# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/501 "2020-08-07T16:54:22Z")
Ah, I getcha now. \_ \_ - \_ - \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ - \_ \_ - \_ \_ \_ \_ All good now. ---
**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 7, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/502 "2020-08-07T16:55:32Z")
NO! I am not the game master! We need to wait for **Zyada** @Zyada please help us with the game. ---
**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 7, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/503 "2020-08-07T16:58:15Z")
Sorry, my computer bsod’ed FastDan1 is the winner with T Y G E R / T Y G E R , / B U R N I N G / B R I G H T ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/504 "2020-08-07T16:58:49Z")
From the top… \_ \_ - \_ - \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ - \_ \_ - \_ \_ \_ \_ ---
**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 7, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/505 "2020-08-07T16:59:36Z")
And I was multitasking busily here. My life is heck tick right now. ---
**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 7, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/506 "2020-08-07T17:03:18Z")
D, please. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/507 "2020-08-07T17:04:28Z")
\_ \_ - \_ - \_ \_ DD \_ - D \_ - \_ \_ D \_ Yes - ‘D’ ---
**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 7, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/508 "2020-08-07T17:10:22Z")
The hyphens sort of give it away. I’ll choose A, then I’m off for a while. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/509 "2020-08-07T17:11:58Z")
Apparently so… \_ \_ - A - \_ A D D A - D A - \_ \_ D A Yes - ‘D’ ‘A’ ---
**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 7, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/510 "2020-08-07T18:05:26Z")
I’ll guess “N”, please. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/511 "2020-08-07T18:07:07Z")
\_ N - A - \_ A D D A - D A - \_ \_ D A Yes - ‘D’ ‘A’ ‘N’ ---
**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 7, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/512 "2020-08-07T19:05:21Z")
I guess I. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/513 "2020-08-07T19:08:59Z")
I N - A - \_ A D D A - D A - \_ I D A Yes - ‘D’ ‘A’ ‘N’ ‘I’ ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/514 "2020-08-08T00:22:38Z")
Guessing a “G” then. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/515 "2020-08-08T01:15:54Z")
I N - A - G A D D A - D A - \_ I D A Yes - ‘D’ ‘A’ ‘N’ ‘I’ ‘G’ ---
**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 8, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/516 "2020-08-08T09:19:04Z")
Okay, I’ll guess V. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/517 "2020-08-08T17:07:53Z")
I N - A - G A D D A - D A - V I D A Yes - ‘D’ ‘A’ ‘N’ ‘I’ ‘G’ ‘V’ Winner, winner ---
**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 8, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/518 "2020-08-08T17:18:01Z")
> [@FastDan1](#): > > Winner, winner Thank you, @FastDan1. But was that an English sentence? ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/519 "2020-08-08T17:21:32Z")
It’s a song title. Not exactly English, but it’s a song in English. It’s supposedly derived from “In the garden of Eden”. The band is Iron Butterfly. ---
**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 8, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/520 "2020-08-08T17:36:43Z")
Great. Next time please post a sentence, like _I like **In a Gadda da Vida**._ It is a sentence hangman game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=27)