# Five-Strike Hangman
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [July 28, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633 "2020-07-28T19:55:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/1 "2020-07-28T19:55:50Z")
It is a sentence hangman.
The original player posts the structure of the sentence.
The letters are not revealed since they are supposed to be found out by the rest of the players.
Players make their guesses.
Only letter guesses are admitted.
One guess per post.
The original player regularly updates the sentence by revealing the letters that have been guessed correctly.
Incorrect guesses are mentioned and tallied.
When five incorrect guesses have been accumulated, the original player wins and gets to post the next sentence.
If all the letters in the sentence have been guessed correctly before accumulating five incorrect guesses, the player who has made the last correct guess wins and gets to post the next sentence, thus becoming the original player for the next round.
Here’s the first sentence, where 0’s stand for letters and the slash indicates the end of the word. Please submit your guesses. Only letter guesses are admitted. Sentence or word guesses are not allowed.
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**0 0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 0.**
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/2 "2020-07-28T20:20:38Z")
I’ll guess a “T”, Placebo.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/3 "2020-07-29T02:29:17Z")
Nice guess. 🙂
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**0 0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 T / 0 T 0 0 0 / T 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 0 T 0.**
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/4 "2020-07-29T02:33:24Z")
Is the sentence a common phrase, or just any old random sentence?
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/5 "2020-07-29T02:35:51Z")
It is not a common phrase. But it’s a sentence I’ve heard.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/6 "2020-07-29T12:55:06Z")
I’d like to guess an “S”, Placebo.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/7 "2020-07-29T12:57:33Z")
Nice guess again. 🙂
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0 0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 **T** / **S** **T** 0 0 0 / **T** 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 0 **T** 0.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/8 "2020-07-29T13:56:38Z")
Well, then, I’d like to guess an “ **O** ”, Placebo.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/9 "2020-07-29T14:34:55Z")
Good. I’m going to adjust the sentence right now. 🙂
Three are three o’s.
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0 0 / 0 0 0 / 0 **O** **T** / **S** **T** 0 0 0 / **T** **O** / 0 0 / 0 **O** 0 **T** 0.
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/10 "2020-07-29T14:43:25Z")
May I guess “N”?
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/11 "2020-07-29T14:45:20Z")
Yes, of course. Thank you.
Unfortunately, this guess is a miss.
There are no n’s in this sentence.
**Strike one.**
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The sentence remains the same:
> [@PlaceboTarget](#):
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> 0 0 / 0 0 0 / 0 **O** **T** / **S** **T** 0 0 0 / **T** **O** / 0 0 / 0 **O** 0 **T** 0.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/12 "2020-07-29T16:49:18Z")
I am re-posting the sentence in a more traditional form.
Maybe this is helpful:
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/ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ **O** **T** / **S** **T** \_ \_ \_ / **T** **O** / \_ \_ / \_ **O** \_ **T** \_ **.**
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/13 "2020-07-29T16:57:41Z")
“N” was a good guess.
I’ll guess “E”.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/14 "2020-07-29T17:02:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> “N” was a good guess.
Any guess is a good guess, at least in one respect.
Thank you for your new guess.
Unfortunately, there are no e’s in this sentence.
**Strike two.**
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/\_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ **O** **T** / **S** **T** \_ \_ \_ / **T** **O** / \_ \_ / \_ **O** \_ **T** \_ **.**
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/15 "2020-07-29T17:04:26Z")
No “E”? Inconceivable!
Oh, well.
How about “H”?
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/16 "2020-07-29T17:12:14Z")
Implacable this time. 🙂
There is one H in this sentence.
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/\_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ **O** **T** / **S** **T** \_ \_ \_ / **T O** / \_ \_ / \_ **O** \_ **T H.**
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/17 "2020-07-29T17:19:44Z")
And then, maybe, an “R”?
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/18 "2020-07-29T17:23:28Z")
No, I’m sorry. There are no R’s in this sentence.
**Strike three.**
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/\_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ **O** **T** / **S** **T** \_ \_ \_ / **T O** / \_ \_ / \_ **O** \_ **T H.**
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/19 "2020-07-29T17:29:56Z")
If anyone can guess, I’d like to buy an I \<-- uppercase i.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/20 "2020-07-29T17:32:57Z")
> [@RitterSport](#):
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> If anyone can guess
Thank you. Of course, anyone can guess.
If there were more guesses, this game would be a little more dynamic.
Unfortunately, there are no i’s in this sentence.
**Strike four.**
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The sentence remains unchanged:
> [@PlaceboTarget](#):
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> /\_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ **O** **T** / **S** **T** \_ \_ \_ / **T O** / \_ \_ / \_ **O** \_ **T H.**
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