Well, yes. I suppose so. Though this “event” is not too much more than everyone being told that the word I am thinking of will now be part of the list that includes the other words.
Would the average person, if told the word and the factor and asked if the former possesses the latter, immediately recognize that it does, or would they have to consult some reference to figure out what does and does not have this factor?
I don’t know about the average person. But I bet 90% of the posters on this board would know that the word I am thinking of now has the common factor. No reference would be needed. Fewer probably would know that all of the other listed words share that factor.
Hint: If I told you the word you would surely know the common factor without me having to say it.
1 in 100, right?
Denali
That’s it!
No, that’s what you’d get if everyone was choosing a seat randomly. But remember, people are taking their assigned seats if available, which they often will be.
Oh, now I see. If the senile lady chooses her own seat, then everyone sits where they belong. If not, then someone is displaced until a displaced person sits in the old lady’s intended seat.
But if instead they just as likely take the seat of the last passenger, then he/she will have the wrong seat. 50/50.
I am so going to use this one!
I’m one of the 10% that doesn’t get it.
If you’re referring to the new name of Mt. McKinley, I see how “massive” applies, but not the other words.
I am also a ten percenter.
I did a bit of googling and discovered that the first result for “Denali castle” is an HVAC company is Castle Rock, Washington. Didn’t get any results that looked especially promising for most of the terms–I guess there are a couple of routes up the mountain that have some of these words as names?
Color me no wiser than before.
Take a grid of hexagonal tiles, like so (the linked example is a large hexagon tessellated by smaller hexagons, 4 to a side).
You must choose for each hexagonal tile whether to color it red, green, or blue.
For each point where all three colors touch: If they run in clockwise order “red, green, blue”, you will gain a dollar. However, if they run in clockwise order “red, blue, green”, you will lose a dollar. (Points where not all three colors touch neither gain nor lose you anything)
What should you do for maximum profit?
No, I meant that 90% knew that Denali was the new name for McKinley. I suspected some less would recognize the others.
Knowed Out and Ulf the Unwashed, if you wish to spoil yourselves:
And if that seems too wide a criterion, look more closely:
Thanks. I know about Denali and the recent name change. But I’m not really familiar with any of the names on this list, so no wonder I didn’t have a clue.
Question, though: Why Denali and not, say, Elbert? This looks like a list of high (but not the tallest) mountains in Alaska and Colorado. What makes Denali (highest in Alaska) correct, but not Elbert (highest in Colorado and also six letters)? Or does the puzzle rely on the six-months-ago clue? (I actually have called it Denali, when I have called it anything at all, for quite some time…)
Not trying to be difficult, just trying to figure out the ins and outs of the answer.
The other names were the same six months ago
Okay, somehow I managed to forget the importance of this in the original puzzle. My apologies.
I think I got thrown off by the “most people” wouldn’t have made that connection six months ago part–as I said, I have thought of it as the six-letter name for a long time!
(Not that it would have helped me anyway; oh well.)
Thanks for explaining. I never would have got it on my own. Just like the other 10 percenters.
Another word game. I’m pretty sure this is totally unfair since I just came up with it, and didn’t have to solve it myself, but here goes. What do these words have in common?:
envy
abjurer
gnat
reef
onyx
green
pyrex
Don’t Google them since you’ll find the answer immediately (I’m not the only one to notice this property).
The list is by no means complete. If you think you have the solution, post another example and I’ll let you know :).