tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post3093203251021676142..comments2024-03-28T14:21:09.084-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (March 6, 2016): Five Words on a KeyboardBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-42434198512441952162016-03-13T07:30:29.290-07:002016-03-13T07:30:29.290-07:00I know the names of a lot of actresses, but I don&...I know the names of a lot of actresses, but I don't know poets that well, so I thought I'd better work <b><i>backwards</i></b> by going through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poets" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia's list of poets.</a> (Blaine, don't worry. -- It's a <b><i>LONG, LONG LIST!)</i></b><br /><br />When I found an answer, I <b><i>SO DID NOT recognize</i></b> the poet that I kept going through the list until the end. It remains the only answer I found.<br /><br />I see that Paul just posted basically the same thing I've said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-11287046449213116332016-03-13T06:30:42.447-07:002016-03-13T06:30:42.447-07:00Uncultured oaf that I am, I had never heard of the...Uncultured oaf that I am, I had never heard of the poet and was only vaguely aware of the actress. I found my answer, which seems to fit the hints already given, in a list.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-80817390586547122402016-03-13T05:46:01.976-07:002016-03-13T05:46:01.976-07:00On air, Will mentioned the "jill" answer...On air, Will mentioned the "jill" answer and the "gunk" one, and said he accepted those and all other variants, although he didn't mention others. ---RobRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-88439784813520268272016-03-13T05:43:05.812-07:002016-03-13T05:43:05.812-07:00This puzzle is just alright and less challenging t...This puzzle is just alright and less challenging than recent ones so I will look forward to next week's. Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756899374006781682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9841081579805036272016-03-13T05:15:56.775-07:002016-03-13T05:15:56.775-07:00After solving this puzzle, I felt cast adrift, wan...After solving this puzzle, I felt cast adrift, wanting something else.<br />janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68612571826681975732016-03-13T05:03:39.124-07:002016-03-13T05:03:39.124-07:00Next week's challenge, from listener Mike Reis...Next week's challenge, from listener Mike Reiss, a former writer and producer for The Simpsons: Take the name of a well-known actress. Her first name starts wth the three-letter abbreviation for a month. Replace this with the three-letter abbreviaton of a different month, and you'll get the name of a famous poet. Who are these two people?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-88868811527653557212016-03-12T17:30:07.317-08:002016-03-12T17:30:07.317-08:00Not sure about what he meant by adjacent, but I as...Not sure about what he meant by adjacent, but I assumed that meant next to or adjoining at least one other key. I submitted Tend, Rend, Fend, Bend, and Vend.saukriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988670822823306654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-38971920892736722512016-03-12T14:09:24.249-08:002016-03-12T14:09:24.249-08:00Thanx EA!Thanx EA!SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-44561526322363229362016-03-11T22:57:48.681-08:002016-03-11T22:57:48.681-08:00Hey, two other words rhyme as well, JOB and SLOB! ...Hey, two other words rhyme as well, JOB and SLOB! Pick ONE please!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099129623317210002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73854037835365648532016-03-10T19:23:38.417-08:002016-03-10T19:23:38.417-08:00DIVE, FIVE, GIVE, HIVE, JIVE
That's what "...DIVE, FIVE, GIVE, HIVE, JIVE<br />That's what "IVE" got.patjberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593445116920910239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9698617700181899562016-03-10T17:27:47.771-08:002016-03-10T17:27:47.771-08:00You are right, I must have been thinking of jibe i...You are right, I must have been thinking of jibe instead.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-7785257520967106112016-03-10T17:27:17.774-08:002016-03-10T17:27:17.774-08:00GET A JOB!!!!!!!!!! Only THEN will you have spare ...GET A JOB!!!!!!!!!! Only THEN will you have spare time for puzzles! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099129623317210002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-2439781386760659302016-03-10T14:30:10.102-08:002016-03-10T14:30:10.102-08:00TWELVE 5-word answers:
1. SILL, DILL, FILL, GILL,...TWELVE 5-word answers:<br /><br />1. SILL, DILL, FILL, GILL, HILL. (+ JILL, KILL for a 7-word group)<br /><br />2. SATE, DATE, FATE, GATE, HATE.<br /><br />3. SEAR, DEAR, FEAR, GEAR, HEAR.<br /><br />4. GILT, HILT, JILT, KILT, LILT.<br /><br />5. DIVE, FIVE, GIVE, HIVE, JIVE. (+<a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Kive" rel="nofollow"><b><b>KIVE</b></b></a>, LIVE for a 7-word group)<br /><br />6. <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sull" rel="nofollow"><b><b>SULL</b></b></a>, DULL, FULL, GULL, HULL.<br /><br />7. CANE, VANE, BANE, <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nane" rel="nofollow"><b><b>NANE</b></b></a>, MANE.<br /><br />8. <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cine" rel="nofollow"><b><b>CINÉ</b></b></a>, VINE, <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bine" rel="nofollow"><b><b>BINE</b></b></a>, NINE, MINE.<br /><br />9. SAME, DAME, FAME, GAME, <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hame" rel="nofollow"><b><b>HAME</b></b></a>.<br /><br />10. SANG, <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dang" rel="nofollow"><b><b>DANG</b></b></a>, FANG, GANG, HANG.<br /><br />11. SEED, DEED, FEED, <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/GEED" rel="nofollow"><b><b>GEED</b></b></a> (past tense of “gee”), HEED.<br /><br />12. SASH, DASH, <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fash" rel="nofollow"><b><b>FASH</b></b></a>, GASH, HASH.<br /><br /><br />One 6-word answer:<br /><br />SUNK, DUNK, FUNK, GUNK, HUNK, JUNK. + <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kunk" rel="nofollow"><b><b>KUNK</b></b></a> (for a 7-word group).<br /><br />“DOGFISH” contains the 5 adjacent consonants in the middle row (SDFGH) of most of the different solutions.ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-58197486133785337242016-03-10T14:10:12.773-08:002016-03-10T14:10:12.773-08:00Good jobs on the many answers.
Will doesn't l...Good jobs on the many answers. <br />Will doesn't like alternatives.<br />Blaine's hint "mesh" gave me the "gear" series. I think it might lead to "jibe" more than "jive."Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-9745764152896553672016-03-10T13:57:33.303-08:002016-03-10T13:57:33.303-08:00if vertical adjacency is allowed you can add Wear ...if vertical adjacency is allowed you can add Wear to your top row, it's above the S.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86728111306235833712016-03-10T13:55:38.905-08:002016-03-10T13:55:38.905-08:00I can add to the list (all with obscure words):
s...I can add to the list (all with obscure words):<br /><br /><b>same-dame-fame-game-hame</b> hame is one of two curved supports attached to the collar of a draft horse to which the traces are fastened.<br /><br /><b>cote-vote-bote-note-mote</b> bote is compensation, such as for injury to person or honor<br /><br /><b>colt-volt-bolt-nolt-molt</b> Merriam Webster says nolt is "neat cattle". I have no idea what that means.<br /><br /><b>sull-dull-full-gull-hull</b> sull is the verb form of sullen<br /><br /><b>sale-dale-fale-gale-hale</b> fale is the Samoan hut<br /><br />I didn't accept <b>sone-done-fone-gone-hone</b> as fone is an alternate spelling, nor <b>sash-dash-fash-gash-hash</b>, though some dictionaries had fash.<br /><br />You can also make a 5 word string starting with suck, 6 words if you include juck (MW defines as to make the natural noise of a partridge settling down for the night) but we won't go there.<br /><br />For the 5 word string of 6 letter words my answer was <b>singer-dinger-finger-ginger-hinger</b>ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78138994048499255002016-03-10T13:46:15.580-08:002016-03-10T13:46:15.580-08:00Below was my SECOND submission:
Message: I KNOW I...Below was my SECOND submission:<br /><br />Message: I KNOW I just submitted an answer: PLEASE LET me REPOST what I've discovered since then: ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── <br />Next week's challenge: Bail, Nail, and Mail are three four-letter words that differ only by their first letters. And those first letters (B, N, and M) happen to be adjacent on a computer keyboard. Can you think of five four-letter words that have the same property — that is, they're identical except for their first letters, with those first letters being adjacent on the keyboard? All five words must be ones that everyone knows. Capitalized words and plurals are not allowed. What words are they? <br />───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── <br />My first answer: SEAR, DEAR, FEAR, GEAR & HEAR. <br />───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── <br />Moreover: Immediately adjacent ABOVE D,F,G,H: R,T,Y to make REAR, TEAR, & YEAR. <br />───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── <br />And immediately adjacent BELOW G & H: B & N to make BEAR & NEAR! If adjacent can mean on different rows, then I've got *TEN* 4-letter words that all suffice! <br />───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── <br />My SECOND answer: I've found SIX 4-letter words beginning with SIX adjacent letters on a keyboard!!<br />───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── <br />SUNK, DUNK, FUNK, GUNK, HUNK, & JUNK!!!<br />───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86361860762531314132016-03-10T13:25:27.577-08:002016-03-10T13:25:27.577-08:00When I saw "Gert Fröbe" in your post I t...When I saw "Gert Fröbe" in your post I thought you meant GOLD. I did Nazi any other connection.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-74855637871951012512016-03-10T13:14:03.663-08:002016-03-10T13:14:03.663-08:00I told you all about my wonderful antiquing advent...I told you all about my wonderful antiquing adventure, but, alas, it was a lie.<br /><br />"I went antiquing the other day, and I found a lot of interesting things. I found a rare bottle of Glenlivet previously owned by Gert Fröbe. The bottle remained unopened though as Fröbe was left at the altar of the wedding he bought the bottle for. I also bought the sabre he was going to use to cut the top off as well, but the wonderful lady behind the county couldn't quite understand what I was saying because of my accent.<br /><br />It was a successful day overall."<br /><br />Gert Fröbe played GOLDfinger (gilt)<br />A sabre has a (hilt)<br />Left at the altar (jilt)<br />The Glenlivet is SCOTCH whisky (kilt)<br />My funny accent (lilt)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02077991662132557146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13577937503464246992016-03-10T12:24:18.513-08:002016-03-10T12:24:18.513-08:00Multiple Solutions:
Five in a Row: Dive-Five-Give-...Multiple Solutions:<br />Five in a Row: Dive-Five-Give-Hive-Jive <br />Six in a Row: Sunk-Dunk-Funk-Gunk-Hunk-Junk<br />But my favorite has to have been my ten in three rows solution (3//5//2):<br />Rear-Tear-Year<br />Sear-Dear-Fear-Gear-Hear<br />Bear-Near <br /><br />SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-49588705364430565202016-03-10T12:00:33.335-08:002016-03-10T12:00:33.335-08:00I will be really interested in the alternative ans...I will be really interested in the alternative answers, but I got SATE, DATE, FATE, GATE, HATE, and then stopped looking. When I wrote up there, "I didn't have much wait to get the answer on this one; not a great difficulty at all. I hunted up a likely run of five letters on the keyboard, and after that, it took me eight seconds, but I was lucky to get straight to the right three constant letters," I was trying to cram in as many words that rhymed with my –ATE words but did not have that sequence in them. ---Rob Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-15111461730694239022016-03-10T12:00:11.214-08:002016-03-10T12:00:11.214-08:00sill, dill, fill, gill, hill {could stretch to 8 w...<b> sill, dill, fill, gill, hill {could stretch to 8 words including "jill, kill, lill" if jill (variant of gill) is used} </b>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78493424929106787702016-03-10T12:00:01.297-08:002016-03-10T12:00:01.297-08:00I found three 5-word groups that meet all puzzle r...I found three 5-word groups that meet all puzzle requirements. All are common, uncapitalized, non-plural words found in Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary.<br /><br />gilt hilt jilt kilt lilt<br /><br />dive five give hive jive<br /><br />dunk funk gunk hunk junk<br />Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956539217339532507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62023260039540222722016-03-10T12:00:00.904-08:002016-03-10T12:00:00.904-08:00DIVE, FIVE, GIVE, HIVE, JIVE
> I have an answe...<b>DIVE, FIVE, GIVE, HIVE, JIVE</b><br /><br />> I have an answer that is self-referential, in part.<br /><br />We're looking for <b>five</b> words, right?<br /><br />> Congratulations to everyone who found an answer. <br /><br /><b>Give</b> me <b>five</b>!<br />janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-89292754596779819302016-03-10T12:00:00.407-08:002016-03-10T12:00:00.407-08:00SANG, DANG, FANG, GANG, HANG
Also: SUNK, DUNK, F...SANG, DANG, FANG, GANG, HANG<br /><br />Also: SUNK, DUNK, FUNK, GUNK, HUNK, JUNK (Of course this will not be accepted as legitimate since it has more than 5 words. I am ashamed to have even mentioned it.)<br />skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.com