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Wes Anderson

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Chapter Eleven: Eli's Word Palace
« on: September 24, 2021, 08:32:27 am »
The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sage thicket. "Vámonos, amigos," he whispered, and threw the busted leather flintcraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock, and they rode on in the friscalating dusklight.


Eli Cash, author of Old Custer, is a literary celebrity with a very unique way with words, and a drug problem.  In this challenge, players will enter Eli's altered-state mind to find just the right word to finish the next sentence of his newest manuscript. 

To begin this challenge, you will click this link and fill out the form, after which your time will start and you will be provided a link to a game.  Your goal in this game is to formulate the longest word you're able to put together from the letters you find, and to post that word in your confessional.  You may change your submitted word during the challenge, and your last submission that falls within the deadline will be your official entry.  Invalid words will not count.

You should not use the same letter more than once unless it is hidden in the maze more than one time.  Be warned that you are operating within an uneven mind, but that you can rely on colors to help guide you.  You may not use any word finding tool during this challenge. 

There is a hard 30 minute deadline.  The player who submits the longest word within that time wins immunity.  In the event of a tie, the player who submitted their word in the least amount of time will prevail.

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Re: Chapter Eleven: Eli's Word Palace
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2021, 08:30:47 am »
Challenge Eleven Results



Let’s see where this ride ended up…

Beginning with the shortest words, we have:
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M. Gustave, submitting CHASTENS ASHSCENTS

Ashscents is not a valid word.

We also have…
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Duke, turning in
STASHES

That is a 7-letter word.

Next we have…
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Madame D., submitting CHESSES, also 7 letters.

Following Madame D., it’s…
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Royal, with SNATCHES. That’s eight letters.

The remaining players submitted a word 10 letters long.

That word:
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CHASTENESS
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Immunity will come down to who navigated Eli’s word palace and plucked this word from it most quickly.

Let’s start from the rear:
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Suzy Bishop found the word in 22 minutes, 48 seconds.

Next up:
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Oracle, wrapping in 17 minutes 10 seconds.

That leaves Richie and Margot Tenenbaum competing for the top spot.

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They were separated by less than 2 minutes.

Richie Tenenbaum…
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Finished in 8 minutes, 32 seconds.

Margot took…
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10 minutes and 28 seconds.

Richie Tenenbaum wins immunity!
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