual words first; which is kind of hard given the timelines and grace period edits. Apologies for any mistakes.
But if you ask me (non-native speaker here):
English spelling in general can use a not-so subtle adjustment.
I found some remaining ones:
MBSTR:
duMBSTRuCk
CKKN:
jaCKKNiFe
LFTH:
tweLFTH
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:07
GlorfindelGlorfindel
13.8k35084
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The final answer is
SUBTLE ADJUSTMENT
(note that subtle contains the rather rare letter combination BTL. Not sure if that is on purpose ...)
formed by the words
- Signage (Parseltongue)
- Upstream (Parseltongue)
- Buckwheat (Parseltongue)
- Thousandths (Parseltongue)
- Lighthouse (JonMark Perry)
- Ecstatic (Parseltongue)
- Awkward (Dorrulf)
- Dumbstruck (me, kazi0)
- Jackknife (me)
- Underwater (Dorrulf)
- Spendthrift (kazi0)
- Twelfth (me, kazi0)
- Mortgage (Dorrulf)
- Exacerbate (kazi0)
- Napkin (kazi0)
- Threshold (Dorrulf)
I tried to reconstruct who came up with individual words first; which is kind of hard given the timelines and grace period edits. Apologies for any mistakes.
But if you ask me (non-native speaker here):
English spelling in general can use a not-so subtle adjustment.
I found some remaining ones:
MBSTR:
duMBSTRuCk
CKKN:
jaCKKNiFe
LFTH:
tweLFTH
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:07
GlorfindelGlorfindel
13.8k35084
edited Nov 14 '18 at 6:32
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:07
GlorfindelGlorfindel
13.8k35084
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:07
GlorfindelGlorfindel
13.8k35084
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:07
GlorfindelGlorfindel
13.8k35084
13.8k35084
2
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Really nice answer :)
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– ABcDexter
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
2
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Really nice puzzle :)
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– Glorfindel
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
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But it doesn't contain an F...
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– Glorfindel
Nov 14 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
2
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Really nice answer :)
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– ABcDexter
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
2
$begingroup$
Really nice puzzle :)
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– Glorfindel
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
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But it doesn't contain an F...
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– Glorfindel
Nov 14 '18 at 17:49
2
2
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Really nice answer :)
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– ABcDexter
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
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Really nice answer :)
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– ABcDexter
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
2
2
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Really nice puzzle :)
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– Glorfindel
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
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Really nice puzzle :)
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– Glorfindel
Nov 13 '18 at 19:24
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But it doesn't contain an F...
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– Glorfindel
Nov 14 '18 at 17:49
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But it doesn't contain an F...
$endgroup$
– Glorfindel
Nov 14 '18 at 17:49
add a comment |
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Partial answers so far:
1. Signage
2. Upstream
3. Buckwheat
4. Thousandths
5. Eighth (not quite correct, due to disambiguation)
6. Ecstatic
7.
8.
9.
10. Overwatch (not quite correct, due to disambiguation).
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:47
ParseltongueParseltongue
44628
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add a comment |
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Partial answers so far:
1. Signage
2. Upstream
3. Buckwheat
4. Thousandths
5. Eighth (not quite correct, due to disambiguation)
6. Ecstatic
7.
8.
9.
10. Overwatch (not quite correct, due to disambiguation).
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:47
ParseltongueParseltongue
44628
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
Partial answers so far:
1. Signage
2. Upstream
3. Buckwheat
4. Thousandths
5. Eighth (not quite correct, due to disambiguation)
6. Ecstatic
7.
8.
9.
10. Overwatch (not quite correct, due to disambiguation).
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:47
ParseltongueParseltongue
44628
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Partial answers so far:
1. Signage
2. Upstream
3. Buckwheat
4. Thousandths
5. Eighth (not quite correct, due to disambiguation)
6. Ecstatic
7.
8.
9.
10. Overwatch (not quite correct, due to disambiguation).
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:47
ParseltongueParseltongue
44628
edited Nov 13 '18 at 19:18
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:47
ParseltongueParseltongue
44628
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:47
ParseltongueParseltongue
44628
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:47
ParseltongueParseltongue
44628
44628
add a comment |
add a comment |
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Partial:
1.
2. UPSTREAM
3.
4. THOUSANDTHS
5.
6.
7. AWKWARD
8.
9. ___CKKNIFE
10. UNDERWATER
11.
12.
13. MORTGAGE
14.
15.
16. THRESHOLD
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:54
DorrulfDorrulf
2,367210
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rot13(ahzore 9 vf cebonoyl wnpxxavsr)
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– JR_M
Nov 13 '18 at 19:11
add a comment |
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Partial:
1.
2. UPSTREAM
3.
4. THOUSANDTHS
5.
6.
7. AWKWARD
8.
9. ___CKKNIFE
10. UNDERWATER
11.
12.
13. MORTGAGE
14.
15.
16. THRESHOLD
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:54
DorrulfDorrulf
2,367210
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rot13(ahzore 9 vf cebonoyl wnpxxavsr)
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– JR_M
Nov 13 '18 at 19:11
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Partial:
1.
2. UPSTREAM
3.
4. THOUSANDTHS
5.
6.
7. AWKWARD
8.
9. ___CKKNIFE
10. UNDERWATER
11.
12.
13. MORTGAGE
14.
15.
16. THRESHOLD
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:54
DorrulfDorrulf
2,367210
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Partial:
1.
2. UPSTREAM
3.
4. THOUSANDTHS
5.
6.
7. AWKWARD
8.
9. ___CKKNIFE
10. UNDERWATER
11.
12.
13. MORTGAGE
14.
15.
16. THRESHOLD
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:54
DorrulfDorrulf
2,367210
edited Nov 13 '18 at 19:03
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:54
DorrulfDorrulf
2,367210
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:54
DorrulfDorrulf
2,367210
answered Nov 13 '18 at 18:54
DorrulfDorrulf
2,367210
2,367210
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rot13(ahzore 9 vf cebonoyl wnpxxavsr)
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– JR_M
Nov 13 '18 at 19:11
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rot13(ahzore 9 vf cebonoyl wnpxxavsr)
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– JR_M
Nov 13 '18 at 19:11
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rot13(ahzore 9 vf cebonoyl wnpxxavsr)
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– JR_M
Nov 13 '18 at 19:11
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rot13(ahzore 9 vf cebonoyl wnpxxavsr)
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– JR_M
Nov 13 '18 at 19:11
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Some of the words that haven't been found yet
MBSTR (C):
dumbstruck
NDTHR:
spendthrift
LFTH:
twelfth
XACE:
exacerbate
APK:
napkin
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:08
kazi0kazi0
913
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Some of the words that haven't been found yet
MBSTR (C):
dumbstruck
NDTHR:
spendthrift
LFTH:
twelfth
XACE:
exacerbate
APK:
napkin
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:08
kazi0kazi0
913
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Some of the words that haven't been found yet
MBSTR (C):
dumbstruck
NDTHR:
spendthrift
LFTH:
twelfth
XACE:
exacerbate
APK:
napkin
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:08
kazi0kazi0
913
$endgroup$
Some of the words that haven't been found yet
MBSTR (C):
dumbstruck
NDTHR:
spendthrift
LFTH:
twelfth
XACE:
exacerbate
APK:
napkin
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:08
kazi0kazi0
913
edited Nov 13 '18 at 19:14
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:08
kazi0kazi0
913
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:08
kazi0kazi0
913
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:08
kazi0kazi0
913
913
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5:
LIGHTHOUSE (thanks to the U)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:15
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
19.2k63991
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5:
LIGHTHOUSE (thanks to the U)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:15
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
19.2k63991
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5:
LIGHTHOUSE (thanks to the U)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:15
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
19.2k63991
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5:
LIGHTHOUSE (thanks to the U)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:15
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
19.2k63991
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:15
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
19.2k63991
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:15
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
19.2k63991
answered Nov 13 '18 at 19:15
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
19.2k63991
19.2k63991
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Nice puzzle! Might I ask: How did you come up with your words? A computer search for unique letter combinations, or something else? If you don't want to spoil the secret, you don't need to answer :)
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@DavidKoelle I thought of most of them out of my head. I then used a computer to check the combinations and ensure that they were unique or almost unique. For a few of them, I googled "unusually spelled words", and picked a few appropriate words from those lists.
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There were quite a few other words I came up with, which turned out not to be so unique after checking. I probably went through about 50 words, and ended up with this list.
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