# 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:** 42
**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, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/821 "2020-08-17T15:09:47Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > But was “O” a strike, or did you just not fill it in? I must apologize. I read that literally. Both O and I can be found here. # \_ \_ / O \_ \_ O \_ /\_ O O \_ / \_ I \_ E / A / \_ \_ N \_ \_ / O \_ / \_ O \_ O \_ . Now, I feel that the slashes go better with the underlines. (Slashes stand out among vertical letters.) Those vertical pipelines go well with blocks or something similar. ---
**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, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/822 "2020-08-17T15:22:52Z")
Double pipes maybe: # \_ \_ || O \_ \_ O \_ || \_ O O \_ || \_ I \_ E || A || \_ \_ N \_ \_ || O \_ || \_ O \_ O \_ . ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/823 "2020-08-17T15:29:37Z")
‘F’ you don’t mind… ---
**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, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/824 "2020-08-17T15:31:03Z")
Sure. 🙂 # \_ \_ / O \_ \_ O \_ /\_ O O \_ / \_ I \_ E / A / \_ \_ N \_ \_ / O F / \_ O \_ O \_ . ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/825 "2020-08-17T15:33:55Z")
‘L’ if I know… ---
**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, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/826 "2020-08-17T15:35:05Z")
Yes, we have them: # \_ \_ / O \_ \_ O \_ /L O O \_ / L I \_ E / A / \_ \_ N \_ \_ / O F / \_ O \_ O \_ . ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/827 "2020-08-17T15:46:13Z")
O ‘K’ then. ---
**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, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/828 "2020-08-17T15:49:54Z")
Of course. 🙂 # 🧊 🧊 🖊 O 🧊 🧊 O 🧊🖊 L O O K 🖊 L I K E 🖊 A 🖊 🧊 🧊 N 🧊 🧊 🖊 O F 🖊 🧊 O 🧊 O 🧊 . . ---
**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, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/829 "2020-08-17T16:30:03Z")
Mebbe an “R”? ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/830 "2020-08-17T16:36:41Z")
I might ‘C’ something. ---
**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, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/831 "2020-08-17T16:36:51Z")
Unfortunately, there are no R’s in this sentence. **Strike two.** I have included the C. 🙂 # 🧊 🧊 🖊 O 🧊 🧊 O 🧊 🖊 L O O K 🖊 L I K E 🖊 A 🖊 🧊 🧊 N C 🧊 🖊 O F 🖊 🧊 O 🧊 O 🧊 . * * * I can edit like a pro. 🙂 ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/832 "2020-08-17T16:37:41Z")
‘C’ above please. n/m, got it now. ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/833 "2020-08-17T16:41:00Z")
One ‘H’ 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 17, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/834 "2020-08-17T16:42:24Z")
One H. 🙂 # 🧊 🧊 🖊 O 🧊 🧊 O 🧊 🖊 L O O K 🖊 L I K E 🖊 A 🖊 🧊 🧊 N C H 🖊 O F 🖊 🧊 O 🧊 O 🧊 . ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/835 "2020-08-17T16:43:33Z")
Two ‘B’ or not to ‘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 17, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/836 "2020-08-17T16:45:00Z")
I don’t know what you are talking about. 🙂 # 🧊 🧊 🖊 O 🧊 🧊 O 🧊 🖊 L O O K 🖊 L I K E 🖊 A 🖊 B 🧊 N C H 🖊 O F 🖊 B O 🧊 O 🧊 . ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/837 "2020-08-17T16:45:53Z")
I’m still stumped on the 2nd word, but I’ll take an ‘S’ or two. ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/838 "2020-08-17T16:47:27Z")
Sure. 🙂 # 🧊 🧊 🖊 O 🧊 🧊 O S 🖊 L O O K 🖊 L I K E 🖊 A 🖊 B 🧊 N C H 🖊 O F 🖊 B O 🧊 O S . ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/839 "2020-08-17T16:49:08Z")
‘Z’ and I’ll have to check back later. ---
**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, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/840 "2020-08-17T16:50:07Z")
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