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| Started by | HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> |
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| First post | 2025-08-05 00:14 +0000 |
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This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-05 00:14 +0000
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-05 15:27 +0530
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-08-05 11:06 +0100
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2025-08-05 21:37 +1000
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-05 12:10 +0000
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-08-05 14:37 +0100
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-05 14:26 +0000
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-08-05 18:43 +0100
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-08-06 22:06 +0000
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> - 2025-08-05 14:19 -0500
| From | HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-08-05 00:14 +0000 |
| Subject | This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle |
| Message-ID | <1754352848-4055@newsgrouper.org> |
This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890
1234 - carries heredity
456 - is a period of time
567 - is a pest
and 890 - is a charged particle
What is the word?
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_____________________ Easy , but more interesting , if i don't write anthing down.
Dont' post the ansswer, but do post
simpler and Cute (or More-difficult and Cute) problems. Thanks!
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| From | Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-08-05 15:27 +0530 |
| Subject | Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle |
| Message-ID | <UzkkQ.4076$5uWa.223@fx10.ams1> |
| In reply to | #307825 |
On 05-08-2025 05:44 am, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote: > > This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 > > 1234 - carries heredity > 456 - is a period of time > 567 - is a pest > and 890 - is a charged particle > > What is the word? > Got it
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| From | Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> |
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| Date | 2025-08-05 11:06 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle |
| Message-ID | <106sl3j$2mc7i$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #307827 |
On 05/08/2025 10:57, Pimpom wrote: > On 05-08-2025 05:44 am, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote: >> >> This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 Those are digits, not letters. >> 1234 - carries heredity >> 456 - is a period of time >> 567 - is a pest >> and 890 - is a charged particle >> >> What is the word? Trivial. Here are some clues: Enrage Into Genera Into Grantee Ion Reagent Ion Negate Iron Neonate Rig Ranee Ingot Eaten Groin Age Intoner Negation Re Nearing Toe Earning Toe Grannie Toe Antigen Roe Antigen Ore Anteing Roe Anteing Ore Gentian Roe Gentian Ore Regain Note Regain Tone Gainer Note Gainer Tone Tearing One Tearing Eon Ingrate One Ingrate Eon Tangier One Tangier Eon Granite One Granite Eon Triage Neon Triage None Gaiter Neon Gaiter None Nonage Tier Nonage Tire Nonage Rite Tonnage Ire Onager Nite Onager Tine Orange Nite Orange Tine Garote Nine Togae Inner Rage Intone Gear Intone Inane Ergot Innate Goer Innate Ogre Innate Gore Innate Ergo Retain Gone Retina Gone Oaten Niger Oaten Reign Atone Niger Atone Reign Earn Toeing Near Toeing Ante Ignore Ante Region Neat Ignore Neat Region Atoning Ere Oaring Teen Orating Nee Gonna Retie Ago Interne Anion Egret Anion Greet Ration Gene Roan Teeing Taro Engine -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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| From | Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> |
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| Date | 2025-08-05 21:37 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle |
| Message-ID | <106sqde$2o287$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #307828 |
On 05/08/25 20:06, Richard Heathfield wrote: > On 05/08/2025 10:57, Pimpom wrote: >> On 05-08-2025 05:44 am, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote: >>> >>> This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 > > Those are digits, not letters. > >>> 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a >>> pest and 890 - is a charged particle >>> >>> What is the word? > > Trivial. > > Here are some clues: [snip long list] It's impressive how many anagrams one can find of a moderately long word. I'm put in mind of an incident from my past. A colleague had been hired as a lecturer before he had submitted his PhD thesis. This can be done if the interview committee is convinced that the PhD is not far away, but it puts pressure on the person to finish the job. My colleague put in many long nights writing up the thesis. One day we arrived to discover that he'd taken the day off, leaving a big note on his office door saying "It's finished". I printed a number of copies of that message in the same font and size, and then reassembled them, ransom note style, with scissors and tape. I then plastered his office door with lots of messages like "dis fine shit fIts in shed". After realising how many anagrams I could find I wrote a poem, several pages long, where every line was an anagram of "it's finished". It even made some sort of sense. That work of art is now lost. -- Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org Newcastle, NSW
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| From | James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-08-05 12:10 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle |
| Message-ID | <1754395848-4353@newsgrouper.org> |
| In reply to | #307828 |
Here's a similar puzzle. To make it difficult, I don't show word lengths 123456789ABCD - famous claim from philosophy This phrase is obtained by concatenating five English words in this order: * a small part * a pronoun * a word that occurs twice in a famous 1st stanza * a verb with dozens of dictionary entries * often appears at the end of a restaurant meal
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| From | Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> |
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| Date | 2025-08-05 14:37 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle |
| Message-ID | <106t1er$2pgv4$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #307830 |
On 05/08/2025 13:10, James Dow Allen wrote: > > Here's a similar puzzle. > To make it difficult, I don't show word lengths > > 123456789ABCD - famous claim from philosophy Stop right there! I gotta know right now! Before you go any further... Well, Meat Loaf aside, I've seen enough. > This phrase is obtained by concatenating five English words in this order: > * a small part (3) > * a pronoun (1) > * a word that occurs twice in a famous 1st stanza (2) > * a verb with dozens of dictionary entries (2) > * often appears at the end of a restaurant meal (3) I think you hesitantly missed out two letters. -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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| From | James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-08-05 14:26 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle |
| Message-ID | <1754403988-4353@newsgrouper.org> |
| In reply to | #307831 |
Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> posted: > On 05/08/2025 13:10, James Dow Allen wrote: > > > > Here's a similar puzzle. > > To make it difficult, I don't show word lengths > > > > 123456789ABCD - famous claim from philosophy > > Stop right there! I gotta know right now! > > Before you go any further... > > Well, Meat Loaf aside, I've seen enough. > > > This phrase is obtained by concatenating five English words in this order: > > * a small part (3) > > * a pronoun (1) > > * a word that occurs twice in a famous 1st stanza (2) > > * a verb with dozens of dictionary entries (2) > > * often appears at the end of a restaurant meal (3) > > I think you hesitantly missed out two letters. "Hesitantly" -- :-) But I think you misguessed two of my intended words.
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| From | Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> |
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| Date | 2025-08-05 18:43 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle |
| Message-ID | <106tfsh$2t2m7$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #307832 |
On 05/08/2025 15:26, James Dow Allen wrote: > > Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> posted: > >> On 05/08/2025 13:10, James Dow Allen wrote: >>> >>> Here's a similar puzzle. >>> To make it difficult, I don't show word lengths >>> >>> 123456789ABCD - famous claim from philosophy >> >> Stop right there! I gotta know right now! >> >> Before you go any further... >> >> Well, Meat Loaf aside, I've seen enough. >> >>> This phrase is obtained by concatenating five English words in this order: >>> * a small part (3) >>> * a pronoun (1) >>> * a word that occurs twice in a famous 1st stanza (2) >>> * a verb with dozens of dictionary entries (2) >>> * often appears at the end of a restaurant meal (3) >> >> I think you hesitantly missed out two letters. > > "Hesitantly" -- :-) > > But I think you misguessed two of my intended words. Ah! How delightful! I should maybe take this to email, yes? -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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| From | James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-08-06 22:06 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle |
| Message-ID | <1754518003-4353@newsgrouper.org> |
| In reply to | #307830 |
James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted: > > Here's a similar puzzle. > To make it difficult, I don't show word lengths > > 123456789ABCD - famous claim from philosophy > > This phrase is obtained by concatenating five English words in this order: > * a small part > * a pronoun > * a word that occurs twice in a famous 1st stanza > * a verb with dozens of dictionary entries > * often appears at the end of a restaurant meal Before I'm accused of a Violation™, let me point out that one of the five English words contains a punctuation mark. (Still, the word is shown in all five dictionaries I checked.) The famous claim from philosophy is often presented with a punctuation mark which, although a different mark from the one mentioned in the previous paragraph, lines up in the proper position with that other mark when the five words are concatenated. (I'm afraid my mention of "different marks" and "lining up" is confusing. Oh well, ignore this hint, or treat it as another puzzle!)
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| From | Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> |
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| Date | 2025-08-05 14:19 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <106tlf7$26t90$2@paganini.bofh.team> |
| In reply to | #307825 |
On Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:14:08 GMT HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote: > This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 > > 1234 - carries heredity > 456 - is a period of time > 567 - is a pest > and 890 - is a charged particle > > What is the word? If the electric company bore heirs they would come down the line. The fuse box has a sire. The ALLCAPS sha1sum of the word is: 1798ea99ac8369d4b5f2384f7fa5b25ff55a9cfd. The full word begets the copper complement of 890, a neat coincidence of free association. -- = OCTADE = alt.rhubarb = https://soc.octade.net/octade =
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