# 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:** 22
**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 6, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/421 "2020-08-06T13:38:03Z")
Can I make the final guess? If so, “D” for me. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/422 "2020-08-06T13:39:39Z")
/ A / D E J A / V U / I S / U S U A L L Y / A / G L I T C H / I N / T H E / M A T R I X / . Correct guesses so far: [‘A’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’, ‘G’, ‘H’, ‘I’, ‘J’, ‘L’, ‘M’, ‘N’, ‘R’, ‘S’, ‘T’, ‘U’, ‘V’, ‘X’, ‘Y’] Incorrect guesses so far: [‘O’] Strikes: 1 Only one strike. I’m impressed. **RitterSport,** would you do the honors and post a new sentence? ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/423 "2020-08-06T13:40:44Z")
Sure, I have a stupid one that will probably get me banned from this thread, but here goes. /\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/424 "2020-08-06T13:41:34Z")
Let’s try an E. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/425 "2020-08-06T13:42:22Z")
No E. Sorry. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/426 "2020-08-06T13:43:05Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I have a stupid one that will probably get me banned from this thread, It shouldn’t if it is a correct English sentence. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/427 "2020-08-06T13:43:31Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Only one strike. I’m impressed. I thank you in the name of the community. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/428 "2020-08-06T13:43:38Z")
I’ve not participated in this thread, but I can’t resist this one. **F** perhaps? ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/429 "2020-08-06T13:44:02Z")
How about “T”? ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/430 "2020-08-06T13:45:21Z")
B, please. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/431 "2020-08-06T13:47:11Z")
Lots of Bs and Fs, no Ts: /B \_ F F \_ \_ \_ /B \_ F F \_ \_ \_ /B \_ F F \_ \_ \_ /B \_ F F \_ \_ \_ /B \_ F F \_ \_ \_ /B \_ F F \_ \_ \_ /B \_ F F \_ \_ \_ / I assume that should solve it for people. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/432 "2020-08-06T13:47:48Z")
O, if you please, my dear **RitterSport**. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/433 "2020-08-06T13:49:15Z")
The rules of the game again. Sorry to block the view. **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 6, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/434 "2020-08-06T13:49:32Z")
Seven O’s: /B \_ F F \_ \_ O /B \_ F F \_ \_ O /B \_ F F \_ \_ O /B \_ F F \_ \_ O /B \_ F F \_ \_ O /B \_ F F \_ \_ O /B \_ F F \_ \_ 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 6, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/435 "2020-08-06T13:49:48Z")
We have the best players in town! 🤘 ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/436 "2020-08-06T13:50:36Z")
FWIW, I finally understood this sentence for the first time in the last few days. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/437 "2020-08-06T13:50:50Z")
U mean the world to me. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/438 "2020-08-06T13:51:45Z")
Seven "U"s: /B U F F \_ \_ O /B U F F \_ \_ O /B U F F \_ \_ O /B U F F \_ \_ O /B U F F \_ \_ O /B U F F \_ \_ O /B U F F \_ \_ O / ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/439 "2020-08-06T13:53:10Z")
L, please. ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/440 "2020-08-06T13:54:12Z")
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