# 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:** 9
**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, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/161 "2020-08-01T13:56:22Z")
I’ll start 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 1, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/162 "2020-08-01T14:02:03Z")
That’s my style too. 🙂 There seem to be two E’s in here: / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ \_\_\_ . I hope I’m not making any mistakes. I keep counting and recounting. Spelling and respelling. (People don’t spell in Romania. When they say CASA they write CASA.) ---
**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, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/163 "2020-08-01T14:21:53Z")
So, T is the next most common letter in English. Let’s go with that. Do you speak English as your second language, or are you an expat living in Romania? ---
**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, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/164 "2020-08-01T14:29:29Z")
My brother and I were fascinated by the West as young Romanian people. My brother is an American citizen now whereas I’m comfortable here. 🙂 * * * Unfortunately there are not T’s in this sentence. **Strike one.** * * * The sentence remains the same: / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ \_\_\_ . ---
**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, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/165 "2020-08-01T14:41:59Z")
Amazing language skills on your part! I could never do this in, say, German, which I took in high school and college. OK, one more guess from me, then I’m away for a while. 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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/166 "2020-08-01T14:44:45Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Amazing language skills on your part! Thank you. It is very kind of you to say that. 🙂 ETA: You should see my daughter - she literally grew up on the Internet. To say that she was a bilingual would be an understatement. (Yes, father loves his daughter.) * * * Yes, there are A’s in the sentence: / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ E A \_\_\_ . ---
**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, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/167 "2020-08-01T16:00:34Z")
That’s a lot of blank space with no vowels, so I’m going with 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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/168 "2020-08-01T16:03:30Z")
Yes, there are O’s in this sentence: / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ E A \_\_\_ . ---
**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, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/169 "2020-08-01T16:07:01Z")
Here’s hoping the second-to-last word is a past-tense, and try for a D there. ---
**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, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/170 "2020-08-01T16:32:41Z")
No, sorry. There are no past tenses here. 🙂 * * * But there are two D’s in this sentence: / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ D / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / D E 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, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/171 "2020-08-01T16:34:02Z")
R, 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:** [August 1, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/172 "2020-08-01T16:34:42Z")
And then an I, if you would. ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/173 "2020-08-01T16:43:53Z")
Thank you for your guesses. 🙂 * * * There is an R, indeed: / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ D / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / D E A R . * * * Unfortunately, there are no I’s in this sentence. **Strike two.** ---
**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 1, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/174 "2020-08-01T16:46:46Z")
Howsabout a C, 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 1, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/175 "2020-08-01T16:48:13Z")
Well, C is a different story. 🙂 / \_\_\_ A \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O \_\_\_ D / C O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / C O \_\_\_ C \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / D E A R . ---
**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, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/176 "2020-08-01T17:03:44Z")
I think that third word could use an L, but I’ll take it anywhere. ---
**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, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/177 "2020-08-01T17:07:16Z")
Good thinking. 🙂 * * * / L A \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O L \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O L D / C O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / C O \_\_\_ C \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / D E A R . ---
**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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/178 "2020-08-01T17:43:23Z")
Is there a “G”, 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 1, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/179 "2020-08-01T17:45:23Z")
Thank you for your guess. 🙂 * * * Unfortunately, there are no G’s in this sentence. **Strike three.** * * * The sentence stays the same: / L A \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O L \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / \_\_\_ O L D / C O \_\_\_ \_\_\_ / C O \_\_\_ C \_\_\_ E \_\_\_ / D E A R . ---
**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, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/180 "2020-08-01T17:55:23Z")
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