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Are you kidding, Laur? I went the "N"OSES route, and it took me 12 tries. I think you've blown everybody else out of the water with 5 tries. Your go.
From: Wichita, KS, USA | Registered: Jul 2001
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Whenever you take ages making one up, it's always depressing how quickly someone else can solve it, without going into your incredibly elegant method that takes a bizarre root.
And, if truth be told, I was stalling because I didn't have another problem to pose.
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Perhaps a bit trickier than some of the earlier ones: MASTER --> HOUSES
From: Taruithorn | Registered: Oct 2000
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Main Entry: 1souse Pronunciation: 'saus Function: verb Inflected Form(s): soused; sous·ing Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French souz, souce pickling solution, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sulza brine, Old English sealt salt Date: 14th century transitive senses 1 : PICKLE 2 a : to plunge in liquid : IMMERSE b : DRENCH, SATURATE 3 : to make drunk : INEBRIATE
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A brilliant problem! I've been pondering for the last couple of days, and this is the best I can get:
From ROHAN ROMAN (if this is invalid, I'm scuppered) WOMAN WOMEN WOKEN WAKEN WAKES TAKES TALES GALES GALLS GAOLS GOOLS TOOLS TOOTS TROTS TROWS PROWS PLOWS SLOWS SHOWS SHORT SHIRT SHIRE
23 ... I'm sure there's a better solution. Perhaps someone could use mine as a starting point and shorten it.
From: Taruithorn | Registered: Oct 2000
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Well, I used Roman in mine solution too, so I'll have to accept it ;) Mine was also a couple of words longer...
From: Quesnel, BC, Canada | Registered: Sep 2001
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There ya go! 6 tries! That's assuming, of course that you accept "pel," which is short for "picture element." However, as far as I know, this is an accepted word, and not just and acronym.
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TulKas: nice to see more people putting The Laurenendôrian (without using the special characters function below) on the spot!
My guess is that he will soon have a smart reply to your argument.
I have not noticed this thread before but will peruse it now. I remember having played this like 10 years back
A question: "Tolkien" words obviously can be used. Does the spelling have to include the inflection? (I know this sounds scary )
From: Middangeard | Registered: Sep 2001
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Lugburz, I believe the way we'd been playing it, there was no need to include inflection. The basic rule is simply to work the bookend words into a Tolkien related theme. Then follow the format you've seen. Sometime's you may simply want to post your record (such as, "I can do it in ## moves"). Then wait and see if anybody can beat it. If nobody can, then you post it and move on. The reason for this is so, if a person can change, say, "MAN" into "ELF" in 35 moves, they won't automatically take the next go. The turn should go to the person that can do it in the least amount of tries.
(Am I getting all of this right, Laur)
At any rate, anybody have better than six tries for MAN/ELF? Or shall I go ahead and post the next one?
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Oh and also Lauren, gools isn't a word... Gaol is apparently a British variant for jail, but IMO that's not a word either...
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