March 14, 2006

• Some friends and I are playing an online game of Mastermind, which is a really frustrating game wherein participants attempt to guess a  pre-selected five or six letter word (though I suppose it could have any number of letters) by suggesting their own, and the one who started the game (IOW, the one with the answer) uses X's to denote letters contained within the answer that are in the correct position, and O's to denote letters that are contained within the answer but are out of place.

  I tried to be the one starting the game, and mercy Maud, I'm sorry I did, a regret shared with the poor schnooks valiantly attempting to play.  Unfortunately I've a real knack for overlooking letters, or not realizing they're in the right place, etc.  Twice I've had to sheepishly amend my response.

  It's embarrassing.

  Finally the notion came to me to create an Excel spreadsheet and put the answer there, then the various guesses beneath it, highlighting the correct letters....red for being in the right position, green if it's used but not in that particular spot.

  So....anyone wanna have a crack at it?  ISTM it ought to be staring everyone in the face:

  

  • 9:15 am
  • 4 Comments