# 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:** 5
**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, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/81 "2020-07-31T13:44:10Z")
Discourse won’t recognize the line below as a sentence, so I’ll add this line: E \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ T \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ ---
**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, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/82 "2020-07-31T13:47:45Z")
I’ll guess 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:** [July 31, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/83 "2020-07-31T13:48:57Z")
I would like an “L”, please. ---
**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, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/84 "2020-07-31T13:53:09Z")
Unfortunately, there are no Ls in this sentence. **Strike one.** E \_\_\_ E R \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ T \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ ---
**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, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/85 "2020-07-31T13:53:56Z")
I will guess a Y for now, please. ---
**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, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/86 "2020-07-31T13:54:48Z")
Righto. E \_\_\_ E R Y / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ T \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ Y ---
**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, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/87 "2020-07-31T13:56:10Z")
Thank you. There should have been an L too, but we’ll manage, I hope. 🙂 I’d like to guess an O 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:** [July 31, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/88 "2020-07-31T13:56:51Z")
Well, well, how about an “S”, then? ---
**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, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/89 "2020-07-31T14:00:32Z")
Lessee… E \_\_\_ E R Y / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ S / \_\_\_ T S / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ Y ---
**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, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/90 "2020-07-31T14:01:31Z")
I will guess the obvious V now please. 🙂 ---
**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, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/91 "2020-07-31T14:02:09Z")
Quite so. E V E R Y / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ S / \_\_\_ T S / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ Y ---
**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, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/92 "2020-07-31T14:02:50Z")
All right, thank you. 🙂 Now I will risk an I (or i) … ETA: I would like to guess I (the capital letter of the lowercase “i”.) ---
**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 31, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/93 "2020-07-31T14:04:51Z")
I know it, but we can’t guess sentences, so… Give me a “D”, 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 31, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/94 "2020-07-31T14:04:54Z")
And a D, obviously (I hope) ETA: You owe me a coke. ---
**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, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/95 "2020-07-31T14:08:20Z")
Another one? I don’t get this joke. ☹ ---
**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, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/96 "2020-07-31T14:10:27Z")
Smart crowd. E V E R Y / D O \_\_\_ /\_\_\_ \_\_\_ S / I T S / D \_\_\_ Y ---
**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, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/97 "2020-07-31T14:10:39Z")
> **[Jinx (game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinx_(game))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Jinx is a game, typically a schoolyard or children's game, with varying rules and penalties that occur when two people unintentionally speak the same word or phrase simultaneously. It can also be used to refer to the general phenomenon of uttering the same content at the same time. > A jinx can be initiated when at least two people say any same word or phrase at the same time. Typically, after the coincidental voicing of the same content, the indiv... ---
**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, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/98 "2020-07-31T14:11:01Z")
I will guess an A 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 31, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/99 "2020-07-31T14:11:27Z")
I’d like to buy a vowel, please. As Fonzie says, “A”. ETA: Once again, “Jinx, you owe me a Coke!” ---
**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, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/100 "2020-07-31T14:13:38Z")
Yeah, that means I can always post whatever people have posted before and jinx them. No wonder we don’t have that here. * * * In Romania, people traditionally believe that when the same word is uttered by two different people at the same time, a demon in hell will blow up. It has a positive significance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=6)