What is common to these words? 1

[N1GHTEYES]

The words in the following list all have an interesting property. Can anyone tell me what it is?

triennially, chainlet, grounded, schooled, baignet, board, allele, also, ours

There are loads of other examples out there. So for extra marks, why not suggest some?

Tony

 

[BadBigBen]

baignet

a misspelling perhaps? did you mean beignet (also known in Germany as "Fasnet-Kuechle" or "Berliner"(round) if it is filled with Jelly)...

but the rest, you got me stumped as to the properties...

gotta think more on this little tit-bit...

Ben
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[IPGuru]

Are they words generated my accidentally shifting your typing hand(s) ;-)

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[N1GHTEYES]

Ben - baignet is an alternative spelling.
IPGuru - cute, but no. However, I was reminded of this problem when I was solving that one. For those of you who have no idea what we are talking about, see Squaring the Circle - QWERTY question.

I'm reluctant to provide a clue at this stage, but it is an odd problem, so, even if I do, I'm not sure it will help. Here is the clue.

Tony

p.s. don't tell me I made a mistake. I didn't

 

[ChrisHirst]

For those of you who have no idea what we are talking about, see Squaring the Circle - QWERTY question.

And for those of us who have no idea what "Squaring the Circle" is???

Other than being a geometric improbability of course.

Chris.

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[N1GHTEYES]

Chris: STC is another TT forum, "the port & cigars corner of TT" - well worth visiting.

Tony

 

[ChrisHirst]

Aha! I shall sally forth on the quest for said forum.

Coconuts shells at the ready, and Hi Ho Silver away!

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[N1GHTEYES]

diddle um diddle um diddle um dum dum!

 

[mscallisto]

why can't I see your spoiler by highlighting??

sam

 

[mscallisto]

BBB

I thought that "Kuchen" is cake but I can't figure out what "Fasnet-Kuechle" translates to (if anything)?

N1GHTEYES
"The words in the following list all have an interesting property"
Other than they all use some of the letters in out alphabet!!!! I don't have a clue so far (still working on it).

sam

 

[SamBones]

Solution...

Spoiler

They were all listed in a post on Tek-Tips by N1GHTEYES on March 25th, 2012.

Other than that, I have no clue!

 

[djj55]

SamBones, you are doing better than me.

djj
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[guitarzan]

Best I got is this:

Spoiler

The odd letters of each word form another word:
triennially ==> tinily
chainlet ==> cane
grounded ==> gone
schooled ==> shoe
baignet ==> bint
board ==> bad
allele ==> all
also ==> as
ours ==> or

Well, tinily seems to be a word, but I had never heard of it before today. And "bint" appears to be UK slang... best I can do so far

 

[guitarzan]

Spoiler

The evens work too.... almost:
triennially ==> renal
chainlet ==> hilt
grounded ==> rudd (not so much)
schooled ==> cold
baignet ==> age
board ==> or
allele ==> lee
also ==> lo
ours ==> us

No idea how this would fit into the "empty spoiler" hint given, though.

 

[guitarzan]

Spoiler

ok, should have used Google... "rudd" is a "A European freshwater fish (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) related to the carp and having a brownish body and red fins." So I'm feeling better about things...

 

[N1GHTEYES]

The full ten points goes to guitarzan. Well done! To achieve Spinal Tap status, you need to supply another example.

Re-read the post in which I talked about giving a clue - do you get it now. Talk about hidden in plain sight...

"Here is the clue."

Tony

 

[N1GHTEYES]

mscallisto: I repeat, I did not make a mistake. Who said the clue was in the spoiler box?

Tony

 

[N1GHTEYES]

mscallisto:
Hint 1: what colour is the spoiler bar?
Hint 2: what is the difference between:

"Here is the clue:"

and

"Here is the clue."

Hmmm?

Tony

 

[mscallisto]

it is an odd problem, so, even if I do

That's BRUTAL Tony !!!!

Anyway I enjoyed the challenge (even though I didn't get the answer), I had the same results with Fermat's Last Theorem!

Sam

 

[N1GHTEYES]

Actually, I have to confess to missing the perfect wording. What I should have said is: "...its an odd problem and even..."

You can see why that would have been so much neater. Still, I think it works anyway.

Glad you liked it.

Extra bonus points still remain for anyone who can come up with another example...

Tony