May 30, 2008 One Word Wonder Puzzle

For anyone who is colorblind or is having trouble distinguishing the numbers and/or colors of the stars, they are:
1st row: Red 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4
2nd row: Blue 11,2,3,2,3,4,5,6
3rd row: Red 4,4,5,1,5,6,7,7
4th row: Blue 7,3,2,11,5,7,6,10
5th row: Red 2,3,3,5,6,1,3,2
6th row: Blue 3,3,6,7,4,10,10,6
7th row: Red 1,5,4,5,7,8,8,8
8th row: Blue 8,1,6,8,12,3,5,19

NOTE: The above numbers have been editted for correction from the ones shown above in the stars. Please use these numbers!

EDIT: THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED ON THE PICTURE AND THE CORRECTED PICTURE HAS BEEN UPLOADED. THE PUZZLE SHOULD NOW BE CORRECT IN BOTH THE PICTURE AND THIS COMMENT.

Nice puzzle

[2] Thank you!

I love the theme tonight, but I must admit that at my age, both OWWs feel like vision tests--and I'm failing this one!

[4] Hear ya there, what a bad eye test

[4] Everything is listed out in the first comment (I know what you mean about being optically challenged when it comes to these things!)

Huh?

I am so lost on this one.

[7][8] Hmmmm...why might there be different color stars??

[9] To match the colors of our flag??

[9] Well, that of course, but maybe another reason too. Maybe the numbers in the different colors are used differently. :D

Do we need to put the wars in the right order or should this order work to reach the answer?

[12] The order they're in is what you want.

[11] So are the blue ones bass-ackwards?

[11] unfortunately I haven't found out a way to use either type of numbers (anything I tried didn't work for either type)

[14] Perhaps you don't use them exactly the same way.

[14] Nope. But remember...the flag is red, white AND blue.

So how come there are no white stars?

Can you sense my confusion? ;-)

I can only get the top half of the stars to work. (Rows 1-4)

EDIT: Post and solve strikes again, but I think there are some typos.

[18] But the wars are white (with an outline)....

Am I the only one that thinks some numbers are off? These work better for me:
1st row: Red 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4
2nd row: Blue 11,2,3,2,3,4,5,6
3rd row: Red 4,4,5,1,5,6,7,7
4th row: Blue 7,3,2,11,5,7,6,10
5th row: Red 2,3,|3|,5,6,1,3,2
6th row: Blue 3,3,6,7,4,10,10,6
7th row: Red 1,5,|4|,5,|7|,8,8,|8|
8th row: Blue |8|,1,6,8,12,3,5,19

[19] How'd you do that? I couldn't get Row 4 to work because there aren't enough letters in "Vietnam War."

[19] If you're using the right one to do the right job, they should all work. Notice how the red numbers don't go as high as the blue numbers?

[22] The red and blue stars need to be paired up.

[20] If that was supposed to nudge me out of my state of confusion, you're going to need a much bigger block of salt and you will probably need to whack me upside the head with it!

[21] I got it with your numbers. Thanks!

[21] - Thanks, works fine with those...

[23][24] taken together should help....

[21] Thanks. Had the solve method, but got garbled results without your corrections.

I had no idea there were even numbers in the stars until reading [1].

[25] The blue stars are Tanga numbers.

[24] Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I thought of the correct method right off the bat but dismissed it immediately when I saw that the last number in the last red row was 9. I should have tested it anyway I suppose. I got halfway through before I got it.

[21] I don't know how this happened. I checked and double check the numbers before this was submitted. And yet, you are correct...some numbers ARE incorrect on the puzzle. :(

EDIT: All numbers have now been corrected on the picture and in [1] also.

yes, thank you [21], I got the first part right away and could make no sense of the next part. Tried guessing all kinds of stuff until you corrected.

Got dizzy getting through this one.

[24] Thanks! that got it for me.

And yes, [21]'s numbers make more sense. That last red 9 in particular caused me to miss the method [24] suggested.

[34] Happens to the best of us. :) But I should get double points for solving a double puzzle. :)

[33] The 9 IS nasty, but luckily I tried the right method and was able to get the answer from the first half.

What I wonder is why the first 10 solvers didn't say anything?

[33] thanks - pointing out that 9 is what did it for me!

I don't even see where to start on this one. Got all the other puzzles.

[40] Take the red and blue stars as a set.
One tells you which war to use, the other is a tanga number.

Replace comment one with comment 21. I hope the moderators are up soon.

[42] No need...the numbers in [1] have been corrected.

[38] - I didn't comment as I guessed it with just the first few words revealed and remembering there was a theme to all the puzzles.

Didn't realize there were errors later as I didn't solve the whole thing.

[44] That's logical. I guess you're a bolder solver than me

I do that all the time...if I think I have an inkling of the solution, I will make guesses.

Fortunately, all that counts here is the answer. We don't need to show our work. (One advantage of being out of school!)

[41] Thanks that was what I needed. And the numbers from [21]. And one other thing that may be too salty so I'll leave it out :)

OK, as I noted in my edit on [1], I have fixed the problematic numbers on the picture and in the comment. Everything should be right now.

[44] I can see how you could guess from the first 4 words (well, 2 if you're really a risk taker) if you knew the night's theme.

Thanks to all the salt here, this wasn't all that hard. Even got a few bonus points coming here this late.

Also, thanks to scoutmom and soccer_ref for 4 great puzzles tonight!

I am fairly certain I have the right answer, but it is not taking it.

Post and remember this is OWW.

Nice puzzle soccer-ref.

[50][51] Thank you from myself and Scoutmom. We really enjoyed presenting the set of puzzles tonight. Funny thing is, we thought THIS would be the easy puzzle and the other would be the hard puzzle. LOL

Man, those numbers on the stars are small!
[41] Helps for the solve.