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ok, I give up! Finding the letters for this one was sort of fine, but finding the word is impossible (for me that is)!

wow! what a word! Congrats! I would not find it ever and when I saw it, banged my head on a corner several times :) Thanks for the link to cheat (I got frustrated not being able to find it) but shouldn't it be removed?

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This is what I can't understand. It's too complicated.
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So I guess...uh... well I can't think of a word that fits these rules. Maybe someone else can?
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The Stew Boy wrote:
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This is what I can't understand. It's too complicated.
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So I guess...uh... well I can't think of a word that fits these rules. Maybe someone else can?

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I managed to figure out all the letters, but couldn't find a word they made without cheating.


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The Stew Boy, it is possible to delete posts that you no longer care for nor want. When you edit a post, there is a checkbox for deletion.

I'm not going to make guesses, because I think my battery's dying and my adaptor's going to pot.

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Sorry, I forgot about that :)
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I am going to be away for a few days, so if someone knows what it is can answer guesses that would be much appreciated.
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np :) (although acrobat can also do it of course). I spend half my day over my PC as it is (nothing to do at work but no vacations either)

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The Stew Boy wrote:
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Well, I agree about the b, but I'm not sure how you got the u or s :)

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Here's the method I use: Given two words, look at what letters they have in common and which differ. This can be a little bit easier if you sort the letters alphabetically, but that's not really necessary.

bloated: b,l,o,e,d a,t
doubles: b,l,o,e,d u,s

Score each section:
x1 = score(b,l,o,e,d) y1 = score(a,t) x1+y1 = 3
x2 = score(b,l,o,e,d) y2 = score(u,s) x2+y2 = 3

Now, since x1 = x2, we can use the rules of algebra, ultimately resulting in the equation y1=y2. Going back to our definitions, this means that score(a,t) = score (u,s).

While this doesn't seem terribly helpful on its own, the key here is to realize that the score for a single letter can only be 1 (if the letter is present in the word) or 0 (if it is not). For example, if doubles had scored 5 instead of 3, then we would have ended up with y1+2 = y2 as our equation. This would mean that score(a,t) + 2 = score(u,s) - which would have told us that u,s were present in the word while a,t were not.
This is another way of saying that since doubles scored two more points, and only two letters were different, they have to be responsible for any change in the score.


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While I, having once been told bu my math teacher that I (and I paraphrase changing the cities to make it more.. global) go to New York from Washington D.C. via Sydney, use a different method.

I first take words with similar letters and different hit points

floated vs bloated for instance gives us f for sure (as I'm sure you've noticed, nice choice of word there btw :) )

So, you get doubles and troubles for instance. That means that at least t or r are in

Now you have petrify. You can easily get some letters out.

It seems complicated but it's not

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This is really confusing.
Let me see:
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bloated - 3
doubles - 3
This means that f is in it, and b is not.
I will guess, although I'm sure these are not the words:
dealing
sharpen
failure

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Great, this is getting better and better.
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flier td - 3
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This tells us au is in the word but td is not.
Going on
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means that as fa is in it and td is not then two of loe are in it.

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Right, it must be time to get this word finished off.
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Yup, thats it.
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Ok., I'm thinking of a 6 letter word.
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