# Guess the 16-letter word game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 27, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657 "2020-09-27T09:46:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/21 "2020-09-28T22:21:34Z")
(Just an aside: I was actually planning on using “acknowledgements,” which I found in a list of sixteen-letter words, and my clue was going to be: “The first sentence of my post.” However, when I looked at the spelling, I said, “that’s not right!” The preferred spelling is only 15 letters: acknowledgments. So I sadly decided not to use that word.) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/22 "2020-09-28T22:51:47Z")
Anthropomorphize? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/23 "2020-09-29T00:51:40Z")
@MissTake Got it in one. Your turn! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/24 "2020-09-29T01:38:51Z")
The new word: AAAC CIIL LORR STTY Hint: cats and comedians do it this way. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/25 "2020-09-29T02:55:22Z")
I think the answer is probably “no,” but…does the word include “catcall”? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/26 "2020-09-29T03:25:50Z")
No, it doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/27 "2020-09-29T05:42:18Z")
Aristocratically? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/28 "2020-09-29T10:57:44Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Aristocratically You are correct! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/29 "2020-09-29T14:32:59Z")
Next: ACEEEIILNNNQSSTU Some tortoises have had one, but no people have had 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:** [September 29, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/30 "2020-09-29T16:29:18Z")
Is it **sesquicentennial**? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/31 "2020-09-29T17:12:18Z")
If no one minds, I will assume I have guessed the word and move on. 🙂 The next word includes the following letters: # CEEE IMNO OPRR SSUU * * * My clue is the same as before: | **N** | **I** | **S** | **U** | | **O** | **M** | **O** | **S** | | **E** | **C** | **U** | **P** | | **E** | **R** | **R** | **E** | Like last time, my clue is to present the letters in a Wordament-like square, where you can collect a word by placing your finger on the first letter of the word and then dragging to each adjacent letter until you’ve completed the word. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/32 "2020-09-29T17:38:05Z")
… nope … ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/33 "2020-09-29T17:42:03Z")
Nope, as in nobody minds? Or did I do something wrong? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/34 "2020-09-29T18:15:47Z")
Nope, as in “Nope, I thought I had the answer, but I was wrong.” ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/35 "2020-09-29T18:23:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “Nope, I thought I had the answer, but I was wrong.” This may be a trifle harder… ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/36 "2020-09-29T18:32:45Z")
superceremonious ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/37 "2020-09-29T18:35:11Z")
That was fast. 👍 Your turn! 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/38 "2020-09-29T18:36:55Z")
I am curious. Did that “magic square” ever help anybody guess my word? ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/39 "2020-09-29T18:37:52Z")
AACD FIII ILNO QTSU as in, what will happen to me if I spell this wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/40 "2020-09-29T18:40:32Z")
Ya, the squares help. I just came to the thread a minute ago. I saw “super” right away. Copied to excel so I could gray out the used letters, then followed a path to not get stuck in a corner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657.md?page=3)