| Author | Message | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Drew succeeded because he used steel and Steve used wood. Steve finally succeeded by using plastic after Drew used rubber. What was going on? Not a tough one if a certain path is used, so fire away and go for the spoiler whenever you are ready! | ||
| Fred Z (Dref)
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Construction relevant? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Construction relevant? You'd think so, wouldn't you? Oddly enough, though, no. | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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rulers? | ||
| Brian Pamandanan (Sciguy47)
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Swords? | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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Architecture? Importing/exporting? Should one of them give up the exporting, and just focus on the importing? | ||
| Alizon (Alizon)
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Golf? | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Are they competing? or co-operating? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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rulers? No Swords? No I believe that's "S" words, Mr. Connery... Architecture? No Importing/exporting? Sadly no Should one of them give up the exporting, and just focus on the importing? Only if it will allow George Costanza and Marissa Tomei to spend some time together ;) Golf? Good thought - but no Are they competing? Yes or co-operating? No | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Are they playing a word game? like Scrabble? or Boggle? trying to find the longest word? or are the actual substances mentioned relevant? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Are they playing a word game? YES like Scrabble? YES - exactly! trying to find the longest word? Well, the length of the words didn't matter as much as something else (which you'll figure out fast now that you know what they were playing) or are the actual substances mentioned relevant? Nope | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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...so Drew's word "steel" has a higher score in Scrabble than "wood"? and "plastic" scores higher than "rubber"? no, wait... steel scores 5 and wood scores 8... so the higher score for "steel" is a result of additional words being formed? or Steve used a blank tile or two? | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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or is it that "triple word score" thing? I haven't played Scrabble in ages... | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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...so Drew's word "steel" has a higher score in Scrabble than "wood"? Under certain circumstances, yes, keep reading... and "plastic" scores higher than "rubber"? For the same reason... no, wait... steel scores 5 and wood scores 8... so the higher score for "steel" is a result of additional words being formed? Yes, and some other factor too... or Steve used a blank tile or two? Maybe, but doesn't really matter... or is it that "triple word score" thing? YES - you've nailed it! I haven't played Scrabble in ages...Well you remembered enought about it to help you here - good work! | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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------SPOILER------ The two guys were playing Scrabble. In the first game, Drew played "steel" as his final play which ended the game. The "s" in "steel" made a plural out of "wood", which Steve had put down as his final play. In the other game the "s" in "plastic" was used to make "rubber" plural and allow for a double or triple word score and thus give that player the needed edge to win the game. Great work - merely a warm-up or temporary break from the drawn-out puzzles |
