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3:47 PM
room topic changed to Strupremum: For playing the game Strupremum, where players compete to get the longest word matching a pattern. RULES: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/87064?m=48053019#48053019 (no tags)
to match the other game rooms
o/
 
i think you were the one who did the original CMC
 
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o/
 
the alternating vowels and consonants
 
Oh is that what this is based on.
How did the name strupremum be selected?
 
3:56 PM
string + supremum
 
it was kind of off the cuff
 
Ok i'll start
 
go for it
 
Rule: ^.?(.)(.\1)*.?$
Whoops forget the edges
 
3:58 PM
dont need the anchors. could you code format it though
 
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Have we ditched the rule where you have to post a word matching the regex first?
I guess it really isn't hard for this regex though
 
you should know of a word but you dont have to say what it is
 
any 3 letter word matches this regex though so ...
Maybe the * should have been a +.
But it wouldn't have made much of a difference.
 
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yeah
 
ill just post the obvious one
memes (5)
gotta be something better
 
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4:03 PM
I'll up you one
bonobos (7)
 
oh wait
yeah or bananas
 
Is that everyone?
 
we have one more minute
 
ok
The word I based this on is 8 letters btw.
Oh can you answer more than once?
 
yeah
until times up
 
4:06 PM
And I assume you have to beat the best so you can't just add to the clock?
 
right
anyways thats time @0'
 
Oh I just thought of a 9
 
what was your idea wheat
 
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aaaaaaaaa ?
 
Caracaras
also militia is funny but only 7
 
4:08 PM
well its got the c though
 
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Of course its a bird
 
ohhh i misread the regex. oops
i thought it had to be the same two letters
its just the first one that repeats
anyways you're next 0
 
yeah maybe I should have explained it in english
Every other letter is the same.
 
no no its not your fault i havent had coffee yet
 
Might be a good idea to just explain things in english as well.
 
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4:10 PM
yeah, someone else might want to go instead, I'm not sure how long it will be for me to come up with something
 
I have another one
 
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Alright
 
Rule: [a-g]+
inspired from last time
 
damn if only that + were a *
bagged (6)
 
what, you were going to answer with the empty string :P
 
4:14 PM
deedded (7)
I'm not sure if that is how that is spelled though
 
i think its only one d
 
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yeah
defaced (7)
 
when you drop out the g then it can be spelled in hexadecimal
anyways 1 more minute
the one that inspired this was compound: cabbagefaced
zero you going to pass again?
 
ow, I just realized that this is the musical scale
 
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oh yeah
 
4:19 PM
yep
 
I just read that cabbage could be spelled using the musical scale this morning
 
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yeah, I think I'll pass again
 
Rule: ^.*h.h.*$
1m left
 
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ahah (4)
 
chihuahua (9)
 
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4:25 PM
ouch
 
oh i can pluralize
chihuahuas (10)
 
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chihuahuaed
chihuahuaing
 
chihuahuaers
 
lol
 
I wanted to say bathhouse, but that's not quite right
 
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4:27 PM
hahahaha... (∞)
 
yeah its tricky because it has to have that character in between. which makes for a weird sound
anyways
 
is that time?
 
yeah
simple one
 
The word I was thinking of was monophthongs
 
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some interesting words we missed: lightheartedness
ophthalmologist
 
4:29 PM
but I realized ichthyologists while you guys were playing
 
Rule: [wxyz].*[wxyz]
 
does that have an implicit .* at the beginning and the end?
 
is it surrounded by ^$?
 
Oh wait
I didn't se the *
zoology (7)
 
yes its anchored
 
4:31 PM
@quartata xylophonez :P
 
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Is zygotmorphicity (15) a word?
 
zoologically (13)
 
@0' i dont think its spelled with a t
the prefix is zygomorphic right
 
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I thought it was zygot similar to ergot
 
xenophobically (14)
xenophillically (15)
 
4:35 PM
should that have one less l?
 
I don't think so
 
@0' the noun yeah but the prefix is just zygo-
 
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ah
 
@Cowsquack Maybe though
 
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should the penultimate l be a b instead?
 
4:36 PM
On what?
 
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your two words
 
the philia part is only with one l. so that one is a 14
 
Ah here's one that matches the last two regexes
xerophthalmy (12) (non-competing)
 
i guess were out of time. zygomorphically would have worked for 15
 
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4:39 PM
oh yeah
 
WW you're up
 
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I thought I was up?
 
xenophobically was the only valid 14
 
Is this the longest-surviving nick WW has had this year
 
You can go if you want, I took one from you earlier
 
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4:41 PM
Though I guess I don't have any ideas still so it doesn't really matter
 
@Pavel No I can't even change it still because I'm in the grace period
Rule: ^([^aeiou])\1.*$
uh wait
 
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word that starts with two nonvowels?
 
photosynthesize 15 whoops
 
two of the same non-vowel
 
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4:42 PM
oh
I felt i must have been reading it wrong
 
What words are legal? Can they be proper nouns?
 
Llamas (6)
 
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you can pluralize that
 
This is where knowledge of Quechua loan words come in
 
@0 ' Doi
 
4:44 PM
i think the ruling on llanfair is if you can spell it without google its fair
 
@quartata doesn't even matter what the regex is. If you can spell it it is fair.
 
this is where @BetaDecay would clean house
 
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I have to go handle something, I'll be back in a bit
 
Llaneros (8)
 
what's that?
 
4:47 PM
It's a herder
Specifically a south-american one
Pluralized
IDK if it counts
 
demonyms are fine id say
will be afk for a bit
 
Looks like we are out of time
 
What is the time limit?
 
llanero appears to be a word
 
\o/
 
4:50 PM
@Pavel 5min + number of guesses
I was thinking of llamas and ccaras
both 6
anyway I should get going.
 
cya
 
Dang, I just started
 
that was fun, feel free to ping me for games
 
Who else is still here?
Give an o/
 
o/, though I can't guarantee how actively I'll be playing
 
4:51 PM
ill be back in like 5 minutes for anothr round
 
@PostLeftGarfHunter Did you invent this game? What is the name supposed to mean?
 
quartata named it
58 mins ago, by quartata
string + supremum
 
Anyone here have edit privelages on PSE
 
Can't you just add an answer? Or even suggest an edit?
 
Nope.
> Suggested edits are not allowed on non-tag-wiki posts on meta sites.
 
5:00 PM
OK, but still you could post an answer, since each game has it's own post
 
I was thinking of editing it into the question itself
The bulleted list
 
Can I suggest a regex or do you want to go @Pavel?
 
Ahh my internet died for a bit
I was thinking of waiting for quartata
Ah, no, I'm gonna have to leave too by then
 
im here
 
I think I have time for one more round
 
5:14 PM
Go for it
 
Rule: .*(.)\1.*\1\1.*
 
Greetings mortals
(and quartata)
 
i promise not to do yellowwooddoor again
 
wtf
 
squeegees (9)
 
5:19 PM
AH FUCK POP QUIZ
RIP me
 
Voodoos (7)
 
lol
oh you can do it hyphenated: voodoo-doll
 
@Pavel I can add something for you. Do you have something written up?
 
since you came up with voodoo go for it
 
Voodoo-dolls (11)
 
5:21 PM
nice
 
@quartata If that counts, then does Yellow-bellied (13) count?
 
yeah
 
Sweet
 
Yellow-bellied is 13
 
thats more common hyphenated than voodoo dolls id say
 
5:22 PM
I can count I promise
 
i dont think we have 3 players anymore for the next round
 
I can try to play. Just learning the rules...
 
I really wanted Parallelograms to count, but it's only 1 'l'. :(
 
dj would be up next if gpr is ready
 
I've got one
@Pavel What word were you thinking of?
 
5:29 PM
I'm good to go
 
Rule: .*[^aeiou]{4}$
 
so ends in four consonants...
 
Yep :)
 
Strengths (8)
Thousandths (11)
Ten-thousandths (14)
Not sure if that's valid...
 
backcountry also works for 11
 
5:36 PM
@GentlePurpleRain It should be just as valid as yellow-bellied
 
you could go for hundred-thousandth :P
 
Is it usually hyphenated, though?
 
but yeah i think thats as high as it goes
 
I thought about that, but it seemed even less likely to be hyphenated...
 
ive seen "ten-thousandth place"
 
5:39 PM
I think the best word will probably end in Y.
Who keeps the clock?
 
anyways gpr you're up
 
I think it's an informal clock
 
Gotcha.
 
i usually do. we need a bot soon though
 
Ok, I know the concept, but what are the rules again? (On mobile)
 
5:40 PM
I was already thinking that a bot would be simple to make and convenient.
16 hours ago, by quartata
RULES:
- at the beginning of each round a person suggests a regular expression (no lookaheads, but capture groups and backreferences are allowed)
- players post the longest word they can think of that matches (no dictionaries, googling)
- the player who has the longest word wins the round and gets to make the regex for the next round
- tiebreaker is which word was posted first
- as an honor rule, you should know at least one dictionary word that matches a regex before you post it
- each round has a five minute time limit, with one minute added to the timer for each answer
 
The words I were thinking of (in order) were Yachts, Naughts, and Draughts
 
i cludged together half of it last night, just need to finish it sometime
 
Which ironically all rhyme
 
hahaha
 
@GentlePurpleRain Speaking of bots, is the codenames website run by someone here? Or is that someone unrelated
 
5:42 PM
i should change the rules to clarify that one minute is added for each answer that is longer than the previous best
 
Rule: ([^aeiouy][aeiou])+
The Codenames bot was made by ffao. I think they are still hosting it.
Mithrandir also has a copy of the bot that he runs sometimes if the other one is down.
 
banana (6)
 
@DJMcMayhem Sorry, misinterpreted. The website is not related to anyone here, as far as I know.
 
oops needs to be even
 
Isn't that even?
 
5:45 PM
@GentlePurpleRain Hmm, okay. I was hoping to either request or make it myself to add support for 2 player mode
 
i had bananas before
 
caracara (8)
 
What would a bot need to do for this room? Seems simple enough by hand, unless you’re checking a dictionary list or something
 
wait a minute l. huge sense of deja vu here
 
5:47 PM
man too bad topology doesn't count
 
Bot would keep track of time, keep track of current leader, and announce winner.
I can imagine it could get harder to do that if you actually had more than 4 or 5 people playing.
 
man too bad overimaginative doesn't count
this is nearly my original regex
are we out of time?
 
Am I supposed to keep track of time? I think we're done.
 
yeah thats why it was so familiar haha
 
I was thinking of BEVERAGE.
 
5:50 PM
Ah nice
 
I'm away for a bit. I'll join back in if this is still going when I get back.
 
should I go?
 
yES
 
Rule: ^(..+).*\1$
 
nonimaginative would have worked forthe last one
 
5:55 PM
or ^(.{2,}).*\1$ is equivalent
 
bonbon (6)
 
@PostLeftGarfHunter s/3/2/ I believe
 
Also Bonobo (6)
 
Good point
Some words just keep coming up ...
 
Metagame (8)
I want to say Cheep-Cheep (10), but I'm not sure if pretty sure Mario characters don't count
 
6:01 PM
1minute left
 
educated is another 8, I'm sure that can be extended somehow
 
lloks like time is up
I'm surprised no one used Caracara
The word I was going for was strategist
 
Does that mean I'm up?
 
yep
are you thinking of a rule
 
Yeah, I'm just kinda slow
@PostLeftGarfHunter To clarify, with the rule as an honor rule, you should know at least one dictionary word that matches a regex before you post it, my example doesn't have to be particularly long, right?
 
6:09 PM
I don't think so
 
Rule: ^([aeiou])(\1|[^aeiou])*$
 
ontology (8)
aardvarks (9)
 
@PostLeftGarfHunter That was mine 😂
Oh, and btw this is probably my last round (though I'd love to play again soon)
@quartata Shouldn't this say with one minute added to the timer for each answer that is longer than any previous answer?
Can I edit that?
 
yes
 
Done
 
6:13 PM
uh
 
didn't see the a gah
 
That has an 'a' that doesn't belong
Two minutes left
Doesn't start with the vowel
 
Although I did consider making the rule ^[^aeiou]*([aeiou])(\1|[^aeiou])*$
But that's kinda hard to read even though the real rule is simple (only one unique vowel)
Time
 
@DJMcMayhem It was Assassin, sorry I had to leave
 
6:18 PM
this is surprisingly tricky. would be interested to see the longest possible from /usr/share/dict
 
grep gives indivisibility at 14
 
Damn
 
how do I grep for longest? Asking for a friend.
 
grep '^\([aeiou]\)\(\1\|[^aeiou]\)\+$' /usr/share/dict/words |awk '{print(length($1),$1)}'|sort -nr|head
cmc golf that ^
 
There isn't a way without awk?
 
6:19 PM
oh invisibility or invincibility or other i words seem so obvious now
 
don't you need egrep or grep -E?
 
yeah, but I was too lazy to move all the way to the front to write the -E
 
Ok I guess I'm up
 
@Cowsquack Try it online!
Wait no that's bad
 
@Cowsquack Replace grep with ack, which uses Perl regex
Also remove the space between words and |awk
 
6:23 PM
or use egrep like wheat said
 
ack is shorter
 
oh you were talking about golf
 
Rule: ^.*[wx].[wx].*$
 
Earwax (6)
 
Awkwardness (11)
(Shoutout to Cows quack for making me think about awk)
 
6:33 PM
Ok that's time
and then some
 
that was a nice one
 
What was your word?
 
newsworthiness
 
Ooh
 
which also happens to be the longest such word present in my /usr/share/dict/words
 
6:35 PM
Rule: ^.(.)(.).*\2\1.$
 
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bananas (7)
 
@Cowsquack Cool, I'm actually a bit surprised
Caracaras (9)
 
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damn, I was about to do that
 
parallelogram (13)
 
Time
 
My word was overachieve
 
This is a regex game???
 
that is a neat idea:)
 
Rule: ^.*(...+)\1.*$
 
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6:47 PM
Caracaras (9)
 
Assassins (9)
...damn
 
Do we have an official regex tester here?
 
Assassinations (14)
 
can I join?:)
 
6:50 PM
yes
 
Yes
 
yay
 
@PostLeftGarfHunter I think that's time
 
Tintinnabulations (17)
Too late?
 
Oh looks like it is time
sorry got distracted
 
6:56 PM
Time limit is 5 minutes, +1 minute for each guess with a higer value than the next
 
@GentlePurpleRain Is this something you just came up with without consulting a dictionary? :D
 
@flawr It is, in fact.
This is the season of tintinnabulation, after all...
 
What does it mean?
 
A ringing/dinging sound, like sleighbells.
 
@Pavel the sound of a bell after it has been struck: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintinnabulation
 
6:58 PM
Ah
@GentlePurpleRain Do you want to do the rule? I can't think of anything interesting at the moment.
Also your word is awesome
 
The French "tintinabuler" is probably a little more commonly-used. I learned it in French before English.
I'm good either way. If you don't want to, I can.
 
Nah, I don't
 

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