Feb 29, 2008 One Word Wonder Puzzle

where's the next page???

[1] solve it tomorrow?

Well, the obvious method is yielding nothing...

[1] That's a red herring.

4th - best finish in a while. Nice puzzle, Jewelia (as usual).

Could someone start shaking the shaker please?

[6] I could use a little here, considering I've given all mine away on the hypercross :-)

I'd guess "leap" figures into it somehow, based on the other puzzles tonight ....

14th...I'll take it!

I was looking for a difficult solve method. Sometimes the simplest things go unnoticed.

I've tried really simple.

I noticed a clock in the background.... does that count as 'simple?'

I noticed the clock as well, tried the time, still getting nothing...where are you sending me Jewelia?

[10] Not simple enough. When did all this occur??

I can't even make out what time it is.
What else can we stare at that's not helpful?

[13] In the 20th century - the first 26 years of it to be exact?

[12][14]background doesn't matter.

[13] If you mean to tanga the years, I tried a few ways, and haven't gotten anything yet.

[15] Exactly!!!

[17] Have you noticed a theme in all of tonight's puzzles?

That's not a word!!

[19] Yes, my [7] should tell you that, but the answer isn't "lieutenant" or "mountain", so that isn't helping yet.

[20] I've never heard of it before either, but I assure you, it IS a word, and it means today!

The hard isn't supposed to be easy

heh. hurrah for good anagrammers that have extensive wordlists. awesome SAT word.

[22] Fiiine... and I don't think I have the complete solve method either.

Wow, I didn't know that word until just now... cool puzzle.

[25] TG on the way

[21] Sending you a TG also!

[22] thanks, that got it, so I know I had all the letters. Can you TG the way to figure the order, or is it just an anagram to solve?

Wow, who marked this puzzle as a 5 on difficulty?

[25] yeah, I think I'm gonna see if there's a better one than brute force. this puzzle maker is usually better than that. ^_^ I do like the style of this one, Jewelia

[22] Thanks. I would not had gotten in otherwise. I had tried the correct method, but because I didn't know the word I only got an analytic err.

[30] Oooh! I did, pick me!

Wow! Solved my first "hard" and was under 100. Just discovered the site about a week ago but I'm a fan.

[32] Me too...I didn't like what I was getting, so abandoned that solve method at first. Who knew?

[34] Welcome!!

[32] [35] I was in the same boat for a bit.

In the puzzlemaker's defense, if it hadn't been such an unusual word, the puzzle would have just been an anagram-fest. I think once you've got the first 5 letters or so using the right method you know that can't be a coincidence, so you stick with it even if the result is a word you've never heard before.

[29] Although I figured many people would anagram, it's not just an anagram. ;-)

Tough one... but I still made the top 100. Whew! :)

holy cow, in at a hundred at almost 9pm pacific!

[39] Aha, I've worked it out now. Great puzzle. The key information seemed clear but until now I didn't know how to use it right.

my anagrammer didn't have it... but the date and a thesaurus helped.

Wait a minute... That's **IT**????! Wooooowww.... I was *way* trying to overthink that one! Got the word from an anagram site, didn't recognise it, figured that couldn't be it, started trying other methods. Looked at the comments here and realised that the easy solution was *the* solution.

[22] Helped me the most... thanks soccer! :)

Always learnin' something from Tanga! GREAT set of puzzles as usual, jewelia!

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I demonstrated this word last night at McDonalds... between each bite of my greasy french fries. :)

[39] I tried several methods of figuring out the order, many of them after having the answer. Can you TG the non-anagramming solve method to me?

-JEEP

[49 TG sent.

Could I second that TG request, jewelia? I'm not seeing it either.

I sure would appreciate a TG too. Every method I try to backsolve without anagramming stops short part way through the word.