Puzzle #476

[Karen]

Puzzle #476

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 or number at a time.

2. After you have guessed a letter or number, you must wait for another player to guess a letter or number 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 or number, then receive a response from the member host, you must wait for the next member to guess a letter or number.

4. One point will be awarded for each correct letter or number, 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 or number, post it on the forum.

7. You must have submitted a correct letter or number 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 or number before you can guess another letter or number.

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)

Best of luck all !!!!


Here's the puzzle...

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

--- ----- -------- -- - ------ ----
--- ----- - ----- --- ------ ----
--- -- --- ---------, ---- - -----
--- ------ ---- --- -- --- -- - -----
-- ----- -- ---- -- --- -----------;

---- ---- --- -----, -- ---- -- ----,
--- ------ ------- --- ------ -----
------- -- --- ------ --- ------ ----;
------ -- --- ----, --- ------- -----
--- ---- ---- ------ ----- --- ----,

--- ---- ---- ------- ------- ---
-- ------ -- ---- --- ------- -----.
--, - ---- --- ----- --- ------- ---!
--- ------- --- --- ----- -- -- ---,
- ------- -- - ------ ---- ---- ----.

- ----- -- ------- ---- ---- - ----
--------- ---- --- ---- -----:
--- ----- -------- -- - ----, --- - *
- ---- --- --- ---- --------- --,
--- ---- --- ---- --- --- ----------

------ -----

Letters available:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

and as before the asterisk is really a dash.

[Randi]

An E, please!

[Pinot's Mom]

A please

[Karen]

--e --a- --- -a-e-

--- --a-- ---e--e- -- a -e---- ----
a-- ----- - ----- --- --a-e- ----
A-- -e --e --a-e--e-, ---- - -----
a-- ----e- ---- --e a- -a- a- - -----
-- --e-e -- -e-- -- --e ---e-------;

--e- ---- --e ---e-, a- ---- a- -a--,
a-- -a---- -e--a-- --e -e--e- --a--
-e-a--e -- -a- --a--- a-- -a--e- -ea-;
------ a- --- --a-, --e -a----- --e-e
-a- ---- --e- -ea--- a---- --e -a-e,

A-- ---- --a- ------- e--a--- -a-
-- -ea-e- -- -ee- -a- -----e- --a--.
--, - -e-- --e ----- --- a----e- -a-!
-e- ------- --- -a- -ea-- -- -- -a-,
- -----e- -- - ------ e-e- ---e -a--.

- --a-- -e -e----- ---- ---- a ----
---e--e-e a-e- a-- a-e- -e--e:
--- --a-- ---e--e- -- a ----, a-- - *
- ---- --e --e -e-- --a-e--e- --,
a-- --a- -a- -a-e a-- --e ----e-e--e


---e-- -----

Letters Remaining:
BCDFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Randi: E(72)=144
Pinot's Mom: A(59)=118

[wombat2u2004]

R please

[ChrisH]

T please

[Karen]

T-e R-a- --t Ta-e-

T-- r-a-- ---er-e- -- a -e---- ----
a-- --rr- - ----- --t tra-e- --t-
A-- -e --e tra-e--er, ---- - -t---
a-- ----e- ---- --e a- -ar a- - -----
t- --ere -t -e-t -- t-e ---er-r--t-;

T-e- t--- t-e -t-er, a- ---t a- -a-r,
a-- -a---- -er-a-- t-e -etter --a--
-e-a--e -t -a- -ra--- a-- -a-te- -ear;
t----- a- --r t-at, t-e -a----- t-ere
-a- --r- t-e- -ear-- a---t t-e -a-e,

A-- --t- t-at --r---- e--a--- -a-
-- -ea-e- -- -eet -a- tr---e- --a--.
--, - -e-t t-e --r-t --r a--t-er -a-!
-et ------- --- -a- -ea-- -- t- -a-,
- ----te- -- - ------ e-er ---e -a--.

- --a-- -e te----- t--- --t- a ----
---e--ere a-e- a-- a-e- -e--e:
T-- r-a-- ---er-e- -- a ----, a-- - *
- t--- t-e --e -e-- tra-e--e- --,
a-- t-at -a- -a-e a-- t-e ----ere--e


R--ert -r--t



Letters Remaining:
BCDFGHIJKLMNOPQSUVWXYZ

Randi: E(72) = 144
Pinot's Mom: A(59) = 118
ChrisH: T (56) = 56
wombat2u2004 R (36) = 36

[Randi]

O, please!

[ChrisH]

I please

[Karen]

T-e Roa- -ot Ta-e-

T-o roa-- -i-er-e- i- a -e--o- -oo-
a-- -orr- I -o--- -ot tra-e- -ot-
A-- -e o-e tra-e--er, -o-- I -too-
a-- -oo-e- -o-- o-e a- -ar a- I -o---
to --ere it -e-t i- t-e ---er-ro-t-;

T-e- too- t-e ot-er, a- ---t a- -air,
a-- -a-i-- -er-a-- t-e -etter --ai-
-e-a--e it -a- -ra--- a-- -a-te- -ear;
t-o--- a- -or t-at, t-e -a--i-- t-ere
-a- -Or- t-e- -ear-- a-o-t t-e -a-e,

A-- -ot- t-at -or-i-- e--a--- -a-
i- -ea-e- -o -eet -a- tro--e- --a--.
O-, I -e-t t-e -ir-t -or a-ot-er -a-!
-et --o-i-- -o- -a- -ea-- o- to -a-,
I -o--te- i- I --o--- e-er -o-e -a--.

I --a-- -e te--i-- t-i- -it- a -i--
-o-e--ere a-e- a-- a-e- -e--e:
T-o roa-- -i-er-e- i- a -oo-, a-- I *
I too- t-e o-e -e-- tra-e--e- --,
a-- t-at -a- -a-e a-- t-e -i--ere--e

Ro-ert -ro-t



Letters Remaining:
BCDFGHJKLMNOPQRSUVWXYZ

Randi: E(72) O(53) = 250
Pinot's Mom: A(59) = 118
ChrisH: T (56) I(30) = 116
wombat2u2004 R (36) = 36

[Randi]

I sent a guess.

[Karen]

And she got it! T'was

The Road not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim
because it was grassy and wanted wear;
though as for that, the passing there
had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
in leaves no feet had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference

Robert Frost

[Randi]

I'll put one up later today.