The Sphinx's Lair

2:17 AM

No idea, Sp.

Slight tweak sorry

Oh I had no idea before the edit but now it's obvious /s

?

/s being sarcasm

The edit was just a tense change, I think

I'm still 100% clueless

Yeah tense change so that it pins it down to one word hopefully

2:19 AM

I won against Rand al'Thor in a pun... but Rand says nothing...

:(

@boboquack ?

Insolated?

Nope

Oh right, 'T-H-A-T'.

Ya

2:20 AM

That's an ancient one by now :-P

Polynomial finding tool

Rand, you must know this as a math-human

Contact

Integration?

Yeah contact for that one

but SP3000's hasn't been solved yet!

2:21 AM

Interpolation?

-1, +1

:(

Yeah, I knew it wasn't integration once I thought of the word interpolation

I think everyone's clueless on Sp's.

Can you do multi-words?

If so:

6 pica

2:22 AM

Contact.

?!

Oh, I'll wait

Yeah, I give up

On Rubio's or Sp's?

Rubio

2:23 AM

INCH

yah

?

Imperial system.

I know what an inch is, but what's a pica?

1/6 of an inch.

2:24 AM

Is that used?

approx

Nope.

Good old imperial and weird names

(Remember, I live in a country where all distances are still measured in miles!)

The third letter is T

2:24 AM

Wow, I'd never heard of a pica.

I N T

I was thinking of the prefix pico.

Well mine doesn't work anymore, so here's the utterly terrible wannabe-cryptic-without-being-a-cryptic answer: invests

Ha.

Ha

2:25 AM

@Sp3000 Heh. That almost counts as a pun rather than a cryptic.

I thought of "In the green"

I would have done an actual cryptic, but I'm trying to avoid having the definition at all

Cockney clues

What 3v3ryon3 was on Sp's clu3

Ninja'd :,-(

@boboquack wewosc, of course :-P

2:26 AM

?!

For boboquack's: Intimidated??

No

I don't know either D:

@boboquack Same method as your "initial" clue.

I'm guessing bobo's is more than one word based on their previous comment?

2:27 AM

Ya

Contact on bobo's

Alright, you can guess

(Don't look at this)

OK:

@Randal'Thor What?

2:28 AM

in the dark?

Ding ding ding!

(+1)

Oh!

Okay

@boboquack That rings a bell.

The fourth letter is E

I N T E

@Randal'Thor Stomps off

2:29 AM

OK, now I can reveal what my now-invalidated (and slightly evil) clue was.

Stylis3d S

Binet subject?

darn

Contact on both.

Contact on bobo's

4 mins ago, by Rand al'Thor

Cockney clues

'INTS

2:30 AM

Booooo.

:-D

XD

Integral?

+1

This is the perfect breeding ground for bad cryptic ideas

2:30 AM

Inteb?

I don't know what a binet is

Internets?

Didn't Binet write Carmen?

No, wait, that was Bizet.

Can I guess? (I'm 100% sure neither of those is right.)

You can guess

Intelligence, @Rubio

Yes

2:31 AM

Who is this Binet?

Alright

@Sp3000 Obviously! Didn't you want bad cryptics? Don't join!

Fifth letter is R

Original IQ test writer.

I N T E R

2:31 AM

(I assume Googling is forbidden in this game.)

Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales

The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales (or more commonly the Stanford-Binet) is an individually administered intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet-Simon Scale by Lewis M. Terman, a psychologist at Stanford University. The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale is now in its fifth edition (SB5) and was released in 2003. It is a cognitive ability and intelligence test that is used to diagnose developmental or intellectual deficiencies in young children. The test measures five weighted factors and consists of both verbal and nonverbal subtests. The five factors being tested are knowledge...

(Yeah.)

Temporary job

Internship?

Contact

+1

too easy

2:32 AM

Camping

Btw, @stacks, I assume you'll tell us if any of these words we come up with is actually correct?

Yes

National, here

already have one up

In te(r)nts?

2:33 AM

Can do >1 I think.

@stacksfiller +1

Yeah

Wait really?

The fifth letter has to be R

oh wait I missed that letter sorry

lol :)

I thought it was internment :P

disqualifies @Rubio

2:34 AM

aww.*sadface*

Just kidding.

Interstate?

For bobo's

-1

Esolang with "worms", "two-spots", "rabbits", and unary and/or

Contact

2:35 AM

We're allowed to have multiple clues going at the same time?

With whom?

@Randal'Thor Ya

Don't see why not.

Contact was for Deus

I don't know it Deusovi

Just makes it hard to keep track of everything.

2:35 AM

It might be a bit too obscure.

Everyone can guess for it

Sp, go ahead

Intercal

Bingo

Say Contact @xyz-human

2:35 AM

I don't even know what "esolang" means.

I vote too obscure.

Esoteric Language

Esoteric programming language, usually made as a joke

[/residentPPCG-er]

:P

@Sp3000 And I didn't know that was even a word.

I know a bunch, but I haven't heard of Intercal

2:36 AM

@Randal'Thor Nah, all's fair in puzzling

I don't think it is :P

Anyway, the sixth letter is N

I N T E R N

Global

It's not a word. It's an abbreviation for "Compiler language with no pronounceable acronym". (Obviously.)

@Randal'Thor That's... Contact

2:36 AM

Yeah, immediate contact on Rand's.

@boboquack I know it's obvious, but I wanna know whether it's the final solution :-P

...probably right

@Randal'Thor I had that in National, here

That's why I guessed interstate lol

I thought so

2:37 AM

Anyways everyone knows the word

So you can guess for it

INTERNATIONAL

+1

(Clap clap clap)

Woohoo!

Does that mean it's my turn to be defender?

2:38 AM

Who wants a four/sixths of an hour play-thing again?

Yeah, that was... long

CCCC - Confusing Chat Contact Conv3rsation

Sorry, I like to choose words with prefixes to extend game time!

:P

Was pretty interesting that way, tbh

2:39 AM

@God, what's your initial symbol?

I'm thinking of a good word. Just a second

@Deusovi Well, it shouldn't be me, because I'll be off to bed soon.

Though I know what my word will be, the first time I play defender.

Translation: Deus is hitting the dictionary for the weirdest word he can think of

(shit, he's onto me)

I want ping synonyms!

Zyzzyva

Is that right?

2:41 AM

Yeah, that's spelled right

No, is it your word, @God?

If it's some esoteric programming thing, @Deusovi, I'll ... serially downvote you or something :-P

Yeah, it's not great if the word's obscure

Actually, doesn't really matter for the main word, since we can construct it letter by letter. Guess-clues being too obscure is worse.

><>

2:42 AM

@boboquack Icthyos?

Fish the esolang I presume

Oh, are we swapping esolangs now?

Got it. First letter is L.

Brainfuck

ducks flags

Weeping

2:44 AM

Christ did someone actually flag that?

No, it's not lachrymose.

Don't abuse flags.

Seriously? That's a programming language!

Oh hey @Art :-P

@Deusovi I feel like I did the opposite by picking a word only you would get :P +1

@Randal'Thor o/

2:44 AM

lol. hey @ArtOfCode ... yeah really, who flagged that

@ArtOfCode The Chat Mod, He Comes!

Nam3tag

something something Cthulhu ph'tagn

How do you do bold by the way?

fyi whoever flagged: it kinda alerts every 10k+ chat user so maybe don't next time :P

2:45 AM

double asterisk on both sides

italic is single asterisk

@Randal'Thor ?!

@stacksfiller ** text **

(without the spaces)

Thanks

(Not a clue)

Contact on bobo's I think

I mean y'all coulda just used code markdown **like this**

2:45 AM

Yeah, not sure about Bobo's.

Go for it, Sp

Also maaybe contact?

Label?

Sp?

+1

That's what I thought

@ArtOfCode Too lazy.

2:46 AM

Second letter is A.

Blimey, @Deusovi is getting slow.

Not to think of "label".

Shh.

tallow

contact (maybe)

...Nope, don't know that word.

2:47 AM

Why this tak3s tim3 to post: story

contact

Rand, go for it

Lard?

or Stacks, I guess

LARD

2:48 AM

Googles "tallow"

lard

C'mon @Rubio, give us a +2.

Third letter is T.

it's not exact, but close enough

+2

sorry :)

Wait, what?

2:48 AM

Waiting to emerge

Contact

Min3 was lag

No, it's not latent.

Knuth

Not this, but this

2:49 AM

@Sp3000 contact

Yes, Sp. It's LaTeX.

lol.

Dammit!

(Or latex. Either one.)

:P

2:49 AM

Oh, mine was LATTER

P3rp3ndicular

It's already been gotten bobo...

I was about to say "How to write a maths paper" ... but didn't, because I knew @Deusovi would get that immediately.

@stacksfiller Nice clue!

@stacks I'll do it anyway

Well, it's still not lateral.

2:50 AM

lateral

+1

(I was intentionally going for a shorter round that time. My not getting "label" wasn't part of that, though - just me not thinking of the obvious.)

k, first letter is R

Is it allowed, or does it violate causality, to reference items in a list before those items are even said, not like the latter of this list, but like the former of this list?

Not very forward

2:52 AM

Contact

Contact.

Reluctant?

no

Contact as well

Restrained?

2:52 AM

-1

contacters can guess now, no?

Only when Sp gives up.

We wait until Sp gives up

Only if Sp3000 gives up.

Bah, ninjas.

You guys are fast!

Ninja'd*2

2:53 AM

oh. got it

But it counts as long as one of us gets it

Again

Reclusive?

-1

Ok yeah I give up

2:53 AM

Reverse

Reserved

Who goes?

+1

deus got it

Oh

Bah.

2:54 AM

lol I thought he typoed

Nope.

... ah

Second letter is I

I see it now, but expecting "reserved", "reverse" was funny how close it was

A flower

Phoenix name

2:54 AM

Last or passage

Edge

lol

!!!

oh dear.

welp

2:54 AM

Okay...

RIM for edge

Goddammit!

that happened

that's awesome

@Sp3000 +1

Contact, Rubio!

2:55 AM

Apparently I'm the only one who didn't get the memo

contact, boboquack :)

:D

contact deus

Oh, and contact, Boboquack

The contacts are just flying around!

2:55 AM

@Sp3-to-do

We'll have to make sure nobody gets electrocuted.

Don't worry, Rand. We'll just be able to see slightly better.

Contact on deus?

Hmm this is hard XD I don't think I'm getting the phoenix even if I get the others

RIVER for bobo?

Ya

+1

2:57 AM

Ah!

Nice one.

It's old hat

Okay I give up on Rubio's