# 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:** 27
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/521 "2020-08-08T17:39:29Z")
**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:** ![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, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/522 "2020-08-08T18:46:00Z")
Here’s the sentence for the next round: \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ **.** ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/523 "2020-08-08T18:55:39Z")
How about an S ? ---
**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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/524 "2020-08-08T18:57:24Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > an S ? Thank you for your guess. πŸ™‚ Unfortunately, there are no S’s in this sentence. **Strike 1.** ---
**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 8, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/525 "2020-08-08T18:57:52Z")
β€˜E’ 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 8, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/526 "2020-08-08T19:00:46Z")
T, please. ---
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/527 "2020-08-08T19:17:03Z")
Thank you. πŸ™‚ There are both E’s and T’s in this sentence: \_ E / \_ \_ \_ E \_ / \_ \_ E / T \_ / T \_ E / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ E T **.** ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/528 "2020-08-08T19:19:15Z")
β€œO” please. ---
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/529 "2020-08-08T19:23:07Z")
There are O’s as well: \_ E / \_ \_ \_ E \_ / \_ \_ E / T O / T \_ E / \_ \_ O \_ \_ / \_ O \_ \_ \_ E T **.** ---
**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 8, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/530 "2020-08-08T19:33:23Z")
An β€˜H’? ---
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/531 "2020-08-08T19:36:10Z")
Yes. πŸ™‚ H E / \_ \_ \_ E \_ / \_ \_ E / T O / T H E / \_ \_ O \_ \_ / \_ O \_ \_ \_ E 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 8, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/532 "2020-08-08T19:48:01Z")
D, please. ---
**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/533 "2020-08-08T19:57:29Z")
Here is the sentence with the D’s inside: H E / \_ \_ \_ E D / D \_ E / T O / T H E / \_ \_ O \_ \_ / \_ O \_ \_ \_ E 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 8, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/534 "2020-08-08T19:59:23Z")
U, please. ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/535 "2020-08-08T20:01:21Z")
And the U’s: H E / \_ U \_ E D / D U E / T O / T H E / \_ \_ O \_ \_ / \_ O U \_ U E T **.** ---
**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 8, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/536 "2020-08-08T20:03:01Z")
Perhaps a β€˜B’? ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/537 "2020-08-08T20:04:35Z")
Yes, sure. πŸ™‚ H E / \_ U \_ E D / D U E / T O / T H E / \_ \_ O \_ \_ / B O U \_ U E T **.** ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/538 "2020-08-08T20:04:39Z")
How about an β€œR”? ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/539 "2020-08-08T20:05:20Z")
Thank you for your guess. πŸ™‚ Unfortunately, there are no R’s in this sentence. **Strike two.** ---
**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 8, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/540 "2020-08-08T20:07:51Z")
No R? That destroys my theory about the sixth word. Q, I guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=28)