Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:45 pm
This is an animal word game similar to the word game called Jotto.
One person thinks of an animal and posts how many letters it has. People would then post words with that many letters and the first person says how many letters match. For example:
First person: This animal has 5 letters (In this example, assume this person thought of "pinto".)
Guesser: rhino
First person: 3 letters match (The "i", "n", and "o" are in "pinto", but this is not told to anyone. Only the number is told.)
Guesser: hippo
First person: 3 letters match (The "i", "o", and only one of the "p's" match because "pinto" only has 1 "p". If the original word had 2 "p's", then both "p's" in "hippo" would match.)
Guesser: phone (The guess does not have to be an animal. This can sometimes be useful to zero in on the letters.)
First person: 3 letters match
Guesser: point
First person: 5 letters match (This means that the letters are correct, but not in the correct order.)
Guesser: pinto
First person: correct (So now, whoever guessed "pinto" can think of an animal and the playing continues.)
Sometimes letter counting is confusing. Here is an example. Assume the original word was "bandicoot". Let us look at the guess "crocodile". Both words contain one "d" and one "i". The confusion comes with "o" and "c". Since there are 2 "o's" in both words, each of the "o's" count as an additional match. The guess has 2 "c's", but the original word only has 1 "c". Therefore, only 1 of the "c's" match. You can think of it that the first "c" in "crocodile" matches the "c" in "brandicoot" and the second "c" does not. So the guess "crocodile" has 5 matching letters: c, o, o, d, i. Another way to look at this is to cross off letters as you go:
bandicoot / crocodile : First "c" in "crocodile matches. Matches so far: 1
bandioot / rocodile : "r" does not match. Matches so far: 1
bandioot / ocodile : First "o" matches. Matches so far: 2
bandiot / codile : This "c" does not match anything remaining. Matches so far: 2
bandiot / odile : This "o" also matches. Matches so far: 3
bandit / dile : "d" matches. Matches so far: 4
banit / ile : "i" matches. Matches so far: 5
bant / le : "l" does not match. Matches so far: 5
bant / e : "e" does not match. Total matches: 5
For those familiar with the game called Mastermind, the rules are similar. (Mastermind uses colors instead of letters. Mastermind also says whether or not the match is in the correct location. But, ofther than those 2 things, the rules are the same.)
So, if everyone is ready, I'll start with an easier one for the first round.
This animal has 4 letters.
One person thinks of an animal and posts how many letters it has. People would then post words with that many letters and the first person says how many letters match. For example:
First person: This animal has 5 letters (In this example, assume this person thought of "pinto".)
Guesser: rhino
First person: 3 letters match (The "i", "n", and "o" are in "pinto", but this is not told to anyone. Only the number is told.)
Guesser: hippo
First person: 3 letters match (The "i", "o", and only one of the "p's" match because "pinto" only has 1 "p". If the original word had 2 "p's", then both "p's" in "hippo" would match.)
Guesser: phone (The guess does not have to be an animal. This can sometimes be useful to zero in on the letters.)
First person: 3 letters match
Guesser: point
First person: 5 letters match (This means that the letters are correct, but not in the correct order.)
Guesser: pinto
First person: correct (So now, whoever guessed "pinto" can think of an animal and the playing continues.)
Sometimes letter counting is confusing. Here is an example. Assume the original word was "bandicoot". Let us look at the guess "crocodile". Both words contain one "d" and one "i". The confusion comes with "o" and "c". Since there are 2 "o's" in both words, each of the "o's" count as an additional match. The guess has 2 "c's", but the original word only has 1 "c". Therefore, only 1 of the "c's" match. You can think of it that the first "c" in "crocodile" matches the "c" in "brandicoot" and the second "c" does not. So the guess "crocodile" has 5 matching letters: c, o, o, d, i. Another way to look at this is to cross off letters as you go:
bandicoot / crocodile : First "c" in "crocodile matches. Matches so far: 1
bandioot / rocodile : "r" does not match. Matches so far: 1
bandioot / ocodile : First "o" matches. Matches so far: 2
bandiot / codile : This "c" does not match anything remaining. Matches so far: 2
bandiot / odile : This "o" also matches. Matches so far: 3
bandit / dile : "d" matches. Matches so far: 4
banit / ile : "i" matches. Matches so far: 5
bant / le : "l" does not match. Matches so far: 5
bant / e : "e" does not match. Total matches: 5
For those familiar with the game called Mastermind, the rules are similar. (Mastermind uses colors instead of letters. Mastermind also says whether or not the match is in the correct location. But, ofther than those 2 things, the rules are the same.)
So, if everyone is ready, I'll start with an easier one for the first round.
This animal has 4 letters.
