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Wibbly Bits

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7-by-many spookiness
« on: November 04, 2022, 03:13:53 PM »
Cue theme from The Twilight Zone....

So, on Tuesday Nov 1, I created a 7-by-many in the Your Puzzles section. I chose the word 'convivial' as the seed word, with the central letter L. You can imagine my surprise when I opened up yesterday's 7-b-m puzzle, to find that it had the same letters and 2 seed words, only with the central letter being O.

Was it just a coincidence, and if so, what were the chances something like this could happen randomly?
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2022, 04:11:16 PM »
A little late for Halloween, don't you think...  >:D >:D >:D :-P :-P :-P
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2022, 07:18:19 PM »
Spooky!

Actually, is there anything to stop you entering the current puzzle as a private puzzle and looking up the solution? I've never tried it myself (honest!) but I guess it might be possible....
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2022, 07:28:27 PM »
That has occurred to me before - I’ve only made one puzzle (and failed to get a rosette!) but it did make me think you could do that I suppose?
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2022, 09:12:20 PM »
I have a lot of faith in human nature - but not that much!
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2022, 10:12:47 PM »
 :-P :-P :-P :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2022, 10:33:20 PM »
I realize it was just a random coincidence. Upon reflection, the odds of this happening would be 1 in 7n, where n is the number of 7-b-m words in the Chi database. Maybe I should have bought a Lotto ticket on Tuesday!

As you have noted on several occasions Alan, people play Chi in different ways, and for different reasons. The main thing is that your games provide a huge amount of enjoyment to many people all over the world. For that, you can feel very proud, and we are all very grateful. Thank you once again.
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2022, 11:04:52 PM »
Quote from: Wibbly Bits on November 04, 2022, 10:33:20 PM
The main thing is that your games provide a huge amount of enjoyment to many people all over the world. For that, you can feel very proud, and we are all very grateful. Thank you once again.

Hear, hear... 🙏🙏🙏
« Last Edit: November 04, 2022, 11:06:34 PM by ridethetalk »
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2022, 12:25:33 PM »
It WAS weird! and I felt strangely uncomfortable playing it - like I was cheating. I tried so hard not to remember the first game, I ended up disadvantaging myself and didn’t do as well 🤣😝.

Agree 100% with the thanks to Alan!
And thanks to WB too, for posting puzzles for us 7BM addicts …
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2022, 02:49:48 PM »
My pleasure, M.   :)
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Re: 7-by-many spookiness
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2022, 02:56:16 PM »
Yes, thank you Wibbly Bits, kathyF, Ppilot, Nix, nixing, Khyalla and many other 7BM puzzle makers.
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