# 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:** 8
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/141 "2020-08-01T13:01:03Z")
Good guess! / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / A / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ I / I \_\_\_ / A / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ \_\_\_ A / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / (Note, I missed an I earlier. Sorry!) ---
**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 1, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/142 "2020-08-01T13:04:03Z")
Is there an N there? (This is a guess. 🙂 ) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/143 "2020-08-01T13:05:34Z")
Yup. / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ A N \_\_\_ / A / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ I / I \_\_\_ / A / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ N 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 1, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/144 "2020-08-01T13:13:15Z")
I guess T, 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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/145 "2020-08-01T13:14:41Z")
Bzzt! Strike one. ---
**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 1, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/146 "2020-08-01T13:16:56Z")
That was a tactical retreat. 🙂 I would like to guess S now. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/147 "2020-08-01T13:18:36Z")
Two of them: / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ A N \_\_\_ / A / S A \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ I / I \_\_\_ / A / \_\_\_ A S A \_\_\_ N 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 1, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/148 "2020-08-01T13:21:43Z")
Since other people seem to be busy doing something else, I’ll guess the next letter. What about L? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/149 "2020-08-01T13:24:03Z")
Ding ding! / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ A N \_\_\_ / A / S A L A \_\_\_ I / I \_\_\_ / A / L A S A \_\_\_ N A / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/150 "2020-08-01T13:24:35Z")
M, perhaps? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/151 "2020-08-01T13:26:19Z")
The only time it’s not an even number. Weird… / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ A N \_\_\_ / A / S A L A M I / I \_\_\_ / A / L A S A \_\_\_ N 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 1, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/152 "2020-08-01T13:29:41Z")
I guess I have to guess G. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/153 "2020-08-01T13:31:26Z")
Nice! / G \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ A N G / A / S A L A M I / I M / A / L A S A G N A / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ G / Note, forgot an M earlier. My apologies to @ **Monty** , this is harder than I thought. ---
**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 1, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/154 "2020-08-01T13:33:23Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > M Wasn’t it **bibliophage**? ---
**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 1, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/155 "2020-08-01T13:33:49Z")
Guessing an “O”. ---
**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 1, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/156 "2020-08-01T13:36:15Z")
And I guess H. 🙂 I’m not saying why. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/157 "2020-08-01T13:36:48Z")
It was, but Monty made some errors when he did his earlier. Anyway, yes, two Os: / G O / \_\_\_ A N G / A / S A L A M I / I M / A / L A S A G N A / \_\_\_ O G / ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/158 "2020-08-01T13:37:26Z")
You got it! / G O / H A N G / A / S A L A M I / I M / A / L A S A G N A / H O G / Or, Go hang a salami; I’m a lasagna hog! ---
**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 1, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/159 "2020-08-01T13:40:13Z")
Thank you. 🙂 That was a little tricky because I didn’t know you can write the sentence without showing the apostrophes. It was fun but I don’t have a sentence right now. Let me put my thinking hat on. 🎩 ---
**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 1, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/160 "2020-08-01T13:49:54Z")
Here is the new sentence: / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=9)