Given a string of 3 letters, find a word containing those letters IN ORDER.

e.g. given IQU, answer with clIQUe.

Then you give a new 3-letter string to challenge people with.

Let's kick off with TCA

[edit]: I should have specified the letters must be adjacent as well.

TriCAmeralism
caTCphrAse

Are we aiming for long or short words? Short is more impressive to fit the letters in, but long words sound cooler in general.
Edit: Or are the letters meant to be adjacent?

Bumhats! Yes I should have specified that the letters must be adjacent.

BATCAVE... surprised you didn't think of that one ben, after all you are like the Joker from batman...

You might also like OATCAKE.

PosTCArd is perhaps a more obvious example.

So is suiTCAse. I would have said baskeTCAse, but I believe that it's two words...

Any of you care to post the next challenge? The idea is that you post it along with your answer to the previous one.

I'll do it. Try PBI. :P

PBIG

try UNT

Surely since PBIG is both an acronym and a name, it shouldn't count :P (the solution I had was sheePBIte).

contrapUNTal

YRH

polYRHythmic. Have a go at OKW.

How about boOKWorm.

Now try OBW.

cOBWeb springs to mind. What about BIQ?

Doesn't really count but Mozambique kind of works.

BIQuadratic works fine.

Next up: DJO

Adjoint

TRO

pyschoTROpic

Now KLA.

Edit:sorry, I can't spell.
klaxon

OLL

pOLLute.

YPT

Crypt

ROL

ROLl :P

YZY

sYZYgy... Though I wonder if there are any more words with those letters...

TUQ

Not a clue, but another example of YZY is polYZYgotic.

TUQue

how about UOI?

In my excitement to flex my scrabble muscle, I will venture onto the forums with EUOI.

HLO

and goodbye.

Chlorine

lol lol ololol

NSM

claNSMan

GHF

hiGHFlyer. Now for a challenge, try WMS!

I think maybe you should do a different one, WMS is quite hard.

shawms.
My dictionary defines it as: medieval and Renaissance wind instruments, forerunner of the oboe, with a double reed enclosed in a wooden mouthpiece, and having a penetrating tone. From French chalemel, via latin, from Greek kalamos 'reed'.

Now: YGM

Congratulations, same word I had. I wonder if any others exist...
Anyway, pYGMy works.
Have a bash at KYW!

sKYWard.

Try ...ESQ: where words beginning with ESQ are not allowed (so Esquire is not a solution).

Owen.

That's a surprisingly easy one for once, there are tons of choices.
I'll go for Beatlesque, and if you don't accept that (in virtue of being an idiot) then I'll go with Dantesque.

Re-ressurecting!

nfo, go!

That's much too easy, iNFOrmation. (But probably the only reason I find it that easy is because of .nfo files)

Go for RBE!

heRBEd
EWQ

SARdine

OLO

Sheaf cohomOLOgy

FWI

halFWIt

Now LDL...

boLDLy
i also like to remined u that cosmin gave out a wrong answer, so ur still searching for EWQ

PiratE BAy.

Why not try: BEG.

Col

er colin its EWQ not EBA
try again, so ur loking for a word with EWQ in it, NOT BEG!!!

Sorry, EWQ has been solved above, you can't use the same string twice.

BEGging

Try DEV.

DEVishly DEVious.

KTA

part a) stocKTAke
part b) EWQ was never solved, i like to see which post u r referring to cause i cant see it. So if ur not going to play by the rules, then whats the point of continuing.
I want to see a solution of EWQ and this still counts as first attempt as it was never solved initially

EWQ has been solved so go back and look again.

okay, show me where it has been solved..
u cant cause it was never solved, so again EWQ

ps before u post something like that, please read what has been posted, before making retarded comments like that again.

Go back and look again!

no u go back and look again, ive already checked 3 times
ps r u really that retarded? i think u should not play this game, it may strain ur brain.

I don't understand your complant, it has been done already so it works like this stop trolling or become more original with your lame attempts to be funny. Thank you.

lame attempt to be funny? I make no such attempt, and besides the only troll on this forum is Cosmin
plz specify which post contains the solution to my problem of EWQ, go on i dare u...

Well that is precisely an example of what I mean, why are you daring me to do something that is obviously already on your screen. It appears we're in a stalemate if you continue to be awkward like this so go back and LOOK again.

obviously u cant read, i asked SPECIFICLY which post contains the solution, which u have failed to provide thus far
ps, god help u in ur exam as ur epic failure to read my statement does not bode well for u

I don't understand you insulting my ability to comprehend when we are right underneath it. Now I'm asking SPECIFICALLY for you to go back and look again.

PS: This is just a matter of opinion but I'm a mathematician so being able to read is NOT important to me.

i told i have already looked 3 times, why wont u look for a change, scared that ur wrong, ur a not perfect cause u r a flawed human being, we all make mistakes, but it takes courage to admit to them.
PS: The 3 golden rules in any exam
1. Read the Question
2. Read the Question
3. READ THE QUESTION!
also u will need to look up and read many books for the second year essay, so in retrospect, reading understanding what is read could be conisdered by far the MOST IMPORTANT skills any mathematican could have. Your failure to realise this is of great concern and i feel if u do not learn this lesson soon then u r no mathematician.

It is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition.
Surely the ability to formulate your arguments clearly and precisely, in a logical manner, is also required?
This includes an understanding of correct spelling and grammar!

I never said such logical reasoning is not important, however said reasoning and the learning of spelling and grammer can be obtained by reading various mathematical texts and emultaing the methods they perscribe to
So i say again solve EWQ

I don't really see what the problem is, EWQ was answered in post no. 5283, as you can easily see by scrolling up, so I don't see what all this is about. I should also point out that a significant number of great mathematicians could not read at all, the most prominent examples being O.L.O. Niloc, Andrew Trawe and Alexander Grothendieck.

which one is post 5283?
maybe instead u should state the time and date of the post
also considering ur list of mathematicians whob couldnt read, i have never head of them (until now), so i dont beleive they are that great a mathematican.
Im not saying their work and ideas were not important, and im pretty sure some of there work might be quite brilliant, but i dont feel they are as big as one of the true greats like euler, gauss, erdos to name a few.

You're definetly right about the mathematicians, their work is of little to no importance in the grand scheme of things, especially the last, Alexander Grothendieck, whose illiteracy prompted his early retirement from mathematics in the 70s.

As for the time and date of the answer post, I believe it is 4 May 2009, 2:14pm.

If you are so inclined as to wish to read books then it is highly recommended to get your hands on 'The Mathematician Who Could Not Read' by Icke. This pretty much covers the work each of these people did. In particular it points out some of the wonderful work of Trawe who solved quite a number of classical problems by more than elegant solutions.

wait is that your answer of SARdine
when has sardine got EWQ in it?
as sardine is clearly not correct, my stament of there being no solution given to EWQ still stands, which means your still looking for a EWQ solution

ps: also about the book The Mathematician Who Could Not Read, surely that requires the ability to read, so saying that kinda shoots yourself in the foot.

when has sardine got EWQ in it?

So, sardines are a group of several types of small, oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. Sardines were named after the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, where they were once in abundance. The terms are not precise, and the usual meanings vary by region; for instance, to many people a sardine is a young European pilchard. A generalisation is that if the fish is under 4″ long (10 cm) it is classed as a sardine, and if larger than 4″ it is classed as a pilchard. The FAO/WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines; FishBase, a comprehensive database of information about fish, lists at least six species called just “pilchard,” over a dozen called just “sardine,” and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives. As a food, sardines are very rich in minerals. They can be consumed in a variety of ways (e.g., grilled, pickled, smoked) though canned sardines are very popular worldwide.

Sardines from the Pacific.

u have not answered the question as i was clearly referring to the word, not the fish
so EWQ still stands

Huh? Was it a rethorical question then?

Mauhbc.

Can I point out that Euler was in fact unable to read for a significant part of his life. As a matter of fact, for approximately 22 years Euler was unable to read. If you would like to know more about Euler then may I suggest you read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler

This also has interesting information about his many different theorems.

Col.

in a word, yes
clearly the word sardine does not have EWQ in it as it doesnt even have a q or w in it.
So will people just shut up about saying there is a solution when there isnt and spend more time actually looking for a solution to my problem of EWQ.
So people please do not post there is a solution until there actually IS a solution.

ps, the reason euler couldnt read was because he was blind in his later years, but he read extensively beforehand, and im pretty sure in that time there would be some kind of braille so he could read by "touch".

There is a solution though.

So wait, you're saying you set a question that does not have a solution? And you want people to waste time by looking for something which does not exist?

cosmin, i can tell u freely that a solution DOES exist but noone has posted it as of yet, so xedi can u show me the solution is posted? (by time and date please)

Yes I can!

okay... care to enlighten me with more details

Mauhbc.

Referring back to your point that there might have been some braille around by then. Braille was not in fact introduced until after Euler's death: it was not until the 19th century that Braille was discovered being used in Latin America. It was not until much later that Braille made its way to Europe. On an aside, until the 20th century no name had yet been discovered for what we now know as Braille.

Can I also observe that there is no symbol in braille for 'phi', meaning that Euler would have struggled to read books about his own work, even if they had been translated for him into a braille type language.

colin, if the braille did exist, instead of phi it might just the collection of dots for p h and i, so spelling the word instead

ahh, now I see your conundrum.

To correct your grammar: it is not 'the braille', just 'braille'. You are correct about phi however, it might indeed have had all the letters. But how would he have done the brackets? Would he have had to list off the letters 'k' 'r' 'a' 'm' 'm' 'e' 'r'?

Col.

I used to be in a band lol

possibly

possibly?

But that would be a ludicrous thing. Also may I note a spelling error in my own text: he would in fact have wanted to spell out 'k' 'l' 'a' 'm' 'm' 'e' 'r', which is German for bracket. Else he would have spelt something completely different!

Col.

in the words of the song alberqueque
"well thats just great, how was i supposed to know?"

ps im still waiting for someone to post the EWQ solution

You mean a second solution? I'm pretty sure that the one that I've already posted is the only valid one.

ur first solution wasnt valid, weve already established that as the word missed the letters q and w.

It's still a solution though. We are talking about the 4 May 2009, 2:71pm post, right?

sardine is not a solution as it didnt solve it
thats saying ive proved the reimann hypothesis just becuse i said its true, thats not a proof.

Yes it did... Check fishbase if you do not believe me: http://fishbase.org/ComNames/CommonNameSearchList.php

ive looked, no word contains ewq in it
the closest was an ewo,

Go back and log in. You'll notice it somewhere around the middle of the list.

why dont u state it here

I can't, it contains characters that would not show up properly on the WMS forums. Don't you think I would have done that if I had been able to?

I am convinced that the only valid answer is the one I gave above but I was still wondering if your word was one of the following:

nEWQuay (a town in Cornwall)
EWQrc (Electronic Warfare Quick Reaction Capability)
drEWQqueen(s)
nEWQwik

Now that everyone is agreed about the solution posted earlier I think we can move on, go for RMI.

HeRMIt.

IGM

paradIGM

RRH

diaRRHoea

FLU

Ha! Well done RobH.

AfFLUent.

Let's proceed to GGT (solution may involve cramming words together that should be separate, I haven't checked).

It can't be worse than PBiG's supposed solution for EWQ which was YTREWQ, i.e. QWERTY backwards.

Ouch! I propose eGGTimer, and if that stands, let the next one be ITO.

Was that actually the word that we spend all that time searching for? Qwerty backwards? When Qwerty isnt even a word itself...

epITOme.

XER.

It was. He also had a second "solution", the name of some computer program or something similar.

Hmm... well that was a useful way for me to spend my time... From now on, I will not be taking part in this game. For that reason, and also since there must be better word related games to play...

Ah, bless... Well, my solution is eXERtion.

Farewell and good BYE!

BYEs
IOU

sardIOUine

For the next one, Andrew needs to answer: ZZZ
Everyone else: SAR

SARdonic: FSH

ofFSHore

OGA

tOGA

How's aboot UAS

Paduasoy
FUC

FUCosyltransferase

You were supposed to answer ZZZ, so do that now please. We have already established that paduasoy has no Z in it.

Everyone else: ROL

ZZZ: a type of drink
(and no its not an acronym)
also theres zZz, a dutch music band
and zzz, the onomatopoeia for sleep.
ROLl

KMA
ps PadUASoy has UAS in it i answered that
pss sardIOUine is not a word, so why dont u look for a valid word for IOU

ZZZ the drink is a brand.

Example: Ouzo is a type of drink (made my many different brands), Pimm's is a trademark for a gin-based drink.

ZZZ the drink falls in the latter category.

ZZZ may well be a Dutch band, but band names are not words.

ZZZ for sleep is definitely not a word.

So keep trying... and best of luck to you.

Col.

zzz for sleep is a word as it is the onomatopoeic word that symbolises the sound when someone is asleep

1. zZz is a Dutch band from Amsterdam, founded in 2001, formed by Björn Ottenheim and Daan Schinkel. It is remarkable that the instruments of the ...
   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZZz

1. Implies that a particular character is asleep
   en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zzz

Can you please play by the rules now? It was very clear from the start that you can only use common nouns. None of your answers are therefore valid (as well as none of the possible answers for EWQ apart from the one on fishbase). So please keep trying.

P.S. sardIOUine is a type of fish, check fishbase if you do not believe me.

Um, in case you hadn't noticed zzz does not even contain the characters zzz so that is most certainly not a valid solution anyway.

if ur not accepting those, then follow this link
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/threeletters?view=...

Mr Mauhbc.

I do not know who you are, so say this impartially: the following is a direct quote from the website you highlighted.

"Graphic representations of noises, such as brrr, shhh, and zzz, do not really count as proper words."

I hope that this clears your issue, and that you can continue playing the game fairly. Please try to use only real words (this goes back to the use of ewq as well), since otherwise the game becomes meaningless.

Best wishes.

owen u have no idea who i am? lol
anyway the link says either my answer is correct, or there is no answer, either way the term ZZZ is discontinued, so now try KMA.

PS: the website says "Graphic representations of noises, such as brrr, shhh, and zzz, do not really count as 'proper' words." It didnt say they are not words at all.
PSS:How the hell do u do bold typeface in a post

If there is no answer then the official rules stipulate that I have to give a new string, so forget about KMA for the moment. The new string is: AAA. Good luck.

P.S. KMA is trivial anyway, e.g. sardKMAine.

There is no problem with the suggestion zzz but this doesn't contain the string which was asked of you so I think it is still perfectly alive. Not to mention there being plenty of obvious solutions.

P.S. P.S stands for postscript and is usually added at the end of a letter after a person has signed their name. If anything further is required to be added one generally uses the abbreviations P.P.S followed by P.P.P.S and so on. When being read aloud these are usually enunciated post-postscript and post-post-postscript respectively.

P.P.S. P.S. I love you.

cosmin is banned until he can come up with something other than sticking my suggested KMA in the word sardine, ie he stops being a troll, so were are still lokking for KMA, and i know for a fact theres a word with that combination but has nothing to do with fish
ps triple letters are also banned

Yes, blacKMAil, which is utterly trivial compared to sardKMAine (a type of sardine).

The string is AAA nao. Thank you.

P.S. I'm afraid you don't get to decide what is banned.

correction AAA isn't valid, so now try BBB

AAA is just as valid as EWQ.

cosmin u can just edit other posts like that, AAA is valid, so try CCC (or BBB, or any other triple letter combinations).

PS: Cosmin if u do that again i willreport u for blantent abuse of position as web editor and force a re-election

That's just asking for it. :D

screendoor mo mutazo

Time machine win!