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**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 2:25 am

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I hadn't considered that there may be more to this than the multiple choice answers- but it's worth more points than the whipsmart wordsearch, which had a "second level" and maybe even a "third level"... So i guess there's more to this than meets the eye.

can't think what it is though!

**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 8:28 am

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cassandra · Entrenched Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 831

Besides the incorrect alphabetizing, the headers claim to list "dark -- darknet", which is also odd. (as I'm sure we've all noticed.) The thesaurus below makes some sense, in that there are 2-in-1 combined dictionary/thesaurus reference sources. The thesaurus entries also seem to follow the 'hi-' dictionary entries.

So basically what I'm saying, I suppose, is that I have nothing substantial to add Razz

**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 10:17 am

Paranoid · Guest

I am self confessedly paranoid, and very very new to all of this (approiximately 1 hour). But and I just want to get this out of my system.

On this page, some person pointed out the atist's name looked like an ambigram of anna. Some other person on http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=154964#154964a
has asked whether a list of names is familiar, one being anna. Am I being overly paranoid?

**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 2:10 pm

Rob_Riv · Unfettered Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 350

**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 3:06 pm

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**Posted:** Fri May 06, 2005 3:11 pm

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danomatic · Kilroy Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 1

wordspy.com "topwords"

**Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 3:58 am

DubbaJ · Greenhorn Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4

Don't be sorry! Any guesses/theories are always helpful!

Everyone thinks differently, we never know when someone might stumble on something the rest of us miss!

**Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 11:23 am

Centipede

Acutally, the list says it updates every seven days. So if people start using that to find the meanings in order to solve the puzzle, those words would jump in rank.

**Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 1:59 pm

Jinja87 · Boot Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 15

Actually if you look closer still you'll see that the "last 7 days" is "June 7, 2004 to June 13, 2004". This is long before that puzzle came to light. Good spot danomatic! That has got to be the way to the solution. Its too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence!

**Posted:** Thu May 19, 2005 1:48 pm

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JebJoya · Unfettered Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 679 Location: UK

Indeed, and the fact (that I've only just noticed) that the card is called WordSpy...

Heh

Jeb

**Posted:** Thu May 19, 2005 1:53 pm

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Still not sure what 'solution' this gives us...for a start, what bearing does it actually have on selecting the correct multiple choice answers in the first place?

**Posted:** Thu May 19, 2005 2:36 pm

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boh · Greenhorn Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Posts: 4 Location: UK

Maybe the puzzle is just knowing to use Word Spy to find the words. I mean, it *is* the name of the card, and the definitions are exact matches.

The list of top 100 words on the Word Spy site: it hasn't updated since June last year, which could make it a viable clue. The five words on the card are in the same order in the list, positions #6, 10, 44, 54, 61. Maybe this means something?

**Posted:** Thu May 19, 2005 7:24 pm

kayellehear · Boot Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 27 Location: UK

Anything to do with the dates posted?
I'm appalling at number puzzles so wouldn't even know where to start - I'm more of a wordsmith but there appears to be no clear word puzzle. The only thing that might be of any use that I can see are the dates? Anyone played with these yet? That would mean that yes there was a reason that the card and the site have them in a particuar order? i.e. you put them in a string and do domething mathsy with them? Confused

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**Posted:** Fri May 20, 2005 12:06 pm

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Word Spy : The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture by Paul McFedrie is available on amazon

or digital....

*** can everyone check their local library for a copy? ***

<long shot>it might have something to do with placement on the page... </long shot>

[EDIT: embedded url. yanka.]

**Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:00 am