# Five-Strike Hangman

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633>\
**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\
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**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 16, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/801 "2020-08-16T16:03:30Z")

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It is time to guess K now. K!

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**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 16, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/802 "2020-08-16T16:04:55Z")

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THE / WR \_ T H / OF / \_ \_ N / WORKET H / NOT / THE/ RIGHTEOUSNESS/ OF/ GOD

'kay.

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**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 16, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/803 "2020-08-16T16:29:36Z")

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Two vowels and a consonant left.

I would like to pick A now. 🙂

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**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 16, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/804 "2020-08-16T16:50:37Z")

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THE / WRATH / OF / \_ AN / WORKETH / NOT / THE/ RIGHTEOUSNESS/ OF/ GOD

almost there…

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**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 16, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/805 "2020-08-16T17:02:51Z")

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I would like to guess M, please. 🙂

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**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 16, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/806 "2020-08-16T17:20:57Z")

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James 1:20, KJV - “The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”

So endeth the morning’s sermon.

Take it away, Placebo!

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**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 16, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/807 "2020-08-16T17:25:26Z")

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Thank you. 🙂

The new sentence is a bit more mundane:

# \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ .

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**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 16, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/808 "2020-08-16T17:44:50Z")

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Is there an “N”?

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**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 16, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/809 "2020-08-16T17:46:43Z")

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Yes, there is an N in this sentence.

# \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ / \_ \_ N \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ .

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**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 16, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/810 "2020-08-16T22:31:59Z")

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Eeee?

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**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 17, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/811 "2020-08-17T00:10:59Z")

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Mayhaps a “T”?

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**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 17, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/812 "2020-08-17T04:31:41Z")

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Thank you for your guesses. 🙂

There is an E but unfortunately, there are no T’s in this sentence.

**Strike one**.

* * *

# \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ E / \_ / \_ \_ N \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ .

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**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 17, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/813 "2020-08-17T07:04:26Z")

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Let me try a different representation:

# ◻ ◻ 🖐 ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻ 🖐 ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻ 🖐 ◻ ◻ ◻ E 🖐 ◻ 🖐 ◻ ◻ N ◻ ◻ 🖐 ◻ ◻ 🖐 ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻ 🖐

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**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 17, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/814 "2020-08-17T12:15:36Z")

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Guess an “A” then.

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**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/815 "2020-08-17T12:16:55Z")

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There is an A here, of course. 🙂

# \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ E / A / \_ \_ N \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ .

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**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 17, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/816 "2020-08-17T14:36:12Z")

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# | ◻ ◻ | ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻ | ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻ | ◻ ◻ ◻ E | ◻ | ◻ ◻ N ◻ ◻ | ◻ ◻ | ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻ ◻.

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**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 17, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/817 "2020-08-17T14:40:00Z")

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O dear (and I prefer the underscores, but I think the pipes may be better for spaces)

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**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/818 "2020-08-17T14:42:31Z")

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This?

# \_ \_ | \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ | \_ \_ \_ \_ | \_ \_ \_ E | A | \_ \_ N \_ \_ | \_ \_ | \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ .

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**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 17, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/819 "2020-08-17T14:55:38Z")

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Yes, that’s the most “readable” so far. But was “O” a strike, or did you just not fill it in?

Mind you, I’m an old unix programmer, I speak pipes!

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**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 17, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/820 "2020-08-17T14:56:36Z")

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I’d like to see an I, if you please.

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