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02-25-2013, 01:53 AM
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overall ranking
Hello, fellow solvers:
I am interested in improving my overall rank. I notice that many people are ahead of me in rank have a solving percentage much less than my own. I am willing (I think) to...
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11-18-2012, 03:01 AM
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11-15-2012, 03:14 AM
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11-10-2012, 06:46 PM
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07-11-2012, 08:07 PM
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07-08-2012, 02:36 AM
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A couple more solving tips: first of all,...
A couple more solving tips: first of all, Nietzsche (sp?) is very predictable. He is always putting down God, faith and morality. In fact, with Nietzsche, if you have a 8-letter word that you...
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06-20-2012, 11:48 PM
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06-18-2012, 11:50 PM
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The only thing IQ tests measure is how well a...
The only thing IQ tests measure is how well a person does on tests like that. A person can take tests like that again and again, and improve their "intelligence." The tests were never meant to be a...
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06-02-2012, 07:36 AM
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05-03-2012, 05:32 AM
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05-02-2012, 09:31 PM
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repeat puzzles
When I registered at this site, one of the advantages of playing competitively was that you would never get the same puzzle twice. Now I see that they can give you a repeat puzzle in a different...
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04-24-2012, 07:31 AM
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04-14-2012, 07:08 AM
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04-13-2012, 09:24 PM
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more challenge for expert solvers
The American Cryptogram Association puts out a bi-monthly newsletter with all sorts of cryptograms--the puzzles we do on this site is only one kind of cryptogram, called "the
Aristocrat." The...
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03-29-2012, 04:05 AM
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03-29-2012, 12:37 AM
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alright: I see your point. I have an amazing...
alright: I see your point. I have an amazing amount of fun doing cryptos, and I would do them all day if I could. but the same is true for making scrapbooks and greeting cards. I need to find a...
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03-28-2012, 11:12 PM
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Oh, man! It will probably be the other way...
Oh, man! It will probably be the other way around--giving up some other things so I can solve. I just cannot let a puzzle go!
Already today I have done several puzzles, but no writing...
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03-28-2012, 08:20 AM
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things that keep me from solving cryptos
I know you all work, and are still able to solve. But, I need to be able to give myself ample time for solving, b/c I never know when I am going to run into one that takes me forever. I am...
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03-28-2012, 04:03 AM
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03-28-2012, 02:28 AM
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I know how you feel! There have been puzzles...
I know how you feel! There have been puzzles marked "easy" or "average" that I have just about given up on! And, yeah, I have done some "difficult" ones quickly (for me). I am just never gonna be...
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03-27-2012, 07:49 PM
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03-27-2012, 08:51 AM
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I also think punctuation is a great help. For...
I also think punctuation is a great help. For example, if you come across a solitary comma, you expect the comma to be followed by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, yet). If you have...
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03-25-2012, 07:45 PM
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If you have 2 one letter words, it is probably...
If you have 2 one letter words, it is probably also true that the first one is 'I" acting as the subject of the sentence. It would be difficult to start with "a" and then somehow follow it up with...
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03-25-2012, 09:54 AM
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If I suspect I have "the," I look...
If I suspect I have "the," I look through the puzzle for the "th" combination, since it's the most common 2-letter sequence in the language. If I find some, I am more sure I have it right.
A 4...
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06-30-2010, 08:31 PM
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help from the slow side of average
I like to take a few seconds to scan the puzzle and try to predict basic sentence elements. As mentioned by others, a common English sentence pattern is "a blankety-blank is," "There is/are" (if...
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