# The Exciting Game With One Rule **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 9, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239 "2014-03-09T03:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/181 "2014-03-13T17:48:35Z")
Both parts violate the rule as they are missing a necessary word. Your post above does not violate the rule, nor does this one. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/182 "2014-03-13T17:54:42Z")
Must the sentence contain “no” within? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/183 "2014-03-13T18:12:03Z")
That’s very close, but not correct. Your post is in violation, this one is not. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/184 "2014-03-13T18:17:03Z")
Must the sentence contain an “a” within? N/m Must the sentence contain “in” within? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/185 "2014-03-13T18:20:58Z")
Must the sentence contain “he” within? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/186 "2014-03-13T18:24:27Z")
No, it is not a specific word, but rather a type of word. Your post violates the rule, but this one does not. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/187 "2014-03-13T19:17:34Z")
Have I won yet? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/188 "2014-03-13T20:48:56Z")
Well, your question does not violate the rule. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/189 "2014-03-13T21:10:23Z")
Are we determining a type of preposition? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/190 "2014-03-13T23:06:20Z")
No, it can be any part of speech. You are not violating the rule. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/191 "2014-03-14T01:59:14Z")
NOW have I won? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/192 "2014-03-14T02:01:04Z")
Looks like you have, EH. Congrats! ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/193 "2014-03-14T10:48:06Z")
To clarify: the rule is/was that a post must have at least one word of three or more letters containing an anadrome (also called an antigram or semordnilap), which is a word that, spelled backwards, produces a different word than going forward. EH’s Now/won was the giveaway there. Others include not/ton, may/yam or sleep/peels. Only one word was needed to satisfy the rule. Congrats again to EH. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/194 "2014-03-14T13:41:06Z")
That was a tough one, **Prof. Pepperwinkle** , and congratulations are definitely in order to **Elendil’s Heir** who didn’t waste much posting space getting to that rule. Nice work, **EH**! Since **EH** may have just been “passing through” long enough to guess the right rule, it may fall on you **Prof. Pepperwinkle** to determine the next Rule Maker. If the thread sits idle longer than today (Friday) would you select the nexr owner of the thread? Meanwhile, what are some suggestions to how the next round might go? Since **brujaja** may be on a break herself, we may need to decide how to proceed. Right now, in my opinion, the torch is still in your hands, **Prof. Pepperwinkle**. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/195 "2014-03-14T13:53:50Z")
That was very tough, indeed. I’m not near a computer on weekends, but have thought of a fun rule for a future weekday. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/196 "2014-03-14T13:57:04Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > That was very tough, indeed. I’m not near a computer on weekends, but have thought of a fun rule for a future weekday. Great! Let’s hear your idea if you can explain it without giving away what you’ll actually do if you win the Rule Maker job. Nice work in this latest round, by the way. I thought you were zooming in on it. FWIW, I had no clue! ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/197 "2014-03-14T14:06:52Z")
Zeldar, Thanks, although the phrase “zooming in on it” gives me, and probably others, a chuckle! My rule is defined by a recognizable phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/198 "2014-03-14T14:47:20Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Zeldar, Thanks, although the phrase “zooming in on it” gives me, and probably others, a chuckle! My rule is defined by a recognizable phrase. Please explain the “chuckle.” I must be in the dark about that one. We could go a long way by exposing cliches and pet expression that have lost all traces of their original meanings. What’s even more fun is when they’re abused or misused by those with no clue as to what meaning they have even now. Case in point: an old buddy of mine, meaning to say something was “kosher” used the concept of “cultured” in place of the more ethnic one, and in my opinion he had only heard “kosher” in some distant context. I think we must have some threads on that very topic. If not, we need one! ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/199 "2014-03-14T15:40:43Z")
Zeldar, The chuckle arose from my questions reflecting more “groping blindly in the dark”, rather than “zooming in” on the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/200 "2014-03-14T15:44:37Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Zeldar, The chuckle arose from my questions reflecting more “groping blindly in the dark”, rather than “zooming in” on the answer. Ah, yes! That’s the way my zooming was working, too. Thanks. I thought I had missed a trick in my trying to stay current on slang and such. I didn’t think to check Urban Dictionary first. That place is growing like a weed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239.md?page=11)