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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
Wants to stump you with this puzzle:
How to play: Answer this puzzle with exactly one word.
Wants to stump you with this puzzle:
How to play: Answer this puzzle with exactly one word.
Wants to stump you with this puzzle:
How to play: Answer this puzzle with exactly one word.
Wants to stump you with this puzzle:
How to play: Answer this puzzle with exactly one word.
Wants to stump you with this puzzle:
How to play: Answer this puzzle with exactly one word.
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69 Comments
spamwise
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 04:30 AM |
I'm trying to reserve the first comment, in the event that any corrections/announcements need to be made. Hopefully they do not. Enjoy.
heatherlouwho
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:11 PM |
Very hard.
scoutmom
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:12 PM |
Nice puzzles tonight, spamwise!
tdallis
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:14 PM |
i got the eoww but im not getting this one
Donimo
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:16 PM |
Brilliant puzzles tonight spamwise!
gst
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:19 PM |
Yes, good theme and very nice graphics!
But, I'm stumped, $%*##:@ it!
slog
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:20 PM |
I'm running out of ideas here.
QurqirishDragon
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:20 PM |
Not seeing anything. Any nudges available?
Ravis13
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:21 PM |
Yeah. I'm not getting anything either. I tried squinting and my messed up mind can see two robots moving in opposite directions and one is carrying something. But I'm guessing it's not a squinting one this time :)
karp
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:21 PM |
Never would have got this the right way...good thing guessing works!
bcgrote
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:22 PM |
I see what it could be, but my guess on the red part wasn't right....
bosco312
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:22 PM |
Is the answer an actual word or does the red question mark represent a missing single character? Or both?
tada
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:22 PM |
coke cans?
colonal?
popcorn?
rvitale68
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:22 PM |
I saw a choo choo train :)
Philana
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:23 PM |
Nice set of puzzles, spamwise, and this was my favorite!
tdallis
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:25 PM |
omg!!! I got this puzzle... hellz ya ...guessed it right out.
You solved this puzzle in 16 minutes and 29 seconds and were the 18th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 93 points for solving this.
hegiville
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:24 PM |
[10] I agree.
Nice theme spamwise.
Ravis13
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:25 PM |
Yep. I just got the answer from guessing as well. Good explanation in the solution though!
gst
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:25 PM |
Suddenly clicked. Very creative idea.
A good night of themed puzzles. I would not have minded seeing a more complete range of marks, though.
Thanks, spamwise.
gst
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:26 PM |
Salt: red does NOT mean red herring here.
slog
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:28 PM |
[10] Ah, guessing does work well. I don't think I'd ever get it the intended way.
EDIT: The colons should have also been red.
perihelion
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:27 PM |
Not seeing (or guessing) this one...
CrazyKids
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:27 PM |
Is there some salt out there? Am I applying something, seeing a thing? I don't guess well.
DoomDahDoomDoom
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:28 PM |
I suppose random guesses can sometimes be successful... I never would have figured out the answer otherwise!
rvitale68
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:30 PM |
I'm guessing red might mean shift?
pepperhead
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:32 PM |
[14] me too
Kilgore
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:34 PM |
add me to the guessers on this one. Sweet theme night, spamwise!
slobeavis
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:34 PM |
Has anyone actually solved this the way the puzzle maker intended?
perihelion
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:35 PM |
So might all the guessers be willing to offer a solve hint to us non-guessers?
mnemonica
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:36 PM |
If nothing else, can you give us some salt on what prompted your guess?
Kilgore
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:38 PM |
[30] The theme of all the featured puzzles.
QurqirishDragon
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:43 PM |
Well, I guessed it too, but very unsatisfying.
Salt for those trying to not guess: the colons (all four of them) are not used in the same way as the other marks.
pepperhead
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:43 PM |
my gessers is off tonight
its not train or ARRGGGHHHH or any variation of AARRGGGHHHH,
mnemonica
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:45 PM |
[32] Somehow, that did it for me. Thank you! And no, I didn't guess. Does that mean I can pretend I solved first? :)
PHGraves
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:46 PM |
[32] Thanks!
Now if I can just figure out how to use the other marks, I will know how _not_ to use the colons. : )
CrazyKids
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:46 PM |
[34] So can you sprinkle some more?
Donimo
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:47 PM |
Salting guessing? That's dirty pool.
I think the red is just to separate the question mark. [21] has good salt, but you do have to be familiar with the idea. (I think most high schoolers are required to be. Certainly those trying to enter college see it.)
Tintin
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:51 PM |
[37] Thank you. I get it now, but I still don't see the answer. Hoping for a post and solve.
Edit: It worked, as it so often does.
mnemonica
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:53 PM |
[36] TG sent.
QwertyToo
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:54 PM |
I was able to guess it. I don't think the intended solve method will work if you are using the dvorak keyboard layout.
perihelion
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 07:55 PM |
I have an idea now, but I'm not getting an answer that works. Any more hints.
PHGraves
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 08:02 PM |
[40] But will it work with a SUN keyboard layout?
pepperhead
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 08:05 PM |
Trying 3 letter combinations, but still not getting it APA MLA
hokie98
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 08:17 PM |
I'm still lost.... got the other 3, but this one is failing me... sadly I was an English major too! LOL
spamwise
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 08:17 PM |
[21] Given the subject matter, I decided to offset the question via color. I could have ended in an underscore or the letter x, but the goal was to indicate that last piece is what you needed.
fuwjax
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 08:28 PM |
I did get it without guessing. Awesome puzzle spamwise. It's a shame that any salt I can give would be too salty... much like lobster is too pricey
enik
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 09:03 PM |
[13] Those guesses seem really familiar from a puzzle long ago. Are you kickin' it old school with those?
monocle
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 09:22 PM |
all I have is one big "?"
jmcintyre
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 09:40 PM |
Really nice puzzle!
foxdave
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 10:00 PM |
Nice puzzle - [32] and [37] really put it together for me.
tdallis
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 10:27 PM |
UBER SALT ,.!*$#% go to wikipedia and look up punctuation.
Hope2002
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 10:31 PM |
Since I'm too tired to make random guesses, I'm going to have to wait for more salt.
xanadudan
Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 11:03 PM |
i figured out the intended solve method - and STILL had to guess.
Arnott
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 12:09 AM |
LOVE it. Definitely hard, tho... but worth it.
jeep
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 12:30 AM |
*sigh* I got it by guessing, but I sure wish puzzles that require you to use a specific keyboard were somehow indicated so I could skip them...
-JEEP
spamwise
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 04:27 AM |
[55] Sorry. I hear your lament. I really wanted to make a pair of OWW that used only a specific set of characters.
imapuzzl
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 04:31 AM |
I guessed it by brute force.
[37] Awesome salt there.....
Hope2002
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 07:07 AM |
Since it's now past 100 solves, anyone feel like TG a push to some of us who don't have any idea?
Nevermind: Any puzzle that requires that many random guesses is probably missing something.
monocle
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 07:22 AM |
so far the stuff that solvers are indicating as good, awesome and even UBER salt is proving to be useless to me. But thanks to Wikipedia I know a little about the history of punctuation... sadly I know not how to apply my newly gained knowledge to this puzzle. It is possible that my laptop keyboard is not the right one (it has happened before) further obscuring the illusive AHA
dagibbs
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 07:56 AM |
Got it with a guess. The solve kind of makes sense, but I agree with whoever said all the colons should be red, like the question mark, as well.
trevelyan
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 09:18 AM |
The color of the colons dont matter really. Anything to indicate they arent used in the same context as the rest will help you. Smaller font, Spaces before and after them, Think SAT style questions if you are still having issues.
rsmith
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 10:19 AM |
I guess having not gone to college, I am at somewhat of a disadvantage here.
Twench
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 01:34 PM |
Think analogies.
jeffg
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 02:47 PM |
Looks to me like the answer ought really be an italic initial Spanish (upside-down) exclamation point.
tada
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 02:47 PM |
It's a good puzzle, comparatively.
tdallis
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 03:15 PM |
I could have been first if it were not for my punctuation
brupop
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 05:27 PM |
Wow! I was making this much harder than it turned out to be. I should have just guessed, I guess.
Did I get all my punctuation correct?
Thanks Must67 for the truckload of NaCl on BGG; even though I only used the second shake, there is the whole shaker there. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2295077#22...
edit: I think I tried the answer as a guess last night, but I must have been in a deep sleep.
monocle
Posted on Wed May 07, 2008 08:32 PM |
holy &^%(*&^. I have never heard of anything like that. SATs? Analogies? Wiki for punctuation? sorry but I feel this was a tad obscure to really be fun.
hunibuns
Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 01:26 PM |
WOW!!!! I think this might have been one of the easier ones for me.......It's about the only one that didn't confuse the crap out of me......
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