# 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:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/21 "2020-07-29T17:43:10Z")
Hoping for an "M.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/22 "2020-07-29T17:48:02Z")
Great guess this time. 🙂
There are four m’s in this sentence.
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/ **M** \_ / \_ \_ **M** / \_ **O T** / **S T** \_ \_ \_ / **T O** / **M** \_ / **M O** \_ **T H.**
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/23 "2020-07-29T17:48:41Z")
Which leads to a guess of “Y”.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/24 "2020-07-29T17:52:05Z")
Of course. 🙂
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You are almost there:
/ **M Y** / \_ \_ **M** / \_ **O T** / **S T** \_ \_ \_ / **T O** / **M Y** / **M O** \_ **T H.**
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/25 "2020-07-29T17:52:23Z")
And U. I think I have it, but I’d like to see the three letter \_\_M first.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/26 "2020-07-29T17:55:43Z")
Of course, again. 🙂
There are there u’s in this sentence.
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Here is the sentence now:
/ **M Y** / \_ **U M** / \_ **O T** / **S T U** \_ \_ / **T O** / **M Y** / **M O U T H.**
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/27 "2020-07-29T18:01:46Z")
And then the “G”.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/28 "2020-07-29T18:33:14Z")
Indeed. 🙂
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I’m not going to use all those capital letters again:
/ **M y** / **g u m** / **g o t** / **s t u** \_ \_ / **t o** / **m y** / **m o u t h.**
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/29 "2020-07-29T19:20:31Z")
Hmm. Whew. We-ell… what about a “C”?
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/30 "2020-07-29T19:25:16Z")
Sure. There is a C there. 🙂
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/ **M y** / **g u m** / **g o t** / **s t u c** \_ / **t o** / **m y** / **m o u t h.**
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/31 "2020-07-30T00:06:18Z")
And the remaining letter must be K.
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/32 "2020-07-30T02:03:29Z")
Yes, the last letter is K.
I lose.
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**M y** / **g u m** / **g o t** / **s t u c k** / **t o** / **m y** / **m o u t h.**
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Congratulations everyone!
@Monty, would you like to post the next sentence?
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/33 "2020-07-30T04:34:12Z")
Sure!
\_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ .
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/34 "2020-07-30T05:33:26Z")
Thank you for the next sentence. 🙂
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I’ll take a chance and guess E.
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/35 "2020-07-30T05:54:22Z")
And you get six! That would’ve been a very good purchase on Wheel of Fortune.
\_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ .
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/36 "2020-07-30T06:07:27Z")
> [@Monty](#):
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> That would’ve been a very good purchase on Wheel of Fortune.
Thank you. 🙂
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_-
Now if nobody else wants to guess, I’ll take another chance and guess T.
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/37 "2020-07-30T10:57:56Z")
It’s a good thing we’re not playing _Battleship_; you got another two hits!
\_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / T \_\_\_ E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ T \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ .
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/38 "2020-07-30T11:36:10Z")
> [@Monty](#):
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> It’s a good thing we’re not playing _Battleship_ ;
Thank you . In Battleship I am not sure I would be as lucky as here.
When a player uses long sentences, it is very likely that the letter E should occur in some word(s).
And if two of these are three letter words that end in E, chances are that one of them will start with T because it may be a definite article. 🙂
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Therefore, my next guess is H.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/39 "2020-07-30T12:34:26Z")
I want to guess an “R”, please.
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/40 "2020-07-30T13:01:07Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#):
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> Therefore, my next guess is H.
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> I want to guess an “R”, please.
Those two choices give us:
\_\_\_ / H \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / R E \_\_\_ \_\_\_ H E \_\_\_ / T H E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / H \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ R E \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ T \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ .
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