# Five-Strike Hangman **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/241 "2020-08-01T22:58:03Z")
Give me an E! ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/242 "2020-08-01T23:19:15Z")
Righto! \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/243 "2020-08-01T23:22:58Z")
How’s about an “R”? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/244 "2020-08-01T23:38:40Z")
Yep. \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ R \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/245 "2020-08-02T00:12:07Z")
And, of course, a “T”. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/246 "2020-08-02T00:14:27Z")
Yepperooni. T \_\_\_ E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ R \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/247 "2020-08-02T00:37:21Z")
I’ll go out on a limb and say H. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/248 "2020-08-02T00:41:03Z")
You’re a wild man! Seems like we still need some vowels, so I’ll try “A” ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/249 "2020-08-02T00:44:56Z")
Ya’ll are so damn _edgy_. T H E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ A \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ R \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/250 "2020-08-02T00:55:53Z")
Nitpick: Y’all. Anyway, we’re still short some vowels. How about “O”. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/251 "2020-08-02T02:22:53Z")
T H E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ A \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ O /\_\_\_ O /\_\_\_ R O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ Gotta go for now. See you tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/252 "2020-08-02T11:17:55Z")
One of those two letter words has to be SO, so I’m going with “S”. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/253 "2020-08-02T14:04:04Z")
And I’ll try an “N”, please. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/254 "2020-08-02T14:29:18Z")
The king can do no wrong? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/255 "2020-08-02T14:57:27Z")
This is an invalid guess. Only letter guesses are accepted in this game. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/256 "2020-08-02T15:00:15Z")
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. Sentence or word guesses are not allowed. 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. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/257 "2020-08-02T16:21:38Z")
Right, I’m back. There’s no S in the phrase. **Strike one.** T H E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ N \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ A N /\_\_\_ O / N O /\_\_\_ R O N \_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/258 "2020-08-02T16:49:48Z")
What about Prof.Pepperwinkle’s guess? The N? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/259 "2020-08-02T17:04:55Z")
The Ns are in there. How about a D for that two letter word? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/260 "2020-08-02T17:06:11Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > The Ns are in there 🤦‍♂️ ETA: I’ve just bought a pen tablet and I’m learning how to use it. I’m not having fun right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=14)