# 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:** 48
**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 24, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/942 "2020-08-24T17:18:01Z")
I / WA NN A / GO / BACK / TO / M \_ / LITTLE / G \_ ASS / S HACK / I N / KEALAKEKUA , / HAWAII / WHE\_ E / T HE / HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUA \_ U A A / GO/ SWIMMING / B \_ . Yes and Yes. ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/943 "2020-08-24T17:32:58Z")
Ah. I was wondering what that last word was. ‘Y’. Because we like you!" ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/944 "2020-08-24T17:36:47Z")
I / WA NN A / GO / BACK / TO / MY / LITTLE / G \_ ASS / S HACK / I N / KEALAKEKUA , / HAWAII / WHE\_ E / T HE / HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUA \_ U A A / GO/ SWIMMING / B Y . Y is for Yes. ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/945 "2020-08-24T17:38:09Z")
And the only letter of the Hawaiian alphabet we haven’t used yet is P … so I’ll take a ‘P’. ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/946 "2020-08-24T17:39:40Z")
I WANNA GO BACK TO MY LITTLE G \_ ASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA, HAWAII, WHE \_ E THE HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA GO SWIMMING BY. Channeling der Bingle. ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/947 "2020-08-24T17:47:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Channeling der Bingle. He sang this? He should have stuck with being a cranky old yank… ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/948 "2020-08-24T17:51:19Z")
He sang just about everything. ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/949 "2020-08-24T17:57:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The okinas don’t seem to appear in the sheet music. I just listened to it on TouTube – the `okinas don’t seem to appear in the song, either. ---
**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 26, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/950 "2020-08-26T11:03:17Z")
Well, since no one else wants to… R, please. ---
**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 26, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/951 "2020-08-26T11:05:10Z")
Correct! You win. I wanna go back to my little grass shack in Kealakakau, Hawaii, where the humuhumunukunukuapuaa go swimming by. Take it away, SCA! ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/952 "2020-08-26T15:47:29Z")
Have at it! / - - - - - / - - - - - / - - / - - - / - - - - - / - - / - - / . / - - - - / - - - - - - / - - / - - - / - - - - / - - - / - - /!/ ---
**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 26, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/953 "2020-08-26T17:26:04Z")
I do believe I shall guess an “O”. ---
**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 26, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/954 "2020-08-26T18:14:07Z")
Take two – they’re small. / - - - - - / - - - - - / - - / - - - / - - - - - / - **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 26, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/955 "2020-08-26T18:55:43Z")
How about “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 26, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/956 "2020-08-26T20:05:17Z")
Those are here, too. / - - - - - / - - - - - / - - / T - - / - - - - - / **TO** / - - / . / - - - - / - - - - - - / - - / **T** - - / - - - - / - **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 26, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/957 "2020-08-26T20:48:05Z")
‘E’ me ---
**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 26, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/958 "2020-08-26T20:54:15Z")
And the ubiquitous “H”. ---
**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 26, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/959 "2020-08-26T23:09:48Z")
E and H, eh? / - - **E** **E** - / - - - **E** - / - - / **THE** / - - - - **E** / **TO** / - **E** / . / - - - - / - - - - - - / - - / **THE** / - - - **E** / - **O** - / - **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 26, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/960 "2020-08-26T23:42:00Z")
Might there be an “M”? ---
**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 27, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/961 "2020-08-27T03:10:14Z")
There might… / - - **E** **E** - / - - - **E** - / - - / **THE** / - - - - **E** / **TO** / - **E** / . / - - - **M** / - - - - - - / - - / **THE** / - - - **E** / - **O** - / **ME** /!/ Got it figured out yet? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=49)