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Post by letschataboutpat on Feb 20, 2022 10:43:29 GMT -5
I've noticed that some categories are always written with certain parts of speech such that specific letters are revealed. For instance, "What Are You Doing?" always includes a gerund, which means that "I", "N" and "G" will be somewhere in the puzzle. This makes it a good bonus round option as it removes a couple extra letters that a contestant wouldn't have to be obliged to call by process of elimination.
Are there other categories that essentially give you one or more "free letters" like this?
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Post by babytims on Feb 20, 2022 11:11:05 GMT -5
Things usually have a S at the end of the puzzle.
Some Event puzzles follow the ING strategy
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Post by mechamind on Feb 20, 2022 12:11:53 GMT -5
If Things has a 3-letter word in it, then it's probably AND.
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Post by jjc927 on Feb 20, 2022 17:59:31 GMT -5
I've noticed that some categories are always written with certain parts of speech such that specific letters are revealed. For instance, "What Are You Doing?" always includes a gerund, which means that "I", "N" and "G" will be somewhere in the puzzle. This makes it a good bonus round option as it removes a couple extra letters that a contestant wouldn't have to be obliged to call by process of elimination. Are there other categories that essentially give you one or more "free letters" like this? There have been a few times where the What Are You Doing? puzzle didn't have -ING, but it's rare. Along with Things puzzles usually having an S at the end and containing AND between the two things, other pluralized categories like Living Things and Places will generally follow the same rule. |
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