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The Current Challenge (given October 20, 2002):
Think of a familiar 9-letter word, in which the first letter immediately follows the 9th in the alphabet. The 2nd letter immediately follows the 8th in the alphabet. The 3rd immediately follows the 7th, and the 4th immediately follows the 6th. For example: SPECTATOR (S follows R, and P follows O). Unfortunately, the pattern breaks down with the remaining letters. Hint: The word is used most often in the TV and film industry. What word is it? http://www.npr.org/programs/wesun/puzzle/ I haven't been able to figure out the NPR puzzle, and I guess it will be revealed today, but I do have two 7 letter words in which the 1st letter immediately follows the 7th, the 2nd immediately follows the 6th, and the 3rd immediately follows the 5th. One of my two words is mentioned in a nursery rhyme. Can you name my two words, or other examples?
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Well, Bets, I must not be understanding your puzzle correctly. (I couldn't access the site.) From what I get, the word begins with the 10th letter of the alphabet, and is followed by the 9th, 8th, and 7th in order. This produces Jihg---, and I do not know any words that start with that.
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In reply to:
Think of a familiar 9-letter word, in which the first letter immediately follows the 9th in the alphabet. The 2nd letter immediately follows the 8th in the alphabet. The 3rd immediately follows the 7th, and the 4th immediately follows the 6th. For example: SPECTATOR (S follows R, and P follows O). Unfortunately, the pattern breaks down with the remaining letters. Hint: The word is used most often in the TV and film industry. What word is it?
I think it would be better to rephrase the puzzle to avoid ambiguity:
... the first letter in the word immediately follows the word's last letter alphabetically. The 2nd letter in the word immediately follows the 8th letter alphabetically. The 3rd immediately follows the 7th, and the 4th immediately follows the 6th. Hint: The word is used most often in the TV and film industry. What word is it?
And my answer is.. I have no idea.
BTW: Greetings from Los Angeles.
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This produces Jihg
Or you could look at the example:
SPECTATOR (S follows R, and P follows O)
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The link above should now work, and the answer to their puzzle is one click away from there (at least as of now).
I also now know a 6 letter word that follows the same pattern. (i.e. the 1st letter of the word follows the 6th letter of the word alphabetically, the 2nd follows the 5th, and the 3rd follows the 4th)
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Well, actually, it's two clicks away, but who's counting?
(picking nits with the best of 'em)
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One click away from "THERE" means that it is one click away AFTER you click the link noted above. Of course, you'd have to click on Click here for the answer! in order to get there in just one more click.
However, I included the caveat, "for now," because in a week there may be a new puzzle's answer on that same page.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The word EFFERVESCENCE is unusual because E's are spaced out in it. It has 13 letters, and E's appear in positions
1-4-7-13.
Now, think a familiar two-word phrase in 15 letters, in which the letter R appears in positions 1-4-8-12-15. These are the only R's that appear in them.
What word is it?"
- NPR Word Quiz of this Week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gee Bankroll, you'd think that a quiz about words would be consistent with their numbering instruction now wouldn't you? But hey, it's only the effete happy cats at the NPR, give 'em a break.  Oh yeah, the answer is Refrigerator Car
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OK, Mr. Refrigerator Car, did you send that answer in so we all can hear you flabbergasted up to your ear bones next Sunday in the on air quiz?
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No I didn't Mr. Friend-Of-Federal-Funding. I am scheduled to appear on the Rush Limbaugh television show that day, besides the NPR folk will probably want a more environmentally friendly answer like the small rearoperator cars of the of the late sixties that ran on the exhaust fumes of the big gas-guzzling car just ahead.
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