How to Play
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).















17 seconds and I was still fourth!
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Woo hoo never been first before!
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new record for me
feh. 35 seconds and still 9th :)
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That's all for me for tonight. Be back after I wake up to get caught up. Happy puzzling!
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That was fun, up until I felt like a total idiot.
Been there, done that.
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Took me a few minutes to Google the middle picture.
dlp, yep.
EDIT: Oops, I guess knowing his real name (Pennywise) wouldn't help. But knowing how he's famous would help.
*groan*
Oh, the clown's name is actually Pennywise, but that's not what's needed.
my ? is the same as [8] dlp
How do you google a picture?
58 seconds and I'm only 17th, Wow
3 minutes, 30 seconds. The picture scared me, and it took a while to recover my senses.
Reminds me of a puzzle from the last puzzelthon. You'll know which one when you get it.
got the last two, not sure what i am supposed to make from the first..
[16] hid
same here
Ugh, I figured out pictures 2 and 3 right away, but for some reason I'm gettin' nothin' on the first picture.
EDIT: Duh
[12] leadfoot
try googling some of the text on the image. That might help.
wendy thomas= wt
is this even relevant?
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3 minutes to wonder what Dave Thomas has to do with Pennywise. Then 2 seconds to go, 'I am a moron.'
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you're thinking too hard, hld
votey-- thanks, for some reason the easy ones slow me down
do we need to know the name of the clown?
any hints for the first image?
[21] InfinityMax
I've been going "I'm a moron" for the past three days!
[12]leadfoot
I dunno about just googling the text. That doesn't work for me. Googling some of the text and "clown" does.
Better yet, examining the "k" might give it to you.
As for the rest of the puzzle, definitely an 'I am a moron' moment for me, too.
Thx
I got the clown (I think)
I got the last (I think)
I put two obvious letters from the first with the others, get a word that is wrong. I have typed it in 6 times, just to make sure!
(see - I am a moron)
Holy cats... I had the correct solve method right from the start, and implemented it incorrectly. As others have stated before me, I'm a moron!
Cute one, Ray. :)
Has the site seemed a little slower during the past hour for anyone?
the database just finished backing itself up, which resulted in slowness during the past three minutes. but i'm wondering about before that.
yes, it has.
not quite getting the first part
[29] leadfoot
I am in the same boat with you-- and I only have one oar. Going in circles.
[31] Not really
leadfoot, The first image is as obvious as the third.
No... the site is not slower... I AM!!!
Yes....refreshes taking a bit longer.
Tangajoe -- yes, it has; answers are sometimes taking up to 1-2 minutes to go through.
I'm adding some more resources to the site this weekend. Puzzlethons and Tangathons are crazy!
On my god. If I tell you where I am (live) right now...you will laugh. Needless to say, I finally got it.
[36] Votey
well - I thought so too
- so I typed it in a 7th time :-(
Isn't there some quote about someone doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?
hmmm
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leadfoot- meet me at BGG if you want.
If I get an answer - do I have to associate it with another word which is the answer?
Bloody hell... another 22 minutes and another red hand print on the forehead
Yes, leadfoot. The 'answer' is your final clue.
And the quote you mention above:
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
it is almost a guarantee if you take longer than a minute, like i did, you will feel a little dumb
I just guessed the answer. Only after solving it do I understand the clues...
At least the answer wasn't goat.
thanks dlp -
as I mailed you, my Dad said try "(blank)" and it was right.
He gets THAT point (and I'm STILL a moron)
edit: just as I hit submit he said, "when I said "(blank)" I really didn't believe it!"
I live there too...think how dumb I feel
hld1970 -- heh, it was your post about where you live that jogged my brain in the right way to get the answer.
[50] leadfoot
I sent you the explanation, if you still need it.
[52] GaryL
Glad it helped, hope it was not too salty for others.
I found it was easier to just speak what each picture is...then faster and faster. This however is not the answer but the question.
Ironic that the last picture is an exclamation point instead of a question mark.
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Finally I am not the bottom of the barrel :)
[55] junkbw: Any irony is purely incidental / accidental. I wanted blatantly obvious pictures and that's the best I could do.
Sorry for all the head slapping I've inflicted with this one. It just kind of popped as I drove past Wendy's on my way to work one day.
Aside - so is every puzzle's blog going to have the same title? And what happens after midnight? Is it still Puzzle 1/19/2007 Blog?
OMG, Boot To The Head! After 35 minutes, I realized the puzzle is just too darn obvious!
I was the bottom of the barrel ;)
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My best ever!!!
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A respectable finish, considering the one before this took over two hours because I went WAY too far in the wrong direction. I do have a list of words that can be made using either the top or bottom letter from the last puzzle, however, if anyone's interested.
thanks [41], as much as you didn't probably mean to, it helped alot
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