# 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:** 3
**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, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/41 "2020-09-29T18:48:17Z")
> [@Rhodes](#): > > Copied to excel so I could gray out the used letters, then followed a path to not get stuck in a corner. Okay, thank you. So it is a clue after all. 🙂 ---
**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, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/42 "2020-09-29T18:49:23Z")
> [@Rhodes](#): > > AACD FIII ILNO QTSU … in not-quite alphabetical order, dammit. AACD FIII ILNO QSTU ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/43 "2020-09-29T19:56:31Z")
Disqualification, I believe? Your fear was unfounded 🙂. How about: BCCDEEIILNOORUXY Is there a gene for aptitude at word puzzles? ---
**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/44 "2020-09-29T20:13:08Z")
It must be … deoxyribonucleic ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/45 "2020-09-29T20:25:34Z")
I’ll assume that’s right - it’s hard to believe there could be another word that fits. So: AACC DIII NNNO ORTT Hint: It’s something telling you that you really shouldn’t do that thing. ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/46 "2020-09-29T20:56:31Z")
As in “I was wondering if ‘contradiction’ was the word, but the fact that it was only 13 letters was a contraindication?” 🕶 ACEHHIOPPRSSSTTY Great people, despite the horrible criminals hidden in their name ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/47 "2020-09-29T21:41:21Z")
It is indeed correct - did you not see my clue that confirms it? Or was it too cryptic? ---
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/48 "2020-09-29T23:00:48Z")
Not cryptic at all. I figured it out because of the clue - I immediately thought “DNA, and the first word has b and x and y … how is that spelled again?” then found it and knew I had it. ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/49 "2020-09-30T06:27:18Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > ACEHHIOPPRSSSTTY I think it is **psychotherapists**. So, I’ll just post the letters of the next word to guess: # AACE EIIN OOPP RRTV The clue is the usual square formation: | **A** | **T** | **I** | **N** | | **I** | **E** | **O** | **O** | | **C** | **V** | **R** | **P** | | **E** | **R** | **A** | **P** | Like before, 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:** ![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:** [October 1, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/50 "2020-10-01T06:35:04Z")
Question: are the first four letters “over” and if the answer is no, are the last 6 letters “iation”? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/51 "2020-10-01T08:32:32Z")
The answer is yes to both question, so you get: over \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ iation. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/52 "2020-10-01T08:37:25Z")
overappreciation? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/53 "2020-10-01T08:38:33Z")
Of course. I guess it is your turn now. 👍 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/54 "2020-10-01T15:25:55Z")
ABDD EEEI MNNN SSST Hint: Because of this, I almost forgot to give you a clue. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/55 "2020-10-01T15:29:23Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Because of this, I almost forgot to give you a clue. I think it is _absentmindedness_. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/56 "2020-10-01T15:36:03Z")
That was quick! 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:** [October 1, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/57 "2020-10-01T15:37:18Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Your turn. All right, thank you. Let me think for a minute. (I’ll have to work on my square too… 🙂 ) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/58 "2020-10-01T15:54:25Z")
The new word includes the following letters: # CEEH ILMN NOOP STTU * * * This is the clue (again). | **M** | **I** | **P** | **E** | | **U** | **H** | **N** | **S** | | **O** | **L** | **E** | **C** | | **O** | **T** | **T** | **N** | Like before, 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:** ![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:** [October 1, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/59 "2020-10-01T18:59:35Z")
photoluminescent! ACII LMNN NOOO RSUY Hint: How they spoke when they stopped being angry. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657/60 "2020-10-01T20:06:25Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > photoluminescent! 👍 I’ve just seen the new word now and the clue makes me think of conciliatory or maybe conciliatorily, but it must be something else. I’ll think of it tomorrow (it’s 11 pm here). Good luck everyone. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-16-letter-word-game/921657.md?page=4)