One Word Wonder

Wow - 9:30 early tonight!

Now if only I could figure it out!!!

... so much for a head start :(

feeling stupid tonight... seems like standard procedure, but where to start...

Uh-oh... I wandered off to do the easy one and the hypercross, figuring there'd be some hints around when I came back. Not a good sign....

Numbers are Tanga, but maybe not standard tanga.

It took you 10 minutes and 41 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 3rd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

I usually suck at these, but it's a lot easier than you think it is.

* It took you 2 minutes and 18 seconds to solve this puzzle.
* You were the 2nd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

That was cool ... a well crafted puzzle!

[2] - it is fairly standard for tanga

# It took you 31 minutes and 20 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 7th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

D'oh! I would have sworn up and down I'd tried that earlier, but I guess not. I hate when I do that!

Seems easy but I'm not catching on. Will come back after some dinner, maybe a little fuel will help the old brain.

I've been applying tanga numbers for almost an hour now
:(
to all different "keys"

I'm just not seeing it!
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[10] grrrrrr

# It took you 16 minutes and 56 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 8th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

Ok I have some serious mixed emotions here. First top 10 every but I guessed the answer and have NO idea how to solve it.

[10] Same here. Guessed the answer and trying to backsolve

[11] If you figure it out, give me a clue.

# It took you 20 minutes and 59 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 11th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

I have no idea why that is the right answer, though it was one of the first things that I think of when I think of isthmus, but why would I put the first thing I thought of in for the answer! That and I live near Madison, WI, where there happens to be a well known isthmus.
Now to try to backsolve!

[11] Ditto. Wife took a wide guess and solved it. Not sure yet how to backsolve myself yet.

ok, I get how to get the answer from the puzzle, but the answer is only marginally related to the in-puzzle salt.

Someone that solved it without guessing give us some salt.

same here

Another guesser here. Time to backsolve...

Don't get hung up on 'isthmus'. Just apply the tanga numbers to the things you received on the 12th day.

[13] zebrakb
Thanks!
That did it for me, even though it shouldn't have!

Got it backsolved
off to BGG

More salt on BGG.

[20] Welcome!
I finally backsolved it, and it seems like that might have taken a lot of work to figure out for the puzzlemaker!

12 drummers drumming?

# It took you 4 minutes and 49 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 28th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

My mom and I had a lot of fun performing the key for our family when I was young.

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Ok now I see it and I must say very cool.

[23] FYI. On the 12th day you get more then just drummers drumming.

It would have been nice to have a christmas themed answer

Grr...."Isthmus?" Bah. I went off and found the widths of well-known isthmuses (isthmi?) and was trying to rank them.

Don't do that.

Aha. Backsolved, and yeah, that must have been a tricky puzzle to plan. Well, maybe not so much if you chose the solving method before choosing the answer.

Guessers...why would you guess that? It's two different things. If we were talking about synonyms I would get it. Oh well.

[30] Actually I guessed it because they were not synonyms. That was how I remembered what an isthmus was in geography class, back in the day! And so I figured, why not pop it in the answer box to waste some time while I scratched my head!

[30] Hope2002
Well, when it first popped into my head, i dismissed it because it not "right".

As to why it popped into my head? Mysterious the ways of the mind...

# It took you 1 minute and 27 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 76th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

Hooray, 1st top 100. :) Of course, I had to guess to get it. Third guess was right. Now if I could just get far and away past the "easy" puzzle. :(

[30] Because Google told me to.

Well the salt helped me guess, but I have not been able to figure out the backsolve.

[34] DAbrames
Mundane left some really good seasoning on BGG
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/1544594#1544594

Guessed the answer in 16 seconds. Too tired to backsolve...

# It took you 7 minutes and 56 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 100th Tanga member to solve this puzzle. (My first...100th!!!)

Salt free goodness. I liked this puzz. Cool method.

Doh... The answer came into my head immediately when I saw the word "isthmus" but I didn't think it was going to be the answer. I saw that it was the answer after solving the first three letters.

Neat puzzle though...I like the solve method.

Not sure what you consider the authoritative source for this puzzle's key, but I've heard a lot of versions... which weakens this puzzle a bit.

Nice work though!

[39] If you "View solution" you'll see my sources.

Yes, I agree there is the chance for disagreement, however, if you use only those that are most universally accepted (say, 1 through 6 or so) you can get close enough to be confident.

Huh. I guessed it right after figuring out the key. Trust me, if you can't guess it, then the numbers are used in a pretty standard tanga way. I'm amazed that the creator figured this out. Wow.

[30] is right, synonym is not a good word to use for us people who are nit-picky about definitions :) cool puzzle, especially tying the answer to a clue that can be used in the puzzle's theme

Cool how that worked out!

Ended up guessing the right answer... however, I was able to backsolve it.

Here's some salt...

"Isthmus" is not needed for the actual puzzle, but is the way most people probably guessed the answer.

Knowing the exact words to the song is necessary. Look it up on Wiki if you don't know them.

Each ornament represents TWO things.

[39] How do you "View Solution" on the day of the puzzle?

well...I got the word suggested by the ornaments/numbers, but I am still not getting the leap to the final answer. Doing many many google searches but I really don't want to just start punching in a bunch of random answers...any clues as to the connection to help my search be more effective?

[46] theokester
GM me what you have (pbleadfoot at BGG) and I'll nudge you in the right direction...

Why no points? It's still the active puzzle for the day...

ugh...I had the right answer and input it a ton of times...must've had a typo in it or something. :( oh well

guessed it too...