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One Word Wonders are word puzzles where the answer is exactly one word. Decipher the image below to come up with the answer. For a better idea on how to solve this puzzle view an example. If you get stuck you can ask for help in the comments section. Hints are posted 24 hours after puzzle's publish date (if provided by author).
TangaAl – Solves:
193
nocca – Solves:
285
jebediehard – Solves:
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ethnosax – Solves:
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nocca – Solves:
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lseelba – Solves:
257
lseelba – Solves:
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Huh?
huh indeed
I second that
For those looking for a Biblical angle (John 4:22 ?), the answer isn't Samaria
* It took you 14 minutes and 41 seconds to solve this puzzle.
* You were the 1st Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
Recognized quickly what was in the circled items (though made a mistake that wasted the last five minutes).
The minutes between 12:00 and 4:22 don't divide evenly, so my single idea is a bust.
* It took you 20 minutes and 4 seconds to solve this puzzle.
* You were the 2nd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
o_O
Well, that's a puzzle mechanism I haven't seen before.
It's not Denver
Even I'm confused
Two solutions in 55 minutes - whoa. Anybody lucky solvers want to throw some small crystalline granules over their left shoulder?
Still only 2 completions....here's a bit of salt:
I got the relevance of the two times listed as I was playing with my grandfather's watch.
Hmmm. I get the relevance, and managed to cobble together a list (which might be off here and there, since there are a couple of times that are borderline). Not sure where to take things from there, alas. Here's hoping that the Tanga tradition of posting and then realizing what I've been missing applies here.
[12] I made a list too, but am similarly stumped.
[12]/[13] Standard Tanga is the final step.
It took you 1 hour, 0 minutes and 43 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 3rd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
[12] is right. A couple of the times are borderline.
[14] Yes, it is. I would have solved 2 minutes ago had I looked closer.
Standard tanga doesn't work with 58
[17]That should be your clue you went astray somewhere.....count again.
We were 6th in one hour...
sorry but that one wasn't great
I can count any way I want but I won't get the correct answer Instill get a 58 or 59.
I got the answer but I don't like it
This one was so not fun!
too much ambiguity, and then to have to anagram at the end, with no clue that you are even getting close...
sorry
Let me just state as the puzzle maker...it doesn't matter if you round or truncate. You will still get the same answer. There is literally no ambiguity in the times. (Excel or geometry helps you figure out what goes in the blanks).
Also if you have 58 or 59 anywhere you are not getting the significance of the times. 58 or 59 is an impossibility.
My own stupidity involved overthinking the standard Tanga method. Ack.
Wow ... and I thought the "easy" one was bizarre tonight! This one was even stranger. But like the easy one, not a bad puzzle - once you figure out what to do with the times (good salt at BGG!)
Not bad. The constant you need can be derived mathematically. Be sure to ignore the 00.
(I think of "sharp" in terms of time meaning to be exactly on time, but to follow the rules, you need to be a little early for 4:22 -- i.e. round up and not truncate)
[22] lseelba
maybe you don't see any ambiguities, but there are indeed choices that need to be made to get to your answer, which to me means ambiguity.
Click below for another puzzle in today's Tanga Times:
http://tanga.com/forum/blogs/1071-Tanga-Times-October-13-2007-by-Verve640
OK, that was terrible, and I never would have gotten there without serious salt from BGG.
There's the random anagramming at the end, of course, but that's kind of the least of the problems, comparatively. There's also the extra "00" in there--sure, it could mean "ignore it", but it could also mean "you must have done something wrong".
The real problem here is the word "sharp". Now, if the puzzle had said, "4:21 and 49 seconds, but..." that would have been (a) accurate and (b) helpful clueing. Without it, though, the time "4:22" is, well, just a random time, and it amazes me that anyone got anywhere with just that.
Not fun.
[11] helped me immensely.
For me, there was VERY little in the puzzle to clue one in on the path to the solution. I can't imagine getting the answer without all the comments here. [28]'s comments are right on, in my opinion.
This puzzle sucks!