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How Does It Do That? #2 - Pun Run!
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Follow the steps to change one string of letters to a different one. The starting string is NONSPEAKINGSOLDIER, and your clue for the ending string's pun is "Christmas!"
1) Eliminate all 15's.
2) Eliminate all 14's.
3) Remove the summit.
4) Change "DIE" into its antonym.
5) Change the last five letters to "the opposite of day".
6) Eliminate the second 19.
7) Eliminate the first 7.
8) Insert 5-14-20-11 between the 12 and the 14.
1) Eliminate all 15's.
2) Eliminate all 14's.
3) Remove the summit.
4) Change "DIE" into its antonym.
5) Change the last five letters to "the opposite of day".
6) Eliminate the second 19.
7) Eliminate the first 7.
8) Insert 5-14-20-11 between the 12 and the 14.
Answer
Start: NONSPEAKINGSOLDIERAfter step 1: NNSPEAKIGSLDIER (Remove all 15's - O's)
After step 2: SPEAKIGSLDIER (Remove all 14's - N's)
After step 3: SIGSLDIER (Remove the summit - "peak")
After step 4: SIGSLLIVER (Change "DIE" into its antonym - "live")
After step 5: SIGSLNIGHT (Change last 5 letters into opposite of day - NIGHT)
After step 6: SIGLNIGHT (Remove the second 19 - the second S)
After step 7: SILNIGHT (Remove the first 7 - the first G)
After step 8: SILENTKNIGHT (Add 5-14-20-11 between the 12 and the 14 - insert ENTK between the L and the N)
Answer: SILENTKNIGHT
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first comment! woooo good teaser
That one took me a little while. Good tease!
That's interesting. I had a teaser rejected on the grounds that it wasn't a teaser but merely a set of instructions to follow. Seems to me this is exactly what this is also?
I liked this and had fun with it, but it seems like what Jimbo said is correct...it is a set of instructions.
Interesting and time consuming.
oh the numbers are referended to the alphabet? haha fooled me nice
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