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Puzzle #455
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!
--- --------, ----- ---------- ------ --- --- ---------
-- ----------*------- --------- ------- --------- ------ -
------, -------- --- --- ----- ------- --- ----,
----------- ------ ---- ------ ----- ---- ---------.
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Letters available
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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You are quick!!
How about an E, please.
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--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
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O, please! :) (fifth guess)
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:( 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! :)
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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!
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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?
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Sorry, pasted the wrong version, it is fixed now.
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Okay, again... U, please!
Kirsten
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Grace just guessed L, pick different letter?
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Okay, sorry... Y, please!
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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
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Damn, I got the quote, I think, but not the author! ;)
Kirsten
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You did get the quote, but not the author - keep guessing letters, folks?
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Painting done for the day! "F" please! :)
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained - PM on the way.
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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
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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.
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It is from an article she wrote in the May 2009 issue of Dog Fancy about Australian Cattle dogs.
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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! :)
