Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Words with the "EVERY" pattern

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Words with the "EVERY" pattern

    What words fit the "EVERY" pattern of 12134? I almost always try "every" first and, if that's not it, the puzzle seems instantly more difficult because I've stored only a few variations in memory.

    But tonight I came upon the following comment by MadDoctor, who had taken more than 12 minutes to solve a Camille Paglia quote in which she used the word "awash":

    MadDoctor on November 12th, 2018
    EvEry, AgAin, AwAre, AwAke, AwArd, ToTal, EvEnt, CyCle, EnEmy, IdIot, PaPer, NiNth, NiNty, FiFth, FiFty, AdApt, ErEct, (AwAsh). ARGH! 751s.

    So that's a pretty good starter list, right?

    Here's a cleaned-up version of MadDoctor's list:

    adapt
    again
    awake
    award
    aware
    awash
    cycle
    enemy
    erect
    event
    every
    fifth
    fifty
    idiot
    ninth
    paper
    total

  • #2
    Great idea for a topic

    Here's some to add to your list off the top of my head:
    apart
    bible
    dodge
    elect
    ivies
    nines
    oboes
    piper
    rerun
    title
    uvula
    wowed

    Comment


    • #3
      A few more: cache, eject, mimes, mumps, odors, rural, titan, tithe, totem, tutor.

      Comment


      • #4
        From my key word list

        every again didnt enemy fifty bible fifth didst paper usual awake apart
        aware total title event adams ninth alarm asaph avail award usury susan
        elect erect dodge titus pipes irish pupil rural await tithe cecil nancy
        aback cycle alamo babes emery abate arago cocks dedan elena idiot mamre
        mumps abajo agate babel exert cache ology piper susie bebai gyges iliad
        abase apace avast awash isiah lelia mamie ozone usurp abaft adage adair
        ahabs idiom lilac nunez oboth odour piped popes tutor adapt araby evert
        ilion nance odors tatum teton titan tutes amaze anath avant babys epeus
        evers iying lyles orosi pepys sisal sisco tater tates totem vevay abaci
        abash adaes adako adami afami agafo agape agave aiath akard amado amago
        amani amant anais anark arabi auasi avaio avalo avans avard awalt baber
        bebop cacti cocas cocky cycad dodai dudie ebeys edens eject elead elegy
        eleph elery eleva eneas eneck erech etena exemp eyers gaged gagen gages
        hahns hoham hohen hohls icily igiak iliac ilium inium ising ities ivins
        ixion kakio kiker kukio lelah lelan lulas mambo mamou mimal mumbo nanci
        nanih nanos nanty nenor ninde ninos nonce nunam nunda oconi ocoya okome
        onota opole otowi ovoca ozona ozora papin pepin pepsi pupal sesco sesum
        sushi tated tites toted tothe tuten unuwa vivan zazen zizah

        Comment


        • #5
          Impressive list Maradnu.

          Comment


          • #6
            Frequency distribution of "EvEry" words

            However, as one might try "the," "one," "man," or "who" as frequently used three letter words, one wonders how the frequency distribution in usage would boil down for words of the "EvEry" configuration? Are there such lists?

            Comment


            • #7
              Key word list

              My key word list is 375 pages with over 108,000 words and patterns. I found it on a website ages ago, but it seems to have disappeared from there. I don't use it often since as you see from the above some patterns have a ton of possibilities, some kind of questionable.

              Comment


              • #8
                Thank you, oddcouple, Roxanne, and maradnu!

                Maradnu, that's crazy-overwhelming -- too much to comb through in the middle of a puzzle. Maybe I'll pull out only the more likely words and alphabetize them . . . . in large type for my aging eyes.

                But still, "abaci" -- I've never even imagined having more than one abacus!

                Comment


                • #9
                  Originally posted by TimmyTee View Post
                  However, as one might try "the," "one," "man," or "who" as frequently used three letter words, one wonders how the frequency distribution in usage would boil down for words of the "EvEry" configuration? Are there such lists?
                  TimmyTee, I don't know about frequency of whole-word usage, but the letter frequencies given in the cryptograms definitely help when deciphering the 12134 pattern. If the repeated letter has a "2" for letter frequency, then chances are that that letter is not an E, and then that's where a list would come in handy.

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    I came by the forum looking for something else and decided to browse for a bit. The title of this one caught my eye since I have a word list including this pattern. I thought I might add a few. Surprisingly, I didn't find any new ones in the first post. Maradnu: thanks, but no thanks. I did add half a dozen others that may show up someday.
                    Last edited by MadDoctor; 04-26-2019, 12:49 PM.

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Originally posted by MadDoctor View Post
                      Surprisingly, I didn't find any new ones in the first post.
                      I guess not, since it was your list that I was quoting! Who knew you were so famous?

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        Or infamous. I've made a number of comments like the one at the start of this post, for the same reason. I get stuck on a word with a pattern that I have a list for and not one of them work and I end up with a horrid time. I wonder if any others will get the same treatment.

                        Comment

                        Working...
                        X