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Date Posted: 12:41:51 01/01/07 Mon
In reply to:
's message, "Re: LINGO" on 12:40:59 01/01/07 Mon
>>>>I'll need four players for a game of Lingo. Here's
>>>>how it works.
>>>>
>>>>You'll be divided into two pairs. Each pair will
>get
>>>>a Lingo card. It has 25 numbers, a number of which
>>>>are already marked off. The numbers that are marked
>>>>are arranged so that no line of five in any
>direction
>>>>has more than two marked.
>>>>
>>>>I'll toss a coin to determine which team goes
>first.
>>>>When it's your turn, I'll give you the first letter
>>in
>>>>a five-letter word, like this:
>>>>
>>>>[font=Courier New]L _ _ _ _[/font]
>>>>
>>>>You'll have 24 hours to S-P-E-L-L your guess for the
>>>>word. I'll then give you color-coded clues as to
>how
>>>>close you are to the word. For example, if the word
>>>>were "lingo", and you guessed "L-O-N-E-R", I'd give
>>>>you this clue:
>>>>
>>>>[font=Courier New]
>>>>[COLOR=red]L[/COLOR] [COLOR=green]O[/COLOR]
>>>>[COLOR=red]N[/COLOR] E R
>>>>L _ N _ _
>>>>[/font]
>>>>
>>>>The red letters are in their correct places. The
>>>>green letters are in the word, but not in that
>>place.
>>>>The black letters aren't in the word at all. If the
>>>>word isn't gotten within five guesses, it goes over
>>to
>>>>the opp
>>>>
>>>>If you get the word, you earn a point and the right
>>to
>>>>pick up to two balls from your bowl. To start off,
>>>>there are 20 balls. Most of them have numbers on
>>your
>>>>card. The others are blank, and they'll cause you
>to
>>>>lose your turn if you draw one. If you get five
>>>>numbers in a row, either across, up and down, or
>>>>diagonally, that's a Lingo! You earn two points,
>and
>>>>you get a new card and a new set of balls. (Wait a
>>>>minute, that doesn't sound right...)
>>>>
>>>>PENALTIES: You will lose your turn and your
>>opponents
>>>>will get the next letter in the word if A) you run
>>out
>>>>of time guessing a word, B) you don't get the word
>>>>within 5 guesses, or C) you guess a word that isn't
>>>>legal (see below).
>>>>
>>>>LEGAL WORDS: Any five-letter word that's in the
>>>>[i]Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary, 3rd
>>>>Edition[/i] is OK to guess, but as a rule, the word
>>>>you're trying to guess will never be a very rare
>>word.
>>>> If a team guesses an illegal word, it won't be
>>>>judged, and they'll lose their turn.
>>>>
>>>>WINNING: The team with more points when time is
>>>>called wins and goes on to the Bonus Round.
>>>>
>>>>BONUS ROUND: Your aim here is to guess enough words
>>>>correctly to get a Lingo within 12 guesses. With
>>each
>>>>new word, you'll start with the first letter and
>>>>another letter already given to you. Each word you
>>>>guess correctly lets you draw a ball. If you
>succeed
>>>>in getting a Lingo within 12 guesses, you win $V
>>>5,000.
>>>>
>>>>Just post to play
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