Seeing as you love word games, here's a great game thought up by me five minutes ago.

It works as thus:
You're given a letter by the person above you. You must write a sentence of at least ten words without using that letter. More daring people might want to write at least ten sentences, but we won't go that far.

If you give a letter, only give one or you'll make it too hard.

Ready?

L

"I do hope I am ready for tonight's big event"

Is that okay?

and is "I" considered a word?

That's fine. Just remember to give a letter for the next person...
It's more a "see how it goes" thing, this.

Okay, thanx for clarifying.

Next letter:

E

Say, how about going fishing tomorrow down at our local marina?

S

I doubt the large hat will fit my tiny head

t

Each lesson you learn daily is a really enjoyable experience.

Y

So if lessons are learnt, does that indicate personal growth?

>E<

Nobody is stupid; it is our mind that is haunting to the thought (no pun intended ).

W

QUOTE (Jerry @ Aug 26 2004, 10:01 PM)

Nobody is stupid; it is our mind that is haunting to the thought.

There be an 'e' in 'the' Jerry, I do believe thee forgot that

y

Clever, Yoda. Using my mistake as a sentence


"Now I can't fix it, otherwise our posts will look weird!"

I

How about we try to make each sentence form a normal chat?

O

That is a very clever idea; I think I'll try that.


D

Just for fun, I think I'll put two letters for omission in the next puzzle. That way, it'll be less easy.

B and R

That was not nice my pal that we all know as QH.

A and L

When you don't see the next person to post, nice might not be there, for you don't know who's up next.

No I, but must include J

Jocular my reply as Yoda shall be, hmmm yes, use (lethal) Force you must

Use 'z' but leave out the 'o' please

Zany elephants can eat leaves and grass, if I may say this.


Use both L and Q, but not E

Quads look a bit normal if you mind many, many kids.

Right, here we go:
Include B, L and W, but miss out O and U.

This wind blew very heavily and settled nicely within itself.

Use Q, Z, and X, but exclude A, E, and I (a bit harsh, I know )

Zoom out on how Oxford Qoudpot shows our two floo puffs.

Use AEIOU but not H.

At great personal risk, Katie went and dived in-between the sand dunes.

Use Q, W, and Y, but not A and N

She quietly crept through the woods.


Use F, B, N but not E or T.

Harry did find blood on whimsical chairs and on Mary's cranium. (Ouch, that was a tough one )

Here's a new twist:

Use I and G in the same word; do not use T and A in the same word (but use all of these letters)

The igloo is a bit small.


Use A & M in the same word, P and I in the same word, but use each letter only once in the sentence.

(nice touch Jerry)

Peering out of her door, Esther thought amusedly, not gravely.

Use W, R, and G once in the sentence; use T four times in the sentence.


(you too, H.)

Have you wrung out the cloth to have a second use?


Use 4xE, 4xO, 1xU, but no A and no I.
An E and O must be in one word twice (two words containing E and O).

There is a sentence, as I've got it written down here.

Leo's song echos on uselessly.

(I think this fits)

It does. I was thinking of "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" myself. Now you'll need to give letters.

QUOTE (hershey @ Aug 31 2004, 09:05 AM)

Leo's song echos on uselessly. (I think this fits)

Use Rx2 in one word, Tx2 in another word, B & L in the same word and no I or S.

Remember to tattoo a noble lemma onto your belly.

Use a word with three C's, another word with three N's, and no H.

I brewed some concoctions, annexing my resolve simultaneously.

Use four G's and not one A

I googled for goggles.

Use two C's in one word, D&L in another and no E'S.

"I got an acclaim, though," I said accordingly.

Use all letters from A-K (inclusive) except E; use T twice, as well.

Backpacking at dusk in July is tons of happy and fun.

Use L through T with double 0's and no E's.

That's too hard for a small, witty lapin (in français) as QH.


Right. Use every letter of QuickHare in a sentence, but not using more than two stated letters in each word.

"Quickly hear him out, Fred!"

If it's acceptable:

Use A, C, E, G,... (skip one) until Q (inclusive)

Actually, Q, u, i, c and k all appear in the first word, when I said no more than two stated letters in each word.

And it has to be about ten words long....

Oh, sorry. I misunderstood your directions to mean "use all letters of 'QuickHare' in a sentence, but do not use the same letter twice in each word". Sorry

So after making a fool of myself , here's another attempt:


"Qanat means a type of hoary, ill, cry; very not known"


If it's right, then follow the directions I left in my previous, incorrect post.

p.s. Qanat is a real word, if anyone wants to know... The definition as I put it is wrong, though

"An Ace!" cried the dealer, excitedly watching Jim lay down his last card -- completing his partial flush of king, queen, jack, and ten.

...that's right, isn't it? (if I were really lazy, I could just have written 'the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs'.)

Use x, z, and q to start words. don't use o or a at all. Include the word 'pickle'.

The zebu quietly munched pickles since it isn't xeric.

(some may argue that the use of the contraction is cheating but oh well )


Use A,E,I, O,U and Y to start words, you may only use each vowel one additional time.

You untie each only in ash.


The next person mut use the letters B, L, I and P in one word, but not use the word BLIP. You may not use the letters O or A.

(I've used contractions, too, but I think words like "ne'er" is cheating.)

The blueprints definitely exceed my requirements.


Do not use P or I; use a palindrome in the sentence

Hannah and Bob went to the lot to check on a toyota.

Use two homophones and the letters h, q, and w, without using a.

The wind blew quickly by, turning the high sky even more blue.

Do not use 'QWERTY'.

A slugis a small snail minus a building on his back.


Use the letters of QWERTY but not UIOP.

Really, he can set a wry scene at Qatar, as well as at Qanat.

Use the letters of 'CARMEN' only once each. Use a palindrome

He sounds a toot or so, but my duck is still ok.


the next person must use all the letters of IMOGEN, BART, JERRY and HERSHEY.

"The next person must use all the letters of IMOGEN, BART, JERRY and HERSHEY. "

That's it. It is a complete sentence with more than ten words. And it fullfills the condition imposed.

Allright, the next one must do the same thing but use the letters of those words inside different words.

The engine of my Berreta often jerks, rattles and shakes.

Use the letters from HARRY, GINNY, RON & HERMIONE in separate words in a sentence that has no more then eight words.