# 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:** 28
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/541 "2020-08-08T20:11:38Z")
πŸ‘ H E / \_ U \_ E D / D U E / T O / T H E / \_ \_ O \_ \_ / B O U Q U E T **.** Abwrl adlkf kdfaj. ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/542 "2020-08-08T20:21:15Z")
Why not β€˜Y’? ---
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/543 "2020-08-08T20:32:20Z")
I would venture an β€œN”. ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/544 "2020-08-09T02:08:42Z")
Thank you for your guesses. πŸ™‚ There is only on N in this sentence: H E / \_ U \_ E D / D U E / T O / T H E / \_ \_ O N \_ / B O U Q U E T **.** * * * Unfortunately Y is a miss. **Strike three.** ---
**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 9, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/545 "2020-08-09T12:10:25Z")
β€˜P’ pretty 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 9, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/546 "2020-08-09T14:45:12Z")
> [@FastDan1](#): > > P’ pretty please? Sure. πŸ™‚ H E / P U \_ E D / D U E / T O / T H E / P \_ O N \_ / B O U Q 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 9, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/547 "2020-08-09T15:41:08Z")
Umm, K? ---
**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 9, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/548 "2020-08-09T15:48:20Z")
Naturally, yes. πŸ™‚ H E / P U K E D / D U E / T O / T H E / P \_ O N K / B O U Q 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 9, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/549 "2020-08-09T16:02:11Z")
Oh, what the β€˜L’… ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/550 "2020-08-09T16:05:53Z")
H E / P U K E D / D U E / T O / T H E / P L O N K / B O U Q U E T **.** Congratulations @SCAdian! You have won this round. It is your turn to post the next sentence. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/551 "2020-08-09T16:12:29Z")
All righty, then. / \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ / , / \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/552 "2020-08-09T16:28:35Z")
Let’s have a β€œT” there! ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/553 "2020-08-09T16:35:44Z")
When I first wrote the sentence for the previous round, it was as long as this one. It looked like it included every letter of the alphabet, so I decided to shorten it. I wonder what the sentence will turn out to be like this round. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/554 "2020-08-09T16:46:49Z")
E, please. ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/555 "2020-08-09T16:59:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Let’s have a β€œT” there! > [@bibliophage](#): > > E, please. _T_s and _E_s… / \_ / \_ \_ \_ / **T** \_ \_ \_ / \_ **T** \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ **E** / \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ **E** \_ \_ / **T** \_ / **T** **E** \_ \_ / \_ **T** / **T** \_ / \_ **E** / , / \_ \_ / **T** \_ / \_ \_ \_ / \_ **T** \_ **E** \_ / ---
**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 9, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/556 "2020-08-09T17:30:26Z")
And an β€œO”, if you’d be so kind. ---
**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 9, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/557 "2020-08-09T18:22:04Z")
O, yeah? / \_ / \_ \_ \_ / **T** \_ \_ \_ / \_ **T** **O** \_ \_ / \_ \_ **O** \_ / **O** \_ **E** / \_ \_ **O** / \_ \_ \_ / \_ **O** / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ **E** \_ \_ / **TO** / **T** **E** \_ \_ / \_ **T** / **TO** / \_ **E** / , / **O** \_ / **TO** / \_ \_ \_ / **O** **T** \_ **E** \_ / Recognise it yet, Prof? πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 9, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/558 "2020-08-09T18:25:09Z")
H, please. ---
**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 9, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/559 "2020-08-09T18:32:39Z")
And some _H_es… / \_ / **H** \_ \_ / **T** **H** \_ \_ / \_ **T** **O** \_ \_ / \_ \_ **O** \_ / **O** \_ **E** / \_ **H** **O** / **H** \_ \_ / \_ **O** / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ **E** \_ \_ / **TO** / **T** **E** \_ \_ / \_ **T** / **TO** / \_ **E** / , / **O** \_ / **TO** / \_ \_ \_ / **O** **T** **H** **E** \_ / ---
**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 9, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/560 "2020-08-09T18:37:30Z")
Ah. I just re-read that book a few months ago. Y, please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=29)