# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/321 "2020-08-04T16:22:10Z")
One ‘F’ / \_ **O** D **E** / **I** \_ / **O** \_ / **A** / \_ \_ **E** \_ \_ **O** **U** \_ **D** / **BUT** / I’LL / **BE** / \_ **A L** \_ **I** \_ \_ / **OUT** / **IF** / **I** / \_ **O** / ‘R’ / **RODE** / **I** \_ / **O** \_ / **A** / \_ **R** **E** \_ \_ **O** **U** \_ **D** / **BUT** / I’LL / **BE** / \_ **A L** \_ **I** \_ \_ / **OUT** / **IF** / **I** / \_ **O** / ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/322 "2020-08-04T16:23:03Z")
Thank you. There are a couple of G’s too, I think. So, I’ll have to guess G as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/323 "2020-08-04T16:25:53Z")
‘G’ whiz! / **RODE** / **I** \_ / **O** \_ / **A** / **G** **R** **E** \_ \_ **O** **U** \_ **D** / **BUT** / I’LL / **BE** / \_ **A L** \_ **I** \_ **G** / **OUT** / **IF** / **I** / **GO** / ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/324 "2020-08-04T16:28:31Z")
You said there is no S. That was strike one. I’ll guess 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 4, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/325 "2020-08-04T16:30:09Z")
And Y. ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/326 "2020-08-04T16:31:03Z")
Yeah, I had to learn a new meaning of “rode” tonight. (7:30 p.m. here) ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/327 "2020-08-04T16:39:37Z")
I want to prevent situations where people guess the whole sentence: > [@Author\_Balk](#): > > The king can do no wrong? > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > This is an invalid guess. > Only letter guesses are accepted in this game. So, I will post the game rules regularly. ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/328 "2020-08-04T16:40:43Z")
**GAME RULES** 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:** ![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 4, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/329 "2020-08-04T16:56:28Z")
For someone born and raised in California, that singer does a pretty good bayou impression. I always thought he was from Louisiana until just recently. ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/330 "2020-08-04T16:59:17Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I always thought he was from Louisiana until just recently. Okay, I don’t know the guy but I had the whole sentence figured out just by reading this post. ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/331 "2020-08-04T17:01:20Z")
I don’t know how you can do this. For example, I don’t know any Romanian bus companies. The main thing I know about Romania is, if someone’s name ends in “escu”, they’re probably from ther. ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/332 "2020-08-04T17:04:38Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I don’t know how you can do this. My brother has been an American citizen for a long time. I went to a university where the classes were in English. I’ve been working with foreigners from all over the world for a long time. I read and listen to news in English. I’m a cosmopolitan in the real sense of the term. ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/333 "2020-08-04T17:06:36Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > The main thing I know about Romania is, if someone’s name ends in “escu” Not probably, they’re definitely of Romanian descent (-escu or -esco). There are also many Romanian names that end in -man, or -an. If you meet someone whose name is Roman, you know where they come from. 🙂 ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/334 "2020-08-04T17:18:12Z")
There’s a Canadian tennis player of Romanian descent that was making some waves when tennis was still being played. One of my co-workers (also -escu) was a big fan. ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/335 "2020-08-04T17:27:08Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > There’s a Canadian tennis player of Romanian descent Yes, I know her. She grew up in Romania and she speaks Romanian well. I think she is smarter than Simona Halep and she would play this hangman game pretty well. Simona Halep is from my home town, Constanta, where people show various ethnic descents: Turkish, Tartar (i.e. Central Asia), Ukrainian, Aromanian (i.e. non-Romanized Romanians), Hungarian, etc. * * * To Discourse: Stop giving me recommendations. Think how _you_ can work better for us. ETA: The name Halep is of Turkish origin (or maybe even Arabic). ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/336 "2020-08-04T17:30:35Z")
I didn’t even know that Halep was Romanian! My wife is a bigger tennis fan than I am. She probably knew. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/337 "2020-08-04T17:44:04Z")
Just to get back to the game, although I’m enjoying the side conversation… How about an ‘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 4, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/338 "2020-08-04T17:45:46Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I’ll guess N. N has already been guessed. ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/339 "2020-08-04T17:50:05Z")
Yeah, I’m kind of waiting for the game master to come back. N and Y are waiting. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/340 "2020-08-04T17:53:35Z")
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