Puzzle 419

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)

- -- - ----- -------- -- ----, --- - ---- --- ------ - ----,
--- ---- - ---- -- --.
~ ------ ---------

Letters remaining:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Good luck!

I’ll start with an E, please! :)

There you go, Randi.

- -- - --e-- -e--e-e- -- ----, --- - ---- --e ----e- - ----,
--e ---e - ---e -- --.
~ ------ -e--e----

Letters remaining:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Randi - E(11) = 22

can I have an s, please :)

Hi! That is a very cute new avatar you have. :D
2 S's coming up.

- -- - --e-- -e--e-e- -- ----, --- - ---- --e ----e- - ----, --e ---e - ---e -- --.
~ -----s -e--e-s--

Letters remaining:
ABCD FGHIJKLMNOPQR TUVWXYZ

Randi - E(11) = 22
vinjashira - S(2) = 2

O please!

Some Os. :D

- -- - --e-- -e--e-e- -- ----, --- - ---- --e ----e- - -o--,
--e -o-e - ---e o- --.
~ --o--s -e--e-so-

Letters remaining:
ABCD FGHIJKLMN PQR TUVWXYZ

Randi - E(11) = 22
Vinjashira - S(2) = 2
Pitc9 – O(5) = 10

I'll take the A's then, please! :)

An N please.

I, please!

R Please

Time for T, please! :)

Your letters, ladies -

I a- a -reat -e-ie-er in ----, an- I -in- t-e -ar-er I -or-,
t-e -ore I -a-e o- it.
~ T-o-as -e--erson

Letters remaining:
BCD FGH JKLM PQ UVWXYZ

Randi - E(11)+A(7)+T(5) = 41
Vinjashira - S(2) = 2
Pitc – O(5)+R(7) = 17
ChrisH - N(4) = 4
Karen - I(8) = 16

Oh, I know that quote, so am gonna disqualify myself from this puzzle, it's a quote I have used many a time!

:D It could not be called obscure by any manner of speaking. I searched to see whether it had ever been used in the puzzle thread before. Honest! :D

Yeah, I've never used it for a puzzle, but in real life, sure! ;)

L, please

N please.

I think I know what it is but I'm going to guess another letter for good luck :D

Can I have an H, please :)

Here you go. Chris, it was N you guessed the last time. Was that a wee typo?

I a- a -reat -elie-er in l---, an- I -in- the har-er I -or-,
the -ore I ha-e o- it.
~ Tho-as -e--erson

Letters remaining:
BCD FG JK M PQ UVWXYZ

Randi - E(11)+A(7)+T(5) = 41
Vinjashira - S(2)=H(5) = 7
Pitc – O(5)+R(7) = 17
ChrisH - N(4) = 4
Karen - I(8) = 16
AmberLee - L(2) = 2

I've sent a guess. :)

Randi's guess was correct and she has agreed to host the next puzzle. The solution was -

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
~ Thomas Jefferson

Thanks for playing.

well done Randi.

the phrase "I have of it" is confusing for us, non native speaker :confused:

Yes, you are right. It is rather an odd phrasing. I sometimes wonder how accurate these quotes are, since you can often see several versions of the same quote, all phrased slightly differently.

I'm sorry that one was confusing for you. Did you understand the general gist that the harder you work, the more luck seems to come your way? Or to put it another way, you create your own opportunies through hard work.

yes, I get the gist of it, thank you :)
it's a good quote, one I will remember for a long time