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

workerbee

wants to try to stump you with this puzzle that was published on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:00 PM

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leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:02 PM |

Now there's a blast from the past!!

dajagr

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:03 PM |

* It took you 2 minutes and 48 seconds to solve this puzzle.
* You were the 2nd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
* Average solve time: 2 minutes and 21 seconds.
* Median solve time: 2 minutes and 48 seconds.

Cool! The text is very important, as is the encouragement.

joeyhemlock

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:06 PM |

Good Puzzle. Everything you need is there, and it's not too hard to figure out what to do.

cyncat

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:07 PM |

It took you 4 minutes and 47 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 7th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

"Quick" reminded me of something.

nrkii

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:11 PM |

Nice puzzle!

KoolKow

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:13 PM |

started on the right track, went to the wrong track, and then [4] was helpful for making me go oh duh

leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:15 PM |

right track, wrong track, I have the feeling I'm at sea!
Nowhere near any tracks.

kswitz

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:18 PM |

PB-

someone just posted some NACL on BGG that made things click for me.

kswitz

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:20 PM |

PB-

just noticed your response to the salt on BGG. Look at post 4 above, then go back to BGG and reread that NaCl that you didn't understand...... it might make things more clear.

tada

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:22 PM |

It took you 5 minutes and 26 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 30th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

My fastest yet, yahoo!

And no salt!

barneshome

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:25 PM |

I don't like it when it is obvious to most everyone else and I am still staring glassy-eyed at the puzzle. I feel (sniff) left out...

leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:28 PM |

[11] barneshome
yeah. staring, writing down first letters of all the sentences, counting the number of letters in the words, wondering if the RadioShack TRS80 (TANDY) has anything do do with it - and that leads me down to the ocean of computer related stuff...... wondering about [4] and the salt at bgg, which I am sure MEANS SOMETHING!!! but right now, in my befuddled state, is cryptic... ah well, maybe I'll go resurrect Ernestine....

Trying not to "Overthink" but my underthinking isn't working...

barneshome

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:32 PM |

[12] I am right there with you leadfoot. If I figure anything out I will give you a shout on BGG.

leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:33 PM |

Is the grammatical error in the second sentence part of the puzzle deliberate?

shopper1

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:35 PM |

Now it is my turn to be obnoxious . . .
It took you 32 seconds to solve this puzzle.

Must have been all those programs I wrote in machine language!

kswitz

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:40 PM |

PB-

I think it is a deliberate error to provide some very abstract salt.

leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:50 PM |

got it.
"It took you 39 minutes and 32 seconds to solve this puzzle."
And I'm a digital hardware designer! (really!)
I still don't know how [4] relates.

I guess mine is a sin of omission.

jmcintyre

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:51 PM |

Right track, then miles of wrong track... finally figured out what I was missing. Nice puzzle.

Edit: [4] is explained pretty well on BGG, thanks to kswitz.

davey

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:57 PM |

Took me over 12 minutes, but solved it without salt. After months of Tanga puzzles, I should have seen how to do this one sooner. The instructions were right - I found two solutions, then it was just a matter of picking one or the other.

Nice puzzle!

tada

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 07:59 PM |

A Barneshome Could Decipher Even Faster Gaining Hindsight...

I Just Kidding (Laughing)

tada

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:07 PM |

Man, Now Our People Quit Responding.

Sad.

leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:08 PM |

Truth Usually Very Worrisome

cyncat

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:09 PM |

Clue [3] is true.
The following is also true: Everything you DO NOT need is there.

tada

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:09 PM |

Tangans Usually Very Witty ('Xcept Y'all Zealots).

tada

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:11 PM |

Sorry, didn't see ya leadfoot.

leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:11 PM |

I was having problems with that "X"!

[25] its okay tada! I really liked yours better!

tada

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:12 PM |

I cheated.

MrPlow99

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:12 PM |

It took you 2 minutes and 3 seconds to solve this puzzle.

I didn't need any salt, but then again, I'm, a software engineer.

Oh, and I've also played Text Twist a ton of times, so the "Two Solutions" bit quickly made sense to me.

leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:15 PM |

[27] tada
all's fair - put an apostrophe before the "X"

tada

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:16 PM |

like that?

leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:19 PM |

[30]
yeah!

mrsgottrocks

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:42 PM |

It took you 2 minutes and 30 seconds to solve this puzzle. You were the 138th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

WOW!!! Ok, I guessed the answer and got it on the 10th word, and then I backsolved it, but I never get to gloat!! I'm always done in twice the time everyone else takes. Great puzzle!

Cardzmaster2004

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:51 PM |

Great Puzzle, I Agree. I Only Needed a Little Salt To Solve, As Well. Second day in a row I've been on the right track and got a little nudge to solve the whole thing. Yay rising self-esteem!

Votey

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 08:58 PM |

Is the grammatical error in the first sentence also deliberate?

leadfoot

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 09:01 PM |

[34] Votey
Yes, in a salty way, not in a technical solution way.

[edit] Strike that - I misread the question.
[36] Glad I could help anyway in my bumbling way...

Votey

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 09:04 PM |

Ah, I got it now. Thanks.

InfinityMax

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 09:45 PM |

I liked that puzzle. I figured out what to do in about a minute, then spent 6 more catching all my mistakes.

hld1970

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:06 PM |

Good puzzle. One minute I think I know something, the next I know zero.

chili

Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:09 PM |

Very cute

dajagr

Posted on Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:16 AM |

After looking at it for a while, I think I came up with about 10 different ways of solving it.

sportability

Posted on Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:29 AM |

took me 4 min, I felt so brainy until I got on here to backread

gahndalph

Posted on Thu Feb 08, 2007 05:12 AM |

I overlooked the last letter and had to sleep on it to finally figure it out

jgoewert

Posted on Thu Feb 08, 2007 07:21 AM |

Woot! For the first time I really blew through a puzzle because I saw it staring me right in the face the second I saw the puzzle. Unbelievably, no wrong guesses as well.

It took you 3 minutes and 37 seconds to solve this puzzle.
Average solve time: 27 minutes and 40 seconds.
Median solve time: 8 minutes and 3 seconds.

randyzip

Posted on Thu Feb 08, 2007 08:11 AM |

I got this on a hunch after reading one of the lines. I have no idea how to actually solve the puzzle.

[Edit] - OK - I found a solution

thepundit

Posted on Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:59 AM |

whats BGG?