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Karen
07-10-2009, 07:32 PM
Attention new players! Read the rules before you join, please, and be prepared to host the next if you win!

These are the rules:

1. You may only guess one letter at a time.

2. After you have guessed a letter, you must wait for another player to guess a letter before you can go again. (see also rule #9)

3. The host of the game responding to a guess does not count as a turn. Should you choose a letter, then receive a response from the member host, you must wait for the next member to guess a letter.

4. One point will be awarded for each correct letter, 2 points for vowels.

5. Only six misses are allowed in the game.

6. If you wish to guess the phrase, send it to me via Pet Talk Private message. (This is accessible via the 'PM' or 'Profile' buttons on any of my posts). DO NOT post it on the forum. If you wish to guess a letter, post it on the forum.

7. You must have submitted a correct letter to submit your solution. Unlike letters, if you submit a wrong solution, you are disqualified from continuing in that puzzle.

8. The player who correctly guesses the phrase wins the game. If no one has guessed it correctly after six misses, then the player with the most points wins the game.

9. Only 5 guesses allowed in total until the host updates the puzzle. Any guess after 5, before the next update, won't be counted as a guess. And as always, someone else has to guess a letter before you can guess another letter.

And here is what you win ... you get to create the next puzzle.

(Should you win the game and do not care to host the next puzzle, you may pass it to the member with the next highest points)

Here is the puzzle, with one note:
The asterisk is in place of a dash, as dashes are used to indicate blank letters!


--- --------, ----- ---------- ------ --- --- ---------
-- ----------*------- --------- ------- --------- ------ -
------, -------- --- --- ----- ------- --- ----,
----------- ------ ---- ------ ----- ---- ---------.

----- -------

Letters available
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Grace
07-10-2009, 07:48 PM
You are quick!!

How about an E, please.

Pinot's Mom
07-10-2009, 08:10 PM
"A" please!

Moesha
07-10-2009, 08:24 PM
S, por favor.

Grace
07-10-2009, 10:45 PM
i, please.

Karen
07-10-2009, 11:12 PM
--e ---e-i-e, ---a- A-s--a-ia- -a---e --- -as -e-e---e-
i- -i-e-ee---*-e----- A-s--a-ia -e-a-se -a---e-e- -ee-e- a
----s-, -ea--ess --- --- ----- ------- --e -i--,
i---a--a--e -a---e --a- --a-e- --ei- -as- -a---a--s.

-i--i S-ie--s

Grace: E(25) I(11)= 72
Pinot's Mom: A(19) = 38
Moesha: S(11) = 11

Letters available
BCDFGHJKLMNOPQRTUVWXYZ

Randi
07-11-2009, 03:36 AM
N, please! :)

Kirsten
07-11-2009, 03:38 AM
T, please!

Kirsten

Moesha
07-11-2009, 07:15 AM
R, please.

Grace
07-11-2009, 07:19 AM
H, please.

Randi
07-11-2009, 07:28 AM
O, please! :) (fifth guess)

Pinot's Mom
07-11-2009, 07:44 AM
:( too late for a letter....I have to go paint now, so I'll see if there's still a puzzle to be solved later. Have a great time, all! :)

Kirsten
07-11-2009, 07:47 AM
U, please!

Kirsten

Karen
07-11-2009, 10:57 AM
The -rote-ti-e, -o-a- A-stra-ian -att-e -o- -as -e-e-o-e-
in nineteenth*-ent-r- A-stra-ia -e-a-se -att-e-en nee-e- a
ro--st, -ear-ess -o- -ho -o--- -ontro- the -i--,
intra-ta--e -att-e that -ra-e- their -ast -ar--an-s.

-i--i Shie--s



Grace: E(25) I(11) H(7) = 79
Pinot's Mom: A(19) = 38
Moesha: S(11) R(11)= 22
Randi: N(11) O(10)= 31
Kirsten T(23) = 23

Letters available
BCDFGJKLMPQUVWXYZ

Kirsten, that was already 5 guesses, so now that I have posted, you should guess your letter again!

Grace
07-11-2009, 11:14 AM
Karen - I think you forgot something - like the letters we requested?

I don't see any H, but you have given me credit for 7?

Karen
07-11-2009, 11:20 AM
Sorry, pasted the wrong version, it is fixed now.

Grace
07-11-2009, 11:24 AM
L, please.

Thanks :)

Kirsten
07-11-2009, 11:50 AM
Okay, again... U, please!

Kirsten

Grace
07-11-2009, 12:02 PM
D, please.

Kirsten
07-11-2009, 12:14 PM
L, please!

Kirsten

Karen
07-11-2009, 12:33 PM
Grace just guessed L, pick different letter?

Kirsten
07-11-2009, 12:36 PM
Okay, sorry... Y, please!

Karen
07-11-2009, 12:39 PM
The -rote-ti-e, loyal Australian -attle do- -as de-elo-ed
in nineteenth*-entury Australia -e-ause -attle-en needed a
ro-ust, -earless do- -ho -ould -ontrol the -ild,
intra-ta-le -attle that -ra-ed their -ast -ar-lands.

-i--i Shields



Grace: E(25) I(11) H(7) L(15) D(11)= 90
Pinot's Mom: A(19) = 38
Moesha: S(11) R(11)= 22
Randi: N(11) O(10)= 31
Kirsten T(23) U(6) Y(2)= 39

Letters available
BCFGJKMPQVWXZ

Kirsten
07-11-2009, 12:52 PM
Damn, I got the quote, I think, but not the author! ;)

Kirsten

Karen
07-11-2009, 01:09 PM
You did get the quote, but not the author - keep guessing letters, folks?

Killearn Kitties
07-11-2009, 01:14 PM
P please Karen.

Grace
07-11-2009, 01:33 PM
C, please.

Pinot's Mom
07-11-2009, 02:57 PM
Painting done for the day! "F" please! :)

Grace
07-11-2009, 03:13 PM
Nothing ventured, nothing gained - PM on the way.

Karen
07-11-2009, 03:28 PM
Grace guessed it! It was:


The protective, loyal Australian cattle dog was developed
in nineteenth-century Australia because cattlemen needed a
robust, fearless dog who could control the wild,
intractable cattle that grazed their vast farmlands.

Vicki Shields



Final Totals:

Grace: E(25) I(11) H(7) L(15) D(11) C(10)= 100
Pinot's Mom: A(19) F(2)= 40
Moesha: S(11) R(11) = 22
Randi: N(11) O(10) = 31
Kirsten T(23) U(6) Y(2) = 39
Killearn Kitties: P(2) = 2

Grace
07-11-2009, 03:40 PM
I told Karen to let someone else do the next puzzle.

Karen, how about some info on this particular puzzle? I googled Vicki Shields, and came up with several different women with that name. One is involved with cats in this country; another is in Australia, but it didn't specify her interest in dogs.

Karen
07-11-2009, 04:32 PM
It is from an article she wrote in the May 2009 issue of Dog Fancy about Australian Cattle dogs.

Pinot's Mom
07-12-2009, 08:29 AM
Puzzle #456 will be hosted by me; I'll post sometime tomorrow, as we have plans all day and into the evening. Have a great day! :)