The Sphinx's Lair

But if I don't figure it out, the other attackers have the option to say "Contact". If I give up and the contacter guesses it right, I have to give them another letter.

Ankoganit

4:10 AM

I guess I'll watch for a while to get the hang of it

Deusovi

So their goal is to give me clues that I don't figure out, but other attackers do.

@stacksfiller No, it's not rest stop

stacksfiller

Nope

Deusovi

@Sp3000 No, it's not residue

stacksfiller

Nope?

Sp3000

Yeah that's the one :P

stacksfiller

4:11 AM

Oh wait that's not mine

Haha, I was wondering how you got residue

Sp3000

I still have no idea for stack's tbh

Dunno how Rubio got it so fast :P

Rubio

nobody had any idea for mine?

Deusovi

Stacks, it's not a restaurant

(Good clue though!)

Rubio

yah i liked that one

Sp3000

Oh, contact for Rubio

stacksfiller

4:12 AM

Restaurant is right

Sp3000

Ah wait, nice

Deusovi

Not sure for Rubio's. Sp?

Sp3000

RESOLUTION?

Rubio

+1

stacksfiller

Oh haha

Funny

Deusovi

4:13 AM

Ha.

Rubio

:)

Deusovi

Okay, that was funny.

Fourth letter is I. So now you have RESI

Rubio

Futile

stacksfiller

Contact

Deusovi

No, it's not resistance.

Sp3000

4:13 AM

Contact, but I think Deus will get it

yeah

sin(sin(x))

No, it's not resign.

Yup

Gum

4:14 AM

It's still not residue. (Probably wrong, but whatever.)

Sp3000

Yeah not residue

Rubio

hmm

sort of evil

Contact?

no idea on sp's

Go for it, Stacks

4:17 AM

RESIDENT

Rubio

+1

Deusovi

Ah, nice one.

stacksfiller

At first was thinking Re-sin

Sp3000

Re-sin is mine :P

Rubio

oh. that works for sp's

lol

stacksfiller

4:18 AM

Oooh

Deusovi

Fifth letter is S. It should be pretty easy by now.

defy

No, it's not resist.

had to ask

defyor

4:18 AM

Yep! It's resistor.

Sp3000

Nice :P

Rubio

man. I skirted all around that one huh.

Deusovi

Yeah, I wasn't sure whether I should stop the game when Sp mentioned "resistors"

Sp3000

It technically wasn't a guess, so continuing was probably fine?

Deusovi

Right, that's what I was thinking

Rubio

4:20 AM

Lol. I feel a little bad for whoever hasn't been in here todaynight and comes back to 1500 unread messages in TSL

Ankoganit

"Your last message is waaay too far back; please use the transcript instead."

Rubio

@Ankoganit You broke TSL. ;)

Ankoganit

hehe

Rubio

@stacksfiller you dreaming up a doozy of a word?

stacksfiller

Oh, I didn't realize I was starting

Rubio

4:33 AM

Yup. You got the last one :)

stacksfiller

Ok one sec

Volatility

Ooh, new chat game?

Rubio

Yah. Contact, with some house rules for chatroom play

quora.com/How-do-you-play-the-word-game-Contact

stacksfiller

Okay, it starts with a C

Sp3000

Welsh valley

Rubio

4:35 AM

contact

stacksfiller

That was fast

No idea

Contact

You can go

cwm

Yup

4:36 AM

gotta love them Welsh

stacksfiller

Oh, makes sense why wordplayers know about it then

Second letter's O

C O

This

Penny

Contact for both

Contact

For Deusovi

Coin

For Rubio

Deusovi

4:37 AM

Thris

Rubio

-1

stacksfiller

Contract

Copper?

yep :P

+1

Hah thris

4:37 AM

that's good deus :)

Deusovi

It was easy, but too funny to pass up

Volatility

btw @Sp3000, I posted an answer to your new page puzzle

Rubio

b00b00

Sp3000

@Volatility Perfect answer :)

Rubio

no? really? heh

i thought that was going to be super easy hehe

Deusovi

4:41 AM

Contact, Rubio

stacksfiller

I don't know

Go for it

Deusovi

color?

stacksfiller

Ohh

Yeah

Probably that

@Rubio

Rubio

+1

stacksfiller

Okay, the third letter is N

C O N

Rubio

4:42 AM

couldn't type for a sec heh

Deusovi

Only

Sp3000

Hmm I have a thought but not sure

stacksfiller

Conditional?

Or Contingent maybe?

Deusovi

Nope

Ankoganit

contact

(i can join, right?)

stacksfiller

4:44 AM

Con?

Deusovi

(Sure!)

Nope

Ankoganit

(great)

stacksfiller

Haha, that would have been a funny clue for Con though

Okay, go for it

Ankoganit

Connect?

Deusovi

Bingo!

stacksfiller

4:45 AM

Connect?

Sp3000

Ah nice, my guess was CONSOLE

Rubio

I don't get it hehe

stacksfiller

Same

Ankoganit

Only connect the game

Deusovi

Only Connect, a British gameshow

Sp3000

4:45 AM

Only Connect is a game show I think

Deusovi

featured several times on this website

Rubio

oh lol. No wonder.

stacksfiller

Oh, ok

I'm not getting any!

The fourth letter is T

Rubio

remote

stacksfiller

Control

Ankoganit

4:46 AM

contact

+1

ah ninjad

Antarctica

contact

Continent

4:47 AM

Yeah that :P

Breakfast

Contact

contact

Continental

yep

4:47 AM

it's in a web site

Pill?

CV -> ?? -> ??

oh my. hehe

Contact, SP

(nice clue!)

stacksfiller

Contact for Rubio

No idea for SP

You can go ahead on that one

Deusovi

4:48 AM

Continue

:D

Can you explain?

CV = résumé

mine is not contact

resume = continue

4:49 AM

ohhh

nice

stacksfiller

Oh

Volatility

ha

stacksfiller

OK, fifth letter is A

C O N T A

Sp3000

hi fives Deus

Deusovi

hi fives back

Rubio

4:49 AM

lens

contact

lol Rubio

Contact again

ha

the last time wasn't contact :)

stacksfiller

4:50 AM

What was it, if it was invalidated?

content.

As?

Ah

Err.. What's going on?

stacksfiller

Contarsenic

Deusovi

4:51 AM

Boxing?

@Sid A game called Contact

stacksfiller

Containing

Sp3000

Contact for Deus

nvm

Hold

Contain?

contact

4:51 AM

@stacksfiller no

+1

Yeah, Stacks

Um, Rules?

quora.com/How-do-you-play-the-word-game-Contact

Deusovi

42 mins ago, by Deusovi

I'm the "defender". I have a word and I've given them the first three letters now. They have to 'attack' by giving me clues to words.

Rubio

4:52 AM

with some house rules for chatroom play

Deusovi

(see the message under that too)

Volatility

Laughing

Deusovi

(but now stacks is the defender)

stacksfiller

That's it

Volatility, you've got my word

Volatility

Contagious?

stacksfiller

4:53 AM

Yeah

Nice!

Nice :)

Very nice

So, these are crossword clues?

Deusovi

No

Well, sometimes

they're just things that make you think of a word

They have to be specific enough so that the other attackers get it, but vague enough so the defender doesn't

Volatility

4:54 AM

Ok, mine starts with M

Rubio

M is for

Ankoganit

Ofc MINE starts with M

:P

@Ankoganit ha

Contact

@Rubio contact

4:54 AM

@Rubio Mary

Rubio

-1

Sp3000

How on earth are you guys getting this XD

Volatility

wait, so do I have to say when contact can occur?

Deusovi

Yeah, you have to give up before we can contact

Volatility

oh I see

Sp3000

4:56 AM

(Hmm I think I might have it but will refrain since I'm probably wrong)

Rubio

chatroom house rule - when you give up, "contact'ers go, so yeah

Magenta?

-1

yeah, you can go

Martin

4:57 AM

this is a crap clue, I apologize, but it leapt to mind. :)

-1

Deusovi

what?

D:

Volatility

lol

Sp3000

I was going to guess MISFORM, but I didn't Contact

Ankoganit

wait what

Rubio

"too broad" clearly.

biblio.com/m-is-for-murder-by-grafton-sue/work/1536078

Ankoganit

4:57 AM

dunno then

Rubio

sorry, that's what jumped to mind for me

Volatility

oh

Deusovi

32

A: What is MOehm trying to tell us?

If you you get which means Giving the real name

Sp3000

All stations to

Rubio

oh. man. that would have been good. lol

Volatility

4:58 AM

Middle?

Sp3000

Nope

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