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Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 6:44 pm
by testitemqlstudop
(The Entity Valkyrie thread grew profoundly off-topic, so that's that.)
Rules:
- no more than 5 people's puzzles a a time
- puzzles are at most 20 anagrams
here's the last one from that thread
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ITCHING SEWEN (hint: yl) - SOLVED
CHALDEAN POTENT (hint: very natural) - SOLVED
YOVEN URGE LOSH (hint: long Moosey)
THUGGEE RIFI (hint: natural) - SOLVED
REDTAIL GRIN (hint: block + (in the name) puffer)
FORMULAE (should be very easy) - SOLVED
WITCHING TALL ALOW (hint: hisssssssss) - SOLVED
GONDOLA DICK (hint: oscillator)
TUBBISH TWIN SUMO (hint: first word) - SOLVED
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 6:58 pm
by Ian07
1. Switch engine
2. Pentadecathlon
4. Figure eight
6. Fumarole
7. Long claw with tail
9. Omnibus with tub
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 7:02 pm
by testitemqlstudop
all correct. I'll add in some more hints
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 7:05 pm
by Moosey
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DRACULA IS US INC (hint: awful parasite, starts with most of the word "Dracula")
HIBERNATE EVE (the solution is without the RNATE)
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 7:12 pm
by testitemqlstudop
Cassidulina?
2nd is beehive
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 7:33 pm
by Gamedziner
Moosey wrote:Code: Select all
DRACULA IS US INC (hint: awful parasite, starts with most of the word "Dracula")
HIBERNATE EVE (the solution is without the RNAT)
HIBEE EVE->BEEE HIVE
Is that what you intended?
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 7:44 pm
by Moosey
Gamedziner wrote:Moosey wrote:Code: Select all
DRACULA IS US INC (hint: awful parasite, starts with most of the word "Dracula")
HIBERNATE EVE (the solution is without the RNAT)
HIBEE EVE->BEEE HIVE
Is that what you intended?
No, fixed.
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 7:46 pm
by Moosey
testitemqlstudop wrote:Cassidulina?
2nd is beehive
1: no; it has an R.
2: yes.
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 10:01 pm
by Hunting
Still no one solved my A Star Eta.
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 10:08 pm
by testitemqlstudop
I think I give up on "a star eta". What kind of CGoL pattern?
ALLOTROPICAL RE
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 10:27 pm
by blah
ahlb
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 10:37 pm
by testitemqlstudop
hmmm.... I wonder what that can be..... is it "halb"...... no....... a-ha! it is "lhab"! .... no...... I WONDER WHAT THAT CAN BE.....
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 1st, 2019, 11:40 pm
by Gamedziner
"ahlb" is so small I can write all 24 permutations here:
ahlb
ahbl
albh
alhb
abhl
ablh
bahl
balh
bhal
bhla
blah
blha
habl
halb
hbal
hbla
hlab
hlba
labh
lahb
lbah
lbha
lhab
lhba
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 12:09 am
by Hunting
testitemqlstudop wrote:I think I give up on "a star eta". What kind of CGoL pattern?
I'll just give the answer:
Stargate.
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 12:12 am
by praosylen
Hunting wrote:testitemqlstudop wrote:I think I give up on "a star eta". What kind of CGoL pattern?
I'll just give the answer:
Stargate.
Then the puzzle you gave was incorrect — "a star eta" has an extra A and is missing a G.
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 12:13 am
by Saka
Hunting wrote:testitemqlstudop wrote:I think I give up on "a star eta". What kind of CGoL pattern?
I'll just give the answer:
Stargate.
There's no G in "a star eta".
Anyway, this should be easy:
A SLURP
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 1:12 am
by Hunting
Saka wrote:Hunting wrote:testitemqlstudop wrote:I think I give up on "a star eta". What kind of CGoL pattern?
I'll just give the answer:
Stargate.
There's no G in "a star eta".
Anyway, this should be easy:
A SLURP
Sorry I MESSED UP
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 2:33 am
by PkmnQ
Saka wrote:Hunting wrote:testitemqlstudop wrote:I think I give up on "a star eta". What kind of CGoL pattern?
I'll just give the answer:
Stargate.
There's no G in "a star eta".
Anyway, this should be easy:
A SLURP
Pulsar
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 1:43 pm
by testitemqlstudop
Still no one solved "redtail grin" or "gondola dick"...
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 2:09 pm
by Moosey
testitemqlstudop wrote:Still no one solved "redtail grin" or "gondola dick"...
Latter is loading dock.
The former one could be “glider train”
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 2:21 pm
by testitemqlstudop
Both correct!
Here's an easy one:
RICE PEER
Harder:
WOESOME LYING CAFFA
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 2:24 pm
by Ian07
Some more puzzles: (hint text blends into background, select to reveal)
1. PLAN EN YEN (hint:
insect room)
2. AN OCTAVE WOVE HIGHLY (hint:
I complained about this one's wiki article (and another now-deleted page with a similar name))
3.
RELIENT BAND (hint:
rotates 90° every quarter-period)
testitemqlstudop wrote:Still no one solved "redtail grin" or "gondola dick"...
Don't forget about "yoven urge losh!"
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 2nd, 2019, 2:59 pm
by Moosey
testitemqlstudop wrote:Both correct!
Here's an easy one:
RICE PEER
Harder:
WOESOME LYING CAFFA
1. Creepier/creperie?
Here are some more challenges (all patterns):
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1. Hoe imp point
2. A call with wit [SOLVED: claw with tail]
3. Bolster (This one's easy) [SOLVED: lobster]
4. Chatters rent [SOLVED: antstretcher]
5. Hi such cult (Followed by a word in the anagram)
6. Be loud terrace
7. Halibut twit [SOLVED: tub with tail]
8. Flaky rehab [SOLVED: half-bakery]
9. Bad plank sheikh fight [SOLVED: half baked knightship]
10. A carpool tiller
11. Hellish lag [SOLVED: shillelagh]
12. Not a potboiler
13. Taboo surf [SOLVED: four boats]
14. Jumbo erect floor (a clot freer) [SOLVED: boojum reflector]
15. Hellish amnesia seeks lag [SOLVED: shillelagh Siamese snake]
16. Rephrases plurals [SOLVED: prepulsar hassler]
17. Cheapest lightship wig [SOLVED: lightweight spaceship]
and a bonus (not a pattern):
Speaking of puzzle #11:
I’m experiencing come hellish lag right now (not a hint).
Finall, one other puzzle:
I feel “eschewing tin” is a better anagram of switch engine.
EDIT:
Yoven urge losh is “very long” or “long” something.
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Egomaniac’s Fey Wolf (another bonus. Includes all punctuation but not capitalization. Answer should be fairly obvious.)
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 14th, 2019, 6:40 pm
by testitemqlstudop
Chimp sale = simple CA?
Re: Anagrams
Posted: March 14th, 2019, 6:56 pm
by Moosey
testitemqlstudop wrote:Chimp sale = simple CA?
No, no H in simple CA. It’s a pattern.