# 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:** 44
**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 18, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/861 "2020-08-18T18:17:44Z")
And an ‘M’, 'mkay? ---
**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 18, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/862 "2020-08-18T18:31:50Z")
If there’s an M, there’s gotta be an ‘N’. ---
**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 18, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/863 "2020-08-18T20:08:00Z")
And I would like to pick S, 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 18, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/864 "2020-08-18T22:45:04Z")
VMNS… Discourse is really pissing me off today… / **T** **H** **E** - / **S** **A** - / **THAT** / **A** - - / - **O** **O** - / **T** **H** **I** **N** - **S** / **MUST** / **E** - - / **S** **O** **M** **E** - **A** - / ; / **AUTUMN** / - **E** **A** **V** **E** **S** / **MUST** / - **A** - - / . / ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/866 "2020-08-18T23:20:21Z")
I’d like to guess L now, please. ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/867 "2020-08-18T23:26:06Z")
‘Y’ not ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/868 "2020-08-18T23:41:57Z")
L and Y. / **THEY** / **SAY** / **THAT** / **ALL** / - **O** **O** - / **T** **H** **I** **N** - **S** / **MUST** / **E** **N** - / **S** **O** **M** **E** - **A** **Y** / ; / **AUTUMN** / **LEAVES** / **MUST** / - **A** **L** **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 18, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/869 "2020-08-18T23:50:42Z")
I will guess D now, 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 18, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/870 "2020-08-18T23:54:21Z")
And D. / **THEY** / **SAY** / **THAT** / **ALL** / - **O** **O** **D** / **T** **H** **I** **N** - **S** / **MUST** / **END** / **SOMEDAY** / ; / **AUTUMN** / **LEAVES** / **MUST** / - **A** **L** **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 19, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/871 "2020-08-19T00:01:48Z")
I will guess G now, 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 19, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/872 "2020-08-19T10:58:44Z")
Hey – where’d everybody go? / **THEY** / **SAY** / **THAT** / **ALL** / **GOOD** / **THINGS** / **MUST** / **END** / **SOMEDAY** / ; / **AUTUMN** / **LEAVES** / **MUST** / - **A** **L** **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 19, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/873 "2020-08-19T11:01:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Hey – where’d everybody go? Sometimes it feels like that, doesn’t it? 🙂 All right, I will just guess F now. ---
**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 19, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/874 "2020-08-19T12:24:43Z")
They say that all good things must end someday; autumn leaves must fall. [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvD0_aeAf2E). I had it, you got it. ---
**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 19, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/875 "2020-08-19T12:41:17Z")
Thank you. 🙂 All right. I’ve got the new sentence. It is a five-word sentence. What about a table format this time? | word 1 | word 2 | word 3 | word 4 | word 5 | | **\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_** | ---
**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 19, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/876 "2020-08-19T12:44:27Z")
Perhaps one might hope for an “A?” ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/877 "2020-08-19T13:09:52Z")
Thank you for your guess. 🙂 Unfortunately there are no A’s in this sentence. | word 1 | word 2 | word 3 | word 4 | word 5 | | **\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_** | * * * | **guesses** | **strikes** | | | | | A | 1 | ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/878 "2020-08-19T15:06:19Z")
Gotta go with E. ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/879 "2020-08-19T15:25:53Z")
Thank you for your guess. 🙂 Unfortunately there are no E’s in this sentence. * * * | word 1 | word 2 | word 3 | word 4 | word 5 | | **\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_** | * * * | **guesses** | **strikes** | | | | | A, E | 2 | ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/880 "2020-08-19T15:37:52Z")
Hmm. I think there’s gotta be an I. ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/881 "2020-08-19T15:43:39Z")
Yes, there is an I. 🙂 | word 1 | word 2 | word 3 | word 4 | word 5 | | **\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ I \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_** | **\_ \_ \_ \_ .** | * * * | **guesses** | **strikes** | | | | | A, E, I | 2 | [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=45)