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Avast!
What phrase is illustrated below?
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SHOT
OOOO
WWWW
BBBB
SHOT
OOOO
WWWW
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An ingenious idea, but it is sabotaged by the typographical arrangement, which is right now:
BBBB
SHOT
oooo
wwww
By the time the next comment is posted, I hope it will have been changed to
bSow
bHow
bOow
bTow
The name of the teaser, Avast!, may be a useful hint to those few who happened to know its meaning, or bother to look it up before attempting to solve the teaser rather than afterwards, as I did. It is "a nautical command to stop or cease".
BBBB
SHOT
oooo
wwww
By the time the next comment is posted, I hope it will have been changed to
bSow
bHow
bOow
bTow
The name of the teaser, Avast!, may be a useful hint to those few who happened to know its meaning, or bother to look it up before attempting to solve the teaser rather than afterwards, as I did. It is "a nautical command to stop or cease".
I think it was done well - if it ain't broke don't fix it
nice teaser! either way i dont get the phrase because i never heard that phase before
what is avast?
what is avast?
I know the expression, I just couldn't figure this out from the clues. Sorry, but thanks for posting.
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