Aug 04, 2010 One Word Wonder Puzzle

Good one!

Would have made top ten on both crypto and oww if I had only done the final tangaing when I got the untangaed answer. 15 seconds wasted.

I kept putting in the wrong answer and asking myself, "How is that not right?"

Then I finally said, "Ohhhhh."

I'm glad no one's with me to hear me talk to myself.

I get what all the words have in common, but I don't know where to go from there. Tangaing isn't working.

I likes it. of course I forgot the last step, but eventually made it.

[5]... i forgot the first step....lol

Got it now. Surprised I got in under 100 since I stumbled on it.

You solved this puzzle in 5 minutes and 44 seconds and were the 68th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 43 points for solving this.

You solved this puzzle in 2 minutes and 43 seconds and were the 57th Tanga member to solve it.

lol... i got stumped because it didn't seem like stinker fit the pattern. i finally realized i wasn't breaking the syllables properly.

Same as [3] : (.

[3] [9] You know, it's ok to talk to yourself. It's even ok to answer yourself. It's when you INTERRUPT yourself that you need to seek help! :)

From a recent Movie Quote Discussion post : ).

Never interrupt me when I'm talking to myself!
Senator McComb: Timecop (1994)

maybe its just too late for me but I am not seeing a pattern

this one was actually pretty easy :D

[12] um read them every way possible? then you'll see it =]

salt please!!

Dang second step. I sat with the answer from the first part for 45 minutes trying to figure out how I was wrong.

The leap to the answer is kind of dumb :|

emo sewa! I think that's Klingon talk for, "FUN ONE!" Thankya Rocketeer!

I must be dense. Salt, please. And please tell a newbie what "tangaing" is.

[18] "Tanga-ing" is any of a number of ways of coming up with a letter from a group of letters or numbers. Sometimes Tanga-ing might me taking numbers and converting them into letters 1=A, 2=B etc.. Sometimes it could be 1st letter of first word, 2nd letter of 2nd word, etc... Good puzzlemakers leave clues to the solve method in the puzzle. Harder puzzles might have a second step as this one does, but the clue to the second step is actually hidden in the puzzle. Keep workin at it...after you build up your bag of tricks...many of the puzzles are more straightforward...although we have plenty of really clever puzzlemakers who challenge us daily.... Have fun and keep asking for help...its a good community here. Always someone willing to lend a helping hand.

obviously I have the first part, but I don't see the significance. I can't figure where to begin on the second step. Any help is appreciated.

Totally lost...any salt out there?

Second step salt?

SALT: If you have the first step, then note the unique quality that the first step answer shares with all of the above words.

Even more SALTY SALT: A hint to that "quality" can be found in the directions of the sign-posts.

Is it bad when the salt is more confusing than the original puzzle? :^x

You solved this puzzle in 5 minutes and 3 seconds and were the 229th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 10 points for solving this. :0

A perfect tanga puzzle! Thanks Rocketeer!

[16] you haven't been tangaing long enough to see it.
[13], [23] my blood pressure increased greatly after reading (due to all the salt)!

Would've gotten it sooner if it was spelled correctly...

Darn it all to heck!!!

I got the second-to-last step and then couldn't figure out what to do with it. Just a little less caffeine this morning and I would have solved the puzzle instead of looking at the answer.

To all those that get a seemingly useless word and can't figure out what to do with it, remember what you did to the other 7.

ididntsolvethesolutionway - but I got the answer noen-the-less.

LOL I got the final step because of how geologists read layers in rock... ;)

the answer is much sweeter than you may suspect, puzzle-maker....... with that extra letter and all.