# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2176

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43506 "2016-05-12T23:24:17Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43507 "2016-05-13T00:10:18Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly

Playing against three on-line AI opponents set on “tycoon”, I win 90% of the time. The computer doesn’t stop me from gaining an unbeatable position (except occasionally by dumb luck), but from then on, it is rigged to delay opponents landing on my hotels, in order to prolong the game and expose me to more ad breaks. So I have to sleep-walk my way to the end. The computer is not a very good player.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43508 "2016-05-13T00:47:55Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly
5. Pictionary

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43509 "2016-05-13T02:46:46Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly
5. Pictionary
6. Scrabble

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43510 "2016-05-13T03:15:36Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly
5. Pictionary
6. Scrabble
7. Jeopardy

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43511 "2016-05-13T05:53:07Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly
5. Pictionary
6. Scrabble
7. Jeopardy
8. Fidelitas

The game I literally play more than anyone else in the world.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43512 "2016-05-13T11:19:37Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly
5. Pictionary
6. Scrabble
7. Jeopardy
8. Fidelitas
9. Robotron: 2084

Old-style arcade game, got a Mame machine in my house merely so I can play this one game.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43513 "2016-05-13T11:58:44Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly
5. Pictionary
6. Scrabble
7. Jeopardy
8. Fidelitas
9. Robotron: 2084
10. Madden football

I had a winning record against my roommates in college though I haven’t played against a human opponent in years.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43514 "2016-05-13T12:19:11Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly
5. Pictionary
6. Scrabble
7. Jeopardy
8. Fidelitas
9. Robotron: 2084
10. Madden football
11. Donkey Kong (which shows how long it’s been since I played video games!)

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43515 "2016-05-13T13:02:09Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly
5. Pictionary
6. Scrabble
7. Jeopardy
8. Fidelitas
9. Robotron: 2084
10. Madden football
11. Donkey Kong (which shows how long it’s been since I played video games!)
12. Centipede

I could always get the high score on it at the arcade.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43516 "2016-05-13T14:01:06Z")

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Game that you’re best at

1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Qwirkle
3. Tetris
4. Monopoly
5. Pictionary
6. Scrabble
7. Jeopardy
8. Fidelitas
9. Robotron: 2084
10. Madden football
11. Donkey Kong (which shows how long it’s been since I played video games!)
12. Centipede
13. Yahtzee.

Next: A name that is an anagram of your own name (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)

1. Larkianna Raintree  
My wife and I made these up for each on a long bus trip.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43517 "2016-05-13T14:06:37Z")

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A name that is an anagram of your ownname (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)

1. Larkianna Raintree
2. Noelle Marnoise

I even gave her a back story. Her family comes from outside of Paris near the Marne River.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43518 "2016-05-13T21:37:59Z")

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A name that is an anagram of your ownname (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)

1. Larkianna Raintree
2. Noelle Marnoise
3. Randy Banjo Hat  
ETA: In case anybody wants to play but isn’t familiar with this handy dandy site- [Internet Anagram Server / I, Rearrangement Servant : anagram, anagrams, nag a ram, anagrammatize, anagrammatise, anagramme, anagrama, wordplay, word play, anagram creator, anagram solver, anagram finder, anagram generator, anagram maker, anagram unscrambler, anagram machine, anagram constructor, anagram builder, crossword, transmogrify, pangram, shuffle](http://wordsmith.org/anagram/)

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43519 "2016-05-13T22:03:21Z")

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A name that is an anagram of your ownname (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)

1. Larkianna Raintree
2. Noelle Marnoise
3. Randy Banjo Hat
4. A. Regent Goths Hominy

All the other results from the anagram maker were even stranger

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43520 "2016-05-13T22:52:07Z")

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A name that is an anagram of your ownname (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)

1. Larkianna Raintree
2. Noelle Marnoise
3. Randy Banjo Hat
4. A. Regent Goths Hominy
5. Grummin Masters

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43521 "2016-05-14T03:55:31Z")

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A name that is an anagram of your ownname (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)

1. Larkianna Raintree
2. Noelle Marnoise
3. Randy Banjo Hat
4. A. Regent Goths Hominy
5. Grummin Masters
6. Aired Vimlowly

I used the site provided by **Sampiro** - thanks!

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43522 "2016-05-14T15:29:42Z")

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A name that is an anagram of your ownname (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)

1. Larkianna Raintree
2. Noelle Marnoise
3. Randy Banjo Hat
4. A. Regent Goths Hominy
5. Grummin Masters
6. Aired Vimlowly
7. Reno Glaudsblood

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43523 "2016-05-14T16:13:31Z")

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A name that is an anagram of your ownname (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)

1. Larkianna Raintree
2. Noelle Marnoise
3. Randy Banjo Hat
4. A. Regent Goths Hominy
5. Grummin Masters
6. Aired Vimlowly
7. Reno Glaudsblood
8. Enjoy ham, and live. (Had to include my middle name to get any kind of anagram)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43524 "2016-05-14T18:25:47Z")

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A name that is an anagram of your ownname (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)

1. Larkianna Raintree
2. Noelle Marnoise
3. Randy Banjo Hat
4. A. Regent Goths Hominy
5. Grummin Masters
6. Aired Vimlowly
7. Reno Glaudsblood
8. Enjoy ham, and live
9. Mead Willivory

#8 is not a name, as such.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43525 "2016-05-15T00:30:44Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> A name that is an anagram of your ownname (or signifiant other, if you want to preserve your anonymity here.)
> 
> 1. Larkianna Raintree
> 2. Noelle Marnoise
> 3. Randy Banjo Hat
> 4. A. Regent Goths Hominy
> 5. Grummin Masters
> 6. Aired Vimlowly
> 7. Reno Glaudsblood
> 8. Enjoy ham, and live
> 9. Mead Willivory
> 
> #8 is not a name, as such.

Who cares? It’s a hell of an anagram!

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