One Word Wonder

Instructions

3 One Word Wonders are puzzles where the answer to the puzzle is exactly one word. For a better idea on how to solve this puzzle see an example.

wants to try to stump you with this puzzle that was published on Thu Aug 14, 2008 04:00 PM

Number of solvers : 79

Jewelia on Thu Aug 14, 2008 04:14 PM

Okay, I'll say it first: Huh?

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epaz on Thu Aug 14, 2008 04:21 PM

I'll second that!

Had a few ideas I _thought_ were good, but alas...

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must67 on Thu Aug 14, 2008 04:23 PM

Nothing seems to work
ZZZZZ

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Philana on Thu Aug 14, 2008 04:28 PM

I'm in the same boat. I've tried three or four promising things, but they didn't work out.

I don't enjoy these guess-o-gram type of puzzles!

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epaz on Thu Aug 14, 2008 04:57 PM

Alert! Alert! Someone has solved this!
(Crossing fingers for salt!)
:-)

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Jewelia on Thu Aug 14, 2008 05:13 PM

It was me! I didn't use the explained method, but must have had a heavenly INspiration! I noticed there are two pairs of dominoes that are alike. Their placement suggested particular letters to me. I plugged those into a crossword solver and the answer was one of the results!

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slokay on Thu Aug 14, 2008 05:00 PM

[1] I agree.
I've also tried several things. How about a nudge.

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Jewelia on Thu Aug 14, 2008 05:02 PM

If you want to try the intended solve method, the overall shape should guide the order in which to "read" the pips.

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epaz on Thu Aug 14, 2008 05:21 PM

[6] Nice salt, thanks! I didn't even notice that extra bit until after I solved! :-)

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dsmeyer on Thu Aug 14, 2008 06:22 PM

I would guess z puzzle might be one of Emma Thompson's favorites.

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tempus42 on Fri Aug 15, 2008 07:52 AM

Do you start at the top, or down at the bottom by the arrow?

Edit: You start at the bottom.

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