One Word Wonder

I'm trying to reserve the first comment, in the event that any corrections/announcements need to be made. Hopefully they do not. Enjoy.

Very hard.

Nice puzzles tonight, spamwise!

i got the eoww but im not getting this one

Brilliant puzzles tonight spamwise!

Yes, good theme and very nice graphics!

But, I'm stumped, $%*##:@ it!

I'm running out of ideas here.

Not seeing anything. Any nudges available?

Yeah. I'm not getting anything either. I tried squinting and my messed up mind can see two robots moving in opposite directions and one is carrying something. But I'm guessing it's not a squinting one this time :)

Never would have got this the right way...good thing guessing works!

I see what it could be, but my guess on the red part wasn't right....

Is the answer an actual word or does the red question mark represent a missing single character? Or both?

coke cans?
colonal?
popcorn?

I saw a choo choo train :)

Nice set of puzzles, spamwise, and this was my favorite!

omg!!! I got this puzzle... hellz ya ...guessed it right out.
You solved this puzzle in 16 minutes and 29 seconds and were the 18th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 93 points for solving this.

[10] I agree.

Nice theme spamwise.

Yep. I just got the answer from guessing as well. Good explanation in the solution though!

Suddenly clicked. Very creative idea.

A good night of themed puzzles. I would not have minded seeing a more complete range of marks, though.

Thanks, spamwise.

Salt: red does NOT mean red herring here.

[10] Ah, guessing does work well. I don't think I'd ever get it the intended way.

EDIT: The colons should have also been red.

Not seeing (or guessing) this one...

Is there some salt out there? Am I applying something, seeing a thing? I don't guess well.

I suppose random guesses can sometimes be successful... I never would have figured out the answer otherwise!

I'm guessing red might mean shift?

[14] me too

add me to the guessers on this one. Sweet theme night, spamwise!

Has anyone actually solved this the way the puzzle maker intended?

So might all the guessers be willing to offer a solve hint to us non-guessers?

If nothing else, can you give us some salt on what prompted your guess?

[30] The theme of all the featured puzzles.

Well, I guessed it too, but very unsatisfying.

Salt for those trying to not guess: the colons (all four of them) are not used in the same way as the other marks.

my gessers is off tonight

its not train or ARRGGGHHHH or any variation of AARRGGGHHHH,

[32] Somehow, that did it for me. Thank you! And no, I didn't guess. Does that mean I can pretend I solved first? :)

[32] Thanks!

Now if I can just figure out how to use the other marks, I will know how _not_ to use the colons. : )

[34] So can you sprinkle some more?

Salting guessing? That's dirty pool.

I think the red is just to separate the question mark. [21] has good salt, but you do have to be familiar with the idea. (I think most high schoolers are required to be. Certainly those trying to enter college see it.)

[37] Thank you. I get it now, but I still don't see the answer. Hoping for a post and solve.

Edit: It worked, as it so often does.

[36] TG sent.

I was able to guess it. I don't think the intended solve method will work if you are using the dvorak keyboard layout.

I have an idea now, but I'm not getting an answer that works. Any more hints.

[40] But will it work with a SUN keyboard layout?

Trying 3 letter combinations, but still not getting it APA MLA

I'm still lost.... got the other 3, but this one is failing me... sadly I was an English major too! LOL

[21] Given the subject matter, I decided to offset the question via color. I could have ended in an underscore or the letter x, but the goal was to indicate that last piece is what you needed.

I did get it without guessing. Awesome puzzle spamwise. It's a shame that any salt I can give would be too salty... much like lobster is too pricey

[13] Those guesses seem really familiar from a puzzle long ago. Are you kickin' it old school with those?

all I have is one big "?"

Really nice puzzle!

Nice puzzle - [32] and [37] really put it together for me.

UBER SALT ,.!*$#% go to wikipedia and look up punctuation.

Since I'm too tired to make random guesses, I'm going to have to wait for more salt.

i figured out the intended solve method - and STILL had to guess.

*sigh* I got it by guessing, but I sure wish puzzles that require you to use a specific keyboard were somehow indicated so I could skip them...

-JEEP

[55] Sorry. I hear your lament. I really wanted to make a pair of OWW that used only a specific set of characters.

I guessed it by brute force.

[37] Awesome salt there.....

Since it's now past 100 solves, anyone feel like TG a push to some of us who don't have any idea?
Nevermind: Any puzzle that requires that many random guesses is probably missing something.

so far the stuff that solvers are indicating as good, awesome and even UBER salt is proving to be useless to me. But thanks to Wikipedia I know a little about the history of punctuation... sadly I know not how to apply my newly gained knowledge to this puzzle. It is possible that my laptop keyboard is not the right one (it has happened before) further obscuring the illusive AHA

Got it with a guess. The solve kind of makes sense, but I agree with whoever said all the colons should be red, like the question mark, as well.

The color of the colons dont matter really. Anything to indicate they arent used in the same context as the rest will help you. Smaller font, Spaces before and after them, Think SAT style questions if you are still having issues.

I guess having not gone to college, I am at somewhat of a disadvantage here.

Think analogies.

Looks to me like the answer ought really be an italic initial Spanish (upside-down) exclamation point.

It's a good puzzle, comparatively.

I could have been first if it were not for my punctuation

Wow! I was making this much harder than it turned out to be. I should have just guessed, I guess.
Did I get all my punctuation correct?

Thanks Must67 for the truckload of NaCl on BGG; even though I only used the second shake, there is the whole shaker there. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2295077#2295077

edit: I think I tried the answer as a guess last night, but I must have been in a deep sleep.

holy &^%(*&^. I have never heard of anything like that. SATs? Analogies? Wiki for punctuation? sorry but I feel this was a tad obscure to really be fun.

WOW!!!! I think this might have been one of the easier ones for me.......It's about the only one that didn't confuse the crap out of me......