Return of the Feud, number 8. [Game Over]

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  1. back
  2. fill
  3. dish
  4. vase
  5. peach
  6. fast
  7. bat
  8. bore
  9. lane
  10. care
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  1. back
  2. bill
  3. fish
  4. case
  5. beach
  6. last
  7. cat
  8. core
  9. lane
  10. bare
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I knew I was taking a risk putting in names for #1 and #2. Fortunately I’m not the only one. I am surprised that there are so many "back"s, when there are plenty of other possibilities: rack, pack, lack, sack, tack…

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  1. Back

  2. Bill

  3. Dish

  4. Case

  5. Beach

  6. Fast

  7. Bat

  8. Bore

  9. Cane

  10. Care

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  1. back
  2. bill
  3. dish
  4. base
  5. beach
  6. cast
  7. cat
  8. core
  9. cane
  10. bare
26
  1. back
  2. till
  3. dish
  4. ease
  5. teach
  6. past
  7. bat
  8. more
  9. lane
  10. care
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  1. Jack
  2. Jill
  3. Dish
  4. Base
  5. Beach
  6. Cast
  7. Cat
  8. Core
  9. Cane
  10. Care
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  1. jack
  2. jill
  3. dish
  4. vase
  5. reach
  6. last
  7. hat
  8. bore
  9. lane
  10. care
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  1. back

  2. bill

  3. fish

  4. case

  5. beach

  6. cast

  7. cat

  8. core

  9. cane

  10. care

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  1. Jack
  2. Pill
  3. Fish
  4. Base
  5. Beach
  6. Last
  7. Cat
  8. More
  9. Bane
  10. Care
31
  1. back
  2. Jill
  3. fish
  4. vase
  5. peach
  6. fast
  7. hat
  8. more
  9. vane
  10. dare
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  1. back
  2. hill
  3. fish
  4. case
  5. beach
  6. fast
  7. fat
  8. more
  9. sane
  10. bare
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  1. Back
  2. Will
  3. Fish
  4. Case
  5. Peach
  6. Last
  7. Cat
  8. More
  9. Sane
  10. Bare
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  1. back
  2. bill
  3. fish
  4. vase
  5. beach
  6. cast
  7. bat
  8. bore
  9. lane
  10. bare
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  1. back
  2. bill
  3. dish
  4. base
  5. beach
  6. cast
  7. bat
  8. bore
  9. bane
  10. bare

Pretty obvious what my strategy was, here. And I’m assuming that others used the same strategy, in which case we’ll all be tied for some relatively high place.

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  1. Jack
  2. Jill
  3. dish
  4. case
  5. beach
  6. last
  7. cat
  8. more
  9. cane
  10. care
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  1. Jack
  2. Pill
  3. Dish
  4. Case
  5. Peach
  6. Cast
  7. Pat
  8. Sore
  9. Cane
  10. Care
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  1. back
  2. pill
  3. fish
  4. case
  5. peach
  6. fast
  7. eat
  8. fore
  9. cane
  10. care
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I ran all possible words through Google Ngram. Here are the most used words as of 2008. I’m curious to see how these will rank in the end.

(Spoilers so as not to include with final score)

1. back
2. will
3. wish
4. case
5. reach
6. last
7. sat
8. more
9. lane
10. care

I searched both lowercase only and case-insensitive (to include proper nouns). Interestingly, the only one that had a difference was #9, where Jane overtook lane.

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Yep, for once I may place fairly high.