Jul 20, 2011 One Word Wonder Puzzle

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I flagged to avoid temptation - but I admit I read it and it didn't help! [2]

I looked up OBO error, I don't see how you can get an answer for the second and fourth one that fits that.

Wow, I can't believe I got this high after this long...

You are a freaking genius!! You solved this puzzle.
You solved this puzzle in 4 minutes and 2 seconds and were the 9th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 102 points for solving this.

[1] I think the comment should have been in private mail...

NM, I see it was removed while I was solving.

This one was fun.

You solved this puzzle in 4 minutes and 32 seconds and were the 5th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 106 points for solving this.

first top11 in a looooooong time

[4] That is in itself a salty, salty snack.

"You solved this puzzle in 5 minutes and 7 seconds and were the 15th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 96 points for solving this. "

So, what was my actual time / place/ points?

This was tricky but once I figured out what an OBO error was, everything else fell into place for a 24th place finish (or was it 25th).

Hhhmmm, I must be missing a step cause the letters I have don't mean much.

Thanks Domino! I love it when the puzzle authors stick to the theme all of the way through. That's what I call commitment.

[4] I TOTALLY AGREE. I CAN'T GET #'S 2 & 4

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DWARVES ARE IN THE WHOLE WORLD! IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT SNOW WHITE.

[11] Good for you; from what I can tell an OBO error only works for 3 of them. Either the number of dashes are wrong, Google doesn't know what an OBO error is, or I'm just an idiot.

I'm disappointed Donimo. Pretty ambiguous. Have enjoyed doing some of your archived stuff, however.

too much re-jiggering for me. Sometimes it's up...sometimes its down....with no clue to figure out what's what.

It a computer created the error as the author suggests, it should ALWAYS be up.....or ALWAYS be down.....not a mixture.

Not my favorite puzzle by a loooooong shot.

Thanks! Fun puzzle! Haven't done these in a while.

that was brutal, glad I survived

tricky, tricky, tricky!!! nicely done.

[15} TG sent!

You solved this puzzle in 18 minutes and 23 seconds and were the 72nd Tanga member to solve it.

I don't know how everyone figured it out so fast. Lots of steps.

[23] Maybe they guessed?

I have the solve, but don't get the second paragraph of the explanation. Can't say too much here for obvious reasons, but it seems the second paragraph (the 'list') is more_or_less confusing. A great concept Domino, just a bit of stretchto go that extra mile.

You solved this puzzle in 9 minutes and 8 seconds and were the 84th Tanga member to solve it.
Lots of layers. Nice!

Thank [13]. The push I needed to be a bit more open to different possibilities.

Ok, I really liked this once I got it. I was totally with [14]&[15] and getting pretty frustrated. Then I reread the apology and realized the computer messed up more than I thought it did.

Excellent salt [28]. Just right.

this seems inconsistent...up for one thing , down for another.....should go same way both times I would think

Danget 101st!

[13] helped me too...

AAAARRGG!! 102ND

HOLY CRAP!! THERE WERE AT LEAST 4 OR 5 "OH, YEAH! OBO" MOMENTS. :-P

~The best salt is [28]

My biggest gripe with this puzzle is that it assumes that OBO only goes one way. And that's simply not true. At any step along the way it could go either way and that just leaves too many variables to be a truly fair puzzle.

SALT: [13] & [28]

[30] As [33] pointed out, it does go the same way the whole time - you might have to stop and think about it from the computer's point of view, but it really is consistent. And [33]'s right, OBO could go either way. But I think it's best that it was consistently one way - that was less confusing, all in all. And a computer doesn't make random mistakes. If it had an OBO error, I would expect it to be the same error throughout.

finally got it. A lot of layers for sure.

Came late ... nice puzzle!

You solved this puzzle in 12 minutes and 38 seconds and were the 107th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 10 points for solving this.

Thats what happens when you think too hard. heh

Good puzzle!

Thanks all for the complements. I did try to do the OBO consistently, but I think an argument can be made for making part of the process the other way. In fact I did have part another way and the Moderator convinced me it was backwards. I suspected that people would have to use trial and error to make things work.

You solved this puzzle in [25 minutes and 38 seconds!!!] and were the 123rd Tanga member to solve it. You earned 10 points

I hate you Domino!

Or in OBO error language... Loved it! :)

woof... 11 minutes,

I think it was a proper challenge. This puzzle has more layers than my mama's lasagna.

i know that there's great salt from [13] and [28], but i must be missing something. i have tried 3 different ways with several possible variables and went through each "solution" and tried every word i came up with, even applying the obo to the possible words. and i am just completely lost. someone please send me a tg. i'm going to go bang my head against the wall.

Shouldn't it be OBT, if it's _everything_?

hat yo

[33] Agreed. The OBOs do all have the same "polarity" if anyone's still working this...

GREAT puzzle, by the way. Loved it

[46] Maybe it depends on perspective, but from my perspective the OBOs were not all the same polarity. Once I openned my self to more than one OBO(thanks [4] and [13]) it was just just process of elimination.

Thanks Donimo, I enjoyed the puzzle; well constructed!

[47] is right about it being a matter of perspective. If you consider what the computer did, it's all the same "polarity". If you consider what you need to do at each step, then it is different. If you take it from the computer's perspective, you can solve it without having to use process of elimination, but that may not be a natural way of thinking for everyone.

OK I am still lost. Can someone TG me?

Got it. Not a big fan of this one.

good one!

This beat me... Can't get it after lots of approaches. Maybe a hint will help later.

You solved this puzzle in 22 hours, 32 minutes and 52 seconds and were the 232nd Tanga member to solve it.

Ok. Now this one can't bug me any more. I started going the right way last night but turned around and tried something a little different before giving up. Back to my original plan and...puzzle-solving magic! Isn't that how it always happens, though?