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I count 17 three letter words that are not abbreviations with no traditional vowel. Anyone have more than that. That seems like a good place to work on.
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Rikcando you've worked the hardest on this. Come on man, you can do it. WOLF
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I gave up on this a long time ago.  I'll let rikcando fiqure it out.  |
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I am quite impressed with your ability to create an intriguing puzzle such as this. It has given me hours of mental exercise and I have truly enjoyed it. I am not giving up, not in the least, but I look forward to adding another word or two to my 7 and 8 letter word lists once it is solved. I am expecting Scooby to look this over today and have it done in a fw minutes. Or maybe svslav.
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Ok, thinking out loud hoping someone might be able to shine some light on my dilemma, or maybe prod someone else to try and solve this.
if O=O and V=S then 'OQ' would most likely result in 'Q' being a consonant.
if 'Q' is a consonant then 'QVRF' would be 'a consonant', 'S', and two different letters. Only words I know like this are PSIS, PSST, TSAR, TSKS. What did I miss?
Ahhh, genius nod is, maybe the abbreviation is oe (old English). oi (operator interface)?
maybe OA
1. office automation
2.Office of Administration
3.operations agreement
4.Ophthalmology Assembly
5.osteoarthritis
hmmmm.....
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Valued Member
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Also, here's my list of 4 letter words with an 'S' in the second position. Anyone had any additions for me?
ASCI
ASEA
ASHY
ASKS
ASPS
ESES
ESPY
ISBA
ISLE
ISMS
OSAR
OSES
OSSA
PSIS
PSST
TSAR
TSKS
USED
USER
USES
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Wow, told ya he would do it!
Ok, go ahead.
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First, let us congratulate nod: A) for an intriguing puzzle, and B) for quite an achievement.  I also was in the Air Force, in morse code and crypto-analysis. This is a straight cryptoquote. To solve it you needed to read it backwards! The answer to the puzzle (reading backwards) is: Quote:
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW NOD WAS SELECTED TO FLY FOR THE USAF. VERY EXCITED! |
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Wow, congrat Nod.
And way to go Scooby. While solving this I was actually thinking about doing one in reverse and it never occurred to me that he had done it.
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Valued Member
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But how did you solve it? How did you know it was in reverse ?
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Valued Member
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Aha! I understand clue #3 now.
The faster you go, the further from your aiming point you get.
Going in reverse. Doh!
I feel so stupid.
Edited by rikcando
08/21/2010 12:47 pm
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Well, I can tell you that it wasn't his clues!
I had worked on it briefly over the past couple nights, but couldn't quite focus on it long enough. So, this morning I just started over with the 2 clues *I thought* that I could trust. O=O, V=S.
And I just thought "What if"?
Edited by Scooby Due
08/21/2010 12:53 pm
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finally!! I just wanted to know hot to solve it and what it read. Nice job scooby, and really good puzzle Nod. Its a lot simplet than I thought it would be.
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