# 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:** 4
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/61 "2020-07-30T14:20:59Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Anyway, you owe me a Coke. Okay, no problem. But Coke is poison, really. This might be a little better: [![](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/28a3da45-e099-4da6-abec-94b44bd6dfac_1.499d18d13f484abb93cebf576773ec11.jpeg?odnWidth=450&odnHeight=450&odnBg=ffffff) ](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/28a3da45-e099-4da6-abec-94b44bd6dfac_1.499d18d13f484abb93cebf576773ec11.jpeg?odnWidth=450&odnHeight=450&odnBg=ffffff) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/62 "2020-07-30T14:21:39Z")
Eh, just go with a beer instead. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/63 "2020-07-30T14:26:22Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > beer Corona? 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/64 "2020-07-30T14:29:31Z")
Beer is definitely a better choice. But I prefer red wine. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/65 "2020-07-30T14:31:28Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Have there been any misses yet No, no one has missed in this round yet. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/66 "2020-07-30T14:32:19Z")
Only if you deliver it masked. I think we’ve lost the game master until tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/67 "2020-07-30T14:42:31Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I just can’t get that last word. Anyway, O. I / H A D / R E A \_\_\_ H E D / T H E / A \_\_\_ E / O F / \_\_\_ I \_\_\_ / H \_\_\_ N D R E D / A N D / F I F T \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ I \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ . > [@Zyada](#): > > Have there been any misses yet? > > I say “L” No misses yet. I / H A D / R E A \_\_\_ H E D / T H E / A \_\_\_ E / O F / \_\_\_ I \_\_\_ / H \_\_\_ N D R E D / A N D / F I F T \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ I L E \_\_\_ . > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I will guess C. Let’s see what happens. 🙂 And we have a miss! So that’s strike one. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/68 "2020-07-30T14:45:04Z")
I am surprised that C is not there. Is there any S, 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:** [July 30, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/69 "2020-07-30T14:53:36Z")
Are you sure you didn’t miss a C in that third word? That’s where you missed the A earlier. It’s a stealth word Anyway, M. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/70 "2020-07-30T15:49:59Z")
New to the game… I will guess U. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/71 "2020-07-30T17:48:02Z")
And I’ll guess the “Y”. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/72 "2020-07-30T19:35:00Z")
So, I’m out, because I googled my idea. And yes, unless I found the wrong thing, word #3 should be “reached” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/73 "2020-07-30T22:14:53Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I am surprised that C is not there. > Is there any S, please? OMG! I missed that. Sorry, folks. I / H A D / R E A C H E D / T H E / A \_\_\_ E / O F / S I \_\_\_ / H \_\_\_ N D R E D / A N D / F I F T \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ I L E S . > [@RitterSport](#): > > Are you sure you didn’t miss a C in that third word? That’s where you missed the A earlier. It’s a stealth word > > Anyway, M. Yeah. That’s what I get for staying up very late many nights in a row. I / H A D / R E A C H E D / T H E / A \_\_\_ E / O F / S I \_\_\_ / H \_\_\_ N D R E D / A N D / F I F T \_\_\_ / M I L E S . > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > New to the game… I will guess U. I / H A D / R E A C H E D / T H E / A \_\_\_ E / O F / S I \_\_\_ / H U N D R E D / A N D / F I F T \_\_\_ / M I L E S . > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > And I’ll guess the “Y”. I / H A D / R E A C H E D / T H E / A \_\_\_ E / O F / S I \_\_\_ / H U N D R E D / A N D / F I F T Y / M I L E S . > [@Zyada](#): > > So, I’m out, because I googled my idea. And yes, unless I found the wrong thing, word #3 should be “reached” Sorry about missing that. Go ahead and post your guess. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/74 "2020-07-30T22:21:22Z")
“I had reached the age of six hundred and fifty miles”? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/75 "2020-07-30T23:58:16Z")
And we have a winner! It’s the “hook” or opening line (after the prologue) of _The Inverted World_ by Christopher Priest. The ball is in your court, \*\* [Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\*\*. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/76 "2020-07-31T03:03:42Z")
Thanks! \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/77 "2020-07-31T04:37:45Z")
I’ll take the ever popular 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:** [July 31, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/78 "2020-07-31T05:36:10Z")
Good move 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/79 "2020-07-31T13:15:21Z")
Discourse won’t recognize the line below as a sentence, so I’ll add this line: \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ T \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/80 "2020-07-31T13:38:46Z")
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