Five-Strike Hangman

Yes indeedy:

A __ __ __ /__ A __ /__ /__ __ __ / __ / __ A __ / __ __ __ A

Then, those one-letter words must be i’s.

I think I know it already.

B, please.

Well, those one-letter words might have been “O,” but… they weren’t.

A B __ __ /__ A __ / I /__ __ __ / I / __ A __ / __ __ B A

L, please.

But of course:

A B L __ /__ A __ / I /__ __ __ / I / __ A __ / __ L B A

Copycat!

Anyway, W.

Timing is everything.

A B L __ / W A __ / I /__ __ __ / I / __ A W / __ L B A

I’ll say E and step away.

I’ll guess an “R” in the dead center.

Strategery…

A B L E / W A __ / I / E R E / I / __ A W / E L B A

I’ll guess a palindromic “S”, please.

No, I’m sorry, there’s no S in the phrase.

Strike one.

A B L E / W A __ / I / E R E / I / __ A W / E L B A

Whaaah? :thinking:

JK!

A B L E / W A S / I / E R E / I / S A W / E L B A

It’s yours, Prof. P.

Whew.

_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ ’ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _

I’ll guess T after that apostrophe, but I’ll accept all Ts.

T it is.

T _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ T / _ _ T _ / T _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ ’ _ / _ _ / T _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ T _ / T _ _ / _ _ _ T _ _

Funny, everywhere but where I expected. I’ll go with H.

And we have H.

T H _ / _ _ _ _ _ T / _ _ T H / T H _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ ’ _ / _ _ / T H _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ TH / TH _ / _ _ _ T _ _