# After 6 years, I finally get to play the Word Game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963 "2003-01-21T12:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/21 "2003-01-21T16:26:32Z")
cream - 4 scrod - ? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/22 "2003-01-21T16:35:16Z")
You got it. Was yours “acrue” by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/23 "2003-01-21T16:45:50Z")
Sweet!!! Mine was cameo. Thanks for the game! Have you played before, or was this your first game? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/24 "2003-01-21T17:47:29Z")
First time. Probably would have taken me another shot or two to get to cameo. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/25 "2003-01-22T11:21:22Z")
Well played, though. If I hadn’t gotten lucky with my guess you’d have had me. So nice to play the game again, though. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/26 "2003-01-22T11:31:03Z")
It reminds me a little of Mastermind. Good idea for trips too. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/27 "2003-01-22T12:09:24Z")
My friend calls this game Jotto. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/28 "2003-01-22T13:47:18Z")
The Word Game is one of my addictions, one of my aunt’s too. Over Christmas my wife and her husband both got a little torked with us because we were playing the word game while engaged in a game of Risk. I think they were mostly mad because we played the Word Game and still went on to be the last two people on the board. We declared a truce and played a few more rounds of Word Game. Pitiful, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/29 "2003-01-22T13:53:19Z")
I’ve got a pretty good word, if anyone wants to guess. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/30 "2003-01-27T15:37:17Z")
**Achernar** , I’ll shoot first. Stick - ? ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/31 "2003-01-28T00:40:40Z")
Yeah, it’s just like Mastermind. When I played with my family we kept track of right letters and letters in the right place seperately. So if the correct word is stick and the guess was splat, you’d have 2 letters right (S and T) and 1 in the right place (S). ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/32 "2003-01-28T03:33:51Z")
STICK = 1 I agree that it would be better as one person vs. the board, but since it doesn’t seem like there’s overwhelming interest, we can make it one-on-one, if you prefer. FALSE? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/33 "2003-01-30T13:26:19Z")
Sorry for the delay, my wife had back surgery and I was a little busy. False - 2 stack - ? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/34 "2003-01-30T14:08:04Z")
STACK - 1 MIRTH? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/35 "2003-01-30T14:48:21Z")
MIRTH - 1 STOCK - ? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/36 "2003-01-30T15:32:54Z")
STOCK - 1 WOUND? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/37 "2003-01-30T15:34:19Z")
wound - 1 STUCK - ? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/38 "2003-01-30T16:00:56Z")
STUCK - 2 WORTH? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/39 "2003-01-30T16:11:21Z")
WORTH - 1 STAKE - ? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-6-years-i-finally-get-to-play-the-word-game/149963/40 "2003-01-30T16:20:11Z")
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