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[–] bisby@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Wait. Is the first word not an ing word? N is already on the board

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[–] gastroglizzy@piefed.social 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

None of the solvers I tried have a solution for the first word. This must have been edited.

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[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 9 points 1 month ago

Could it have been a mistake and they were supposed to reveal an N for ING but didn't?

Guess assuming -ing in first word

PUTTING ON MY PANTS

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[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

The rules of the speed rounds are different, where the letters just diffuse into place one at a time, and the contestants have to buzz in to try to solve. Unlike with normal rounds, the existence of a particular letter on the board does not mean that every blank must be a different letter.

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[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I was tempted to write a Python script or something to generate a list of combinations with the remaining letters substituted in the first word, but I’m doing my best not to get nerd sniped for a puzzle that probably just has an error.

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[–] zer0hour@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I watched this episode and the first word is Putting

the sentence was putting on my pants

I think it was a puzzle, so they were only revealing 1 letter at a time?

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[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is going to bother me now. What is the first word?!

Edit:

There’s no letter other than “n” that can go in “i_g” to make a real word (I tried every letter), so this a was either modified or they made a mistake.

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