One Word Wonder

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One Word Wonders are puzzles where the answer to the puzzle is exactly one word. For a better idea on how to solve this puzzle see an example

One Word Wonder

mcgartlin95

wants to try to stump you with this puzzle that was published on Sun Sep 23, 2007 07:00 PM

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randomcyn

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 07:02 PM |

# It took you 1 minute and 17 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 1st Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

Nice straightforward one!

dmstith

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 07:06 PM |

I feel like celebrating!

TWhitsett

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 07:07 PM |

This one was decent, although some would argue that some don't fit...

I felt it was very straightforward and fun, though. Thanks!

princessproton

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 07:08 PM |

[3] I think we had a debate about one of these last time this theme was used as a solve method.

gilby123

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 07:22 PM |

Got it, though last letter just seems wrong. Otherwise, great puzzle!

Dustinasu

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 07:28 PM |

first night in a while ive gotten both...

not too difficult but still fun :)

bagherra

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 08:01 PM |

I have the middle clue, but it doesn't make sense

bagherra

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 08:04 PM |

hrm
now that I have the answer, I debate whether that last letter fits or not.

jppe5

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 08:12 PM |

[7] middle clue? If it doesn't make sense, maybe you don't have it correct.

jppe5

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 08:13 PM |

[8] Which last letter. They all fit for me.

GrandpaDave

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 08:18 PM |

According to what all that I've been taught on the subject, the final letter does not count.

yendi

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 08:32 PM |

Okay, I'm just completely missing something here. Not even a clue of where to start.

BetaPrime

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 08:36 PM |

By defination, last one is not. So the puzzle is right.

Uethym

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 08:45 PM |

I love the answer.

And there should be no debate about this -- it's strictly defined, and [13] is correct.

wongjbw

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 08:49 PM |

lol guys... last one is not wrong, ask a studious 7th grader.

leadfoot

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 09:29 PM |

It seems to me that we've had this "one" discussion before... edit: I didn't read [4] before I wrote that.

For our foreign friends, this answer is US centric.

hannah69

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:04 PM |

Even Dick Clark would like this one!

figarojones

Posted on Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:56 PM |

Huh? I have no idea what's going on? What am I supposed to do?

Yawetag

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 01:52 AM |

Very nice puzzle and straightforward. It's nice to know that Euclid could have solved this one.

jppe5

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 04:23 AM |

[15] or Wikipedia

Hope2002

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 06:44 AM |

For those of us who have actually read a 7th grade textbook we know the last one definately does not match the definition. And any studious fourth grader knows that, because that is when that standard is first taught in math.

merebystander

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 07:23 AM |

Yippee! I got it!

(I know - but I'm always thrilled when I can get one without any clues from anyone else!)

Dandelion_Wine

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 07:41 AM |

[22] :) Same here!

'course first I typed in a singular. <shaking>

gahndalph

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 07:43 AM |

Finally got it- when writing down my answers- I missed Bond's gadget man and it didn't make any sense.

PobreBrusco

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 07:57 AM |

Thumbs up. Nice puzzle.

buster

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 08:34 AM |

omg i live here and it took me five minutes :(

buster

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 08:35 AM |

at least i got the easy one!

TWhitsett

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 08:58 AM |

When I was first taught about these, my teacher presented the arguments for and against including the last two (the last one used, and the one not used, but could be, depending on how you interpret the definition). Ever since then, I typically include those two only when necessary to make things make sense. Fortunately, I've never needed them for an actual test- just problem solving like this.

GaryL

Posted on Mon Sep 24, 2007 09:39 AM |

I liked how the final answer tied into the setup of the puzzle.

And I'm glad the puzzle was designed so that the potential ambiguity of the final 1-2 letters didn't at all impact your ability to solve the puzzle. For what it's worth, I do believe the puzzle maker used the correct list.

Although this was US-Centric, am I correct in thinking that most people world-wide would still be familiar with the answer? Maybe I'm just being too US-centric though.