WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
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WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
As you have been known to say, the headline is "bullshit," since the actual story states that there were two letters called out before the puzzle was solved. Hey, it can happen to anyone. I realize that you were just posting an existing article, and not necessarily endorsing every word of it.
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
It's nice to see you read the article before nitpicking this time...TheConfessor wrote:As you have been known to say, the headline is "bullshit," since the actual story states that there were two letters called out before the puzzle was solved. Hey, it can happen to anyone. I realize that you were just posting an existing article, and not necessarily endorsing every word of it.
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You taught me well!Estonut wrote:It's nice to see you read the article before nitpicking this time...TheConfessor wrote:As you have been known to say, the headline is "bullshit," since the actual story states that there were two letters called out before the puzzle was solved. Hey, it can happen to anyone. I realize that you were just posting an existing article, and not necessarily endorsing every word of it.
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
People have solved puzzles from their armchair with no or one letter revealed before. Contestants have solved the puzzle on the show after just one letter was called. Tutti Frutti Ice Cream was solved in 1985 on the nighttime show with just the T's, and Nick Nolte Starring in Q&A was solved in 1990(then a recent movie) on the daytime Bob Goen version after one letter was revealed.
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
This is the subject of Ken Jennings' blog post today, as well as the subsequent discussion on his message board:
http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=2250
http://ken-jennings.com/messageboards/v ... php?t=5979
http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=2250
http://ken-jennings.com/messageboards/v ... php?t=5979
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
This is one reason why I would make a LOUSY WoF contestant-other than the fact that I'd need to stand on an orange crate to reach the stupid wheel! I can usually figure out the puzzles with only a few letters showing. I probably wouldn't win too much money.
I'm just a game show nerd.
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Luck of the draw: What else couldzachhoran1 wrote:People have solved puzzles from their armchair with no or one letter revealed before. Contestants have solved the puzzle on the show after just one letter was called. Tutti Frutti Ice Cream was solved in 1985 on the nighttime show with just the T's, and Nick Nolte Starring in Q&A was solved in 1990(then a recent movie) on the daytime Bob Goen version after one letter was revealed.
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
I have occasionally solved puzzles from the armchair with few or no letters (I remember impressing the hell out of the bar one afternoon when I glanced up at the screen after the puzzle had been put up, saw that it was a two word "PLACE" with an apostrophe in the first word, muttered "Fisherman's Wharf" and went back to bullshitting about golf.)
What impressed me about this one is that the category was the oh-so-generic "PHRASE." Doesn't give much of a clue, does it?
What impressed me about this one is that the category was the oh-so-generic "PHRASE." Doesn't give much of a clue, does it?
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
Article from Esquire includes interview with the WoF player to show how she systematically breaks down a puzzle.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/chris-jone ... one-letter
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/chris-jone ... one-letter
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
TITTY PRETTYFannytheBull wrote:Luck of the draw: What else couldzachhoran1 wrote:People have solved puzzles from their armchair with no or one letter revealed before. Contestants have solved the puzzle on the show after just one letter was called. Tutti Frutti Ice Cream was solved in 1985 on the nighttime show with just the T's, and Nick Nolte Starring in Q&A was solved in 1990(then a recent movie) on the daytime Bob Goen version after one letter was revealed.
T_TT_
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(realistically) be?
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
Take that, Confessor! She had it solved before her opponent even called out his wrong guess of "r"...thguy65 wrote:Article from Esquire includes interview with the WoF player to show how she systematically breaks down a puzzle.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/chris-jone ... one-letter
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
Finally took the time to watch the video. Am I right that she was several thousand dollars behind when she solved the puzzle? If so, my opinion of her as a player has lessened considerably.
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
It was a prize puzzle, so she won the value of that. She did go on to win over $53K in cash and prizes.mrkelley23 wrote:Finally took the time to watch the video. Am I right that she was several thousand dollars behind when she solved the puzzle? If so, my opinion of her as a player has lessened considerably.
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
I don't understand the big deal that's being made of this. I once solved the Proper Name puzzle with no letters. William F. Buckley Jr.
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If she knew it before her opponent guessed "r" then why not guess T instead of L. it would be worth more (3 T's vs 1 L). or G.Estonut wrote:Take that, Confessor! She had it solved before her opponent even called out his wrong guess of "r"...thguy65 wrote:Article from Esquire includes interview with the WoF player to show how she systematically breaks down a puzzle.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/chris-jone ... one-letter
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From the article:ShamelessWeasel wrote:If she knew it before her opponent guessed "r" then why not guess T instead of L. it would be worth more (3 T's vs 1 L). or G.Estonut wrote:Take that, Confessor! She had it solved before her opponent even called out his wrong guess of "r"...thguy65 wrote:Article from Esquire includes interview with the WoF player to show how she systematically breaks down a puzzle.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/chris-jone ... one-letter
She landed on $900 and picked L. "I'm not sure why," she says. "I should have picked G or T, but I think because it was in the middle of the biggest word, I got stuck on it."
She would have made $1,800 more with G or T. But had she picked G or T, she wouldn't have solved the puzzle with just a single letter. She would have solved it with three. She probably would have still gone on to crush the game — Burke ended up taking it for more than $53,000 in cash and prizes — but she wouldn't have become the miracle contestant.
Only it wasn't a miracle at all.
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
Esto-idiot is easily impressed.ontellen wrote:I don't understand the big deal that's being made of this. I once solved the Proper Name puzzle with no letters. William F. Buckley Jr.
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Re: WoF Player Solves 7-Word, 27-Letter Puzzle W/1 Letter Clue
Since the show aired today....
I got the last regular game puzzle in today's show correct without a single letter.... A Gaggle of Geese.
I rarely ever watch WoF anymore (The only reason I saw it was because I was at the World's Worst Family Christmas Gathering), but I saw it plenty BITD, and I'm pretty sure it's the first time I've ever gotten a puzzle of any length with no letters and no giveaway punctuation marks....
Sister #1 was impressed at the very least.....
I rarely ever watch WoF anymore (The only reason I saw it was because I was at the World's Worst Family Christmas Gathering), but I saw it plenty BITD, and I'm pretty sure it's the first time I've ever gotten a puzzle of any length with no letters and no giveaway punctuation marks....
Sister #1 was impressed at the very least.....
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