How Ssimple is Thisss?

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Read following passage...

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Beginning sstory:
There wass a ssound.
Maybe a ssnake?
It went hissss!
Everyone got sscared!
Air mattress sstarted leaking.
Lord help uss!!!!

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... now tell me how many times my favorite letter of the alphabet appears in it.

pattern lateral-thinking

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  I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not really a puzzle but just an exercise in counting letters (and finding hidden ones).
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  @Randal'Thor I don't actually understand how this one can call this off topic. You've called it not a puzzle, then parenthesized finding hidden things as if that isn't a puzzle-type endeavor. steganography, word-search, number-sequence, word-property, letter-sequence, word-sequence and minesweeper are all legitimate tags that have people finding hidden things. The counting part is merely a mechanism to enigmatically show puzzlers that something is indeed hidden.
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  @Chowzen Well yeah, but in something like steganography or word-property there's actually a puzzle to be solved. This is simply "count some S's, and spot where I've hidden one", which doesn't really seem like a puzzle to me. Several of the other answers here seem equally valid, which is also a reason to close.
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Read following passage...

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Beginning sstory:
There wass a ssound.
Maybe a ssnake?
It went hissss!
Everyone got sscared!
Air mattress sstarted leaking.
Lord help uss!!!!

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... now tell me how many times my favorite letter of the alphabet appears in it.

pattern lateral-thinking

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  @Chowzen Well yeah, but in something like steganography or word-property there's actually a puzzle to be solved. This is simply "count some S's, and spot where I've hidden one", which doesn't really seem like a puzzle to me. Several of the other answers here seem equally valid, which is also a reason to close.
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Read following passage...

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Beginning sstory:
There wass a ssound.
Maybe a ssnake?
It went hissss!
Everyone got sscared!
Air mattress sstarted leaking.
Lord help uss!!!!

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... now tell me how many times my favorite letter of the alphabet appears in it.

pattern lateral-thinking

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Read following passage...

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Beginning sstory:
There wass a ssound.
Maybe a ssnake?
It went hissss!
Everyone got sscared!
Air mattress sstarted leaking.
Lord help uss!!!!

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... now tell me how many times my favorite letter of the alphabet appears in it.

pattern lateral-thinking

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  I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not really a puzzle but just an exercise in counting letters (and finding hidden ones).
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  I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not really a puzzle but just an exercise in counting letters (and finding hidden ones).
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mattress not matressss hmm.
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mattress not matressss hmm.
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I've updated my answer, could you provide feedback? I'm actively looking for this one.
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I've updated my answer, could you provide feedback? I'm actively looking for this one.
– PerpetualJ
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not really a puzzle but just an exercise in counting letters (and finding hidden ones).
– Rand al'Thor
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not really a puzzle but just an exercise in counting letters (and finding hidden ones).
– Rand al'Thor
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@Randal'Thor I don't actually understand how this one can call this off topic. You've called it not a puzzle, then parenthesized finding hidden things as if that isn't a puzzle-type endeavor. steganography, word-search, number-sequence, word-property, letter-sequence, word-sequence and minesweeper are all legitimate tags that have people finding hidden things. The counting part is merely a mechanism to enigmatically show puzzlers that something is indeed hidden.
– Chowzen
Sep 2 at 15:43

@Randal'Thor I don't actually understand how this one can call this off topic. You've called it not a puzzle, then parenthesized finding hidden things as if that isn't a puzzle-type endeavor. steganography, word-search, number-sequence, word-property, letter-sequence, word-sequence and minesweeper are all legitimate tags that have people finding hidden things. The counting part is merely a mechanism to enigmatically show puzzlers that something is indeed hidden.
– Chowzen
Sep 2 at 15:43

@Chowzen Well yeah, but in something like steganography or word-property there's actually a puzzle to be solved. This is simply "count some S's, and spot where I've hidden one", which doesn't really seem like a puzzle to me. Several of the other answers here seem equally valid, which is also a reason to close.
– Rand al'Thor
Sep 2 at 22:41

@Chowzen Well yeah, but in something like steganography or word-property there's actually a puzzle to be solved. This is simply "count some S's, and spot where I've hidden one", which doesn't really seem like a puzzle to me. Several of the other answers here seem equally valid, which is also a reason to close.
– Rand al'Thor
Sep 2 at 22:41

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Your favorite letter is

s

And it appears

21 times. 20 times as an actual letter, and then, if you Ctrl+F for 's', you find one more hidden:

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  Six hundred and seventy two times on the page (at 1440 CST, 8/31/2018).
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  Nicely done! It warms the cockles of my heart to see a new contributor's unique perspective paying off. Welcome to Puzzling.SE!
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Going back to old chestunts, Your favorite letter

appears exactly once in the alphabet.
Regardless of which letter is your favorite, letters are listed only once in an alphabet.

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answered Aug 31 at 13:53

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  Though the post asks of the alphabet not in the alphabet; good answer though. I think this meets El-Guest's cheater-pants-you-can't-do-that criteria! :D +1
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  I'm not so sure it could refer back to the alphabet itself with that statement. With lateral-thinking, sure! The literal flow of the sentence however refers to the passage. This was still a good answer.
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Your favorite letter is the letter

ß

This letter

is mostly used in the German language; and it stands for a 'double s'. However, the letter ß doesn't belong in the regular alphabet. But it looks like a B so maybe your favorite letter is the letter B? The letter B only appears once in your story; the first letter. Lateral thinking! .. maybe?

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answered Aug 31 at 13:22

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I'm not ssure if I've found what you are looking for, but doess your favorite letter appear

two timess - that'ss if it'ss W. Thanks to El-Guesst for counting to two (I couldn't).

Because this sstory contains many occurrencess of

double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

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  Doesn't this appear twice? (or are you talking about an actual r13(cnve bs H'f)?
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  @El-Guest thank you - you're right - doh. I guess I still haven't found what Chowzen's looking for. I may update (if not delete).
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  I think every answer so far fits one of those two tags instead of pattern (including mine), to be honest. Alsso, you're sso uuelcome :D
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  It's not wordplay. I added the tag "lateral-thinking."
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If your favourite letter is:

anything except "I" or "T" (like the implied "S")

then 0

else 1


...because:

-- how many times my favorite letter of the alphabet appears in "it"

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answered Aug 31 at 11:44

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  I did wonder if someone was going to inquire about that old chestnut, but that's not it.
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My Observation:

since there is a pattern tag, i noticed the number of s in each line follows this pattern 2,4,2,4,2 ... maybe this has something to do with the answer we are looking for.

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answered Aug 31 at 12:33

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I see that

You add one 's' for every correct occurrence of 's' in the words. Except for in 'mattress'. So maybe your favourite letter is 'e'? So when writing mattress, you saw 'e' and got distracted and forgot to add (or overcame your problem of adding) the extra 's'. :P 'e' appears 9 times in the text

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answered Aug 31 at 14:28

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If the answer is not Marius', and there's no lateral-thinking involved, then perhaps the answer is instead

21? As Marius correctly notes, there are 20 S's in the puzzle, but there are also punctuation marks. In fact there is a period, an exclamation mark, and a question mark. The s in question mark could be the 21st S.

The more I write this answer, the more I feel that the more likely answer is instead

22. Question mark is correct, but you would probably pronounce it quesstion mark instead to follow the speech pattern of the rest of the story!

The other old chestnut outside of Jonathan Allen's is of course

that the phrase "my favorite letter of the alphabet" does not appear at all in the passage.

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  I'm saying that there are 4 S's in some words and 2 S's in others for a reason. The lateral-thinking tag means you can't just go and add up all of the S's; the solution is more clever than that. The method that I was proposing is entirely lateral-thinking, since it considers both words and punctuation marks as simple text. Since there's no green checkmark here, it's not the correct solution, but it was my attempt at discovering Chowzen's sneaky trick!
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Thinking outside the box, your favourite letter is

i - Counting the exclamation marks as upside down i's, you get a total of 12!

Alternatively:

Thanks to @Shahriar Mahmud Sajid for spotting the 2424242 pattern!

Using the repeating part (24), we can conclude that your favourite letter is the 24th letter of the alphabet, X, which occurs 0 times sadly.

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The Pattern: Given by Shahriar's answer, a pattern was found on the occurrences for the letter s.

A pattern of 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 in which each line follows this pattern for the number of instances in which the letter s appears.

The Double Standard: Tom's answer sums it up well.

Double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

My Answer: I believe there is more to this than Tom and Shahriar have pointed out.

I believe your favorite letter is w and it occurs 2 times.

My Reasoning: There are a lot of things that add up to this, to include the answers that Tom and Shahriar gave. To top it off:

If you concatenate these numbers together, you get the number 24 which is representative of the letter w in the alphabet and it appears 2 times.


Also, following the pattern, there are two instances of w and they are both on lines where there are four instances of s.


Also, I would like to point out that the first occurrence of the letter w is also positioned at index 24 (1 based, including spaces and punctuation) within the passage; which, is either sheer coincidence, or pure genius.

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THe letter that appears the most in the passage is s. So this must be your favorite. It appears 20 times.


Bonus: Your second favorite is e. 14 times.

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answered Aug 31 at 11:11

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"Body must be at least 30 characters, you entered 5." The system lies!

Since

you don't ask us what your favorite letter is, it's not part of the puzzle and since you don't tell us, the answer is either zero or "not enough information".

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answered Sep 1 at 23:31

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Your favorite letter is

"z". It appears zero times.

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  Welcome to Puzzling.SE! Firstly, could you explain why you believe this is the correct answer? Answers without explanation are likely to end up getting downvoted and/or deleted. Secondly, please remember to hide your answers inside spoiler tags, so as to avoid potentially spoiling the solution for anyone who wants to have a go at the puzzle themselves.
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21 times. 20 times as an actual letter, and then, if you Ctrl+F for 's', you find one more hidden:

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  Six hundred and seventy two times on the page (at 1440 CST, 8/31/2018).
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  Aug 31 at 19:20
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I can't find that hidden one, is it in the actual post?
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  Aug 31 at 20:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
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  @Seraphina check out the pattern the yellow-highlighted letters make in the answer's image, and the question when Ctrl+Fing for s.
  – Daevin
  Aug 31 at 20:28
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Nicely done! It warms the cockles of my heart to see a new contributor's unique perspective paying off. Welcome to Puzzling.SE!
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 20:49
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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38
down vote



accepted

Your favorite letter is

s

And it appears

21 times. 20 times as an actual letter, and then, if you Ctrl+F for 's', you find one more hidden:

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answered Aug 31 at 19:06

Alycs

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  Six hundred and seventy two times on the page (at 1440 CST, 8/31/2018).
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 19:20
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I can't find that hidden one, is it in the actual post?
  – Seraphina
  Aug 31 at 20:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  11
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Seraphina check out the pattern the yellow-highlighted letters make in the answer's image, and the question when Ctrl+Fing for s.
  – Daevin
  Aug 31 at 20:28
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Nicely done! It warms the cockles of my heart to see a new contributor's unique perspective paying off. Welcome to Puzzling.SE!
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 20:49
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
38
down vote



accepted

up vote
38
down vote



accepted

Your favorite letter is

s

And it appears

21 times. 20 times as an actual letter, and then, if you Ctrl+F for 's', you find one more hidden:

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 19:06

Alycs

49612

Your favorite letter is

s

And it appears

21 times. 20 times as an actual letter, and then, if you Ctrl+F for 's', you find one more hidden:

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 19:06

Alycs

49612

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 19:06

Alycs

49612

answered Aug 31 at 19:06

Alycs

49612

answered Aug 31 at 19:06

Alycs

49612

49612

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Six hundred and seventy two times on the page (at 1440 CST, 8/31/2018).
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 19:20
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I can't find that hidden one, is it in the actual post?
  – Seraphina
  Aug 31 at 20:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  11
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Seraphina check out the pattern the yellow-highlighted letters make in the answer's image, and the question when Ctrl+Fing for s.
  – Daevin
  Aug 31 at 20:28
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Nicely done! It warms the cockles of my heart to see a new contributor's unique perspective paying off. Welcome to Puzzling.SE!
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 20:49
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Six hundred and seventy two times on the page (at 1440 CST, 8/31/2018).
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 19:20
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I can't find that hidden one, is it in the actual post?
  – Seraphina
  Aug 31 at 20:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  11
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Seraphina check out the pattern the yellow-highlighted letters make in the answer's image, and the question when Ctrl+Fing for s.
  – Daevin
  Aug 31 at 20:28
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Nicely done! It warms the cockles of my heart to see a new contributor's unique perspective paying off. Welcome to Puzzling.SE!
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 20:49
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

Six hundred and seventy two times on the page (at 1440 CST, 8/31/2018).
– PerpetualJ
Aug 31 at 19:20

Six hundred and seventy two times on the page (at 1440 CST, 8/31/2018).
– PerpetualJ
Aug 31 at 19:20

1

1

I can't find that hidden one, is it in the actual post?
– Seraphina
Aug 31 at 20:23

I can't find that hidden one, is it in the actual post?
– Seraphina
Aug 31 at 20:23

11

11

@Seraphina check out the pattern the yellow-highlighted letters make in the answer's image, and the question when Ctrl+Fing for s.
– Daevin
Aug 31 at 20:28

@Seraphina check out the pattern the yellow-highlighted letters make in the answer's image, and the question when Ctrl+Fing for s.
– Daevin
Aug 31 at 20:28

1

1

Nicely done! It warms the cockles of my heart to see a new contributor's unique perspective paying off. Welcome to Puzzling.SE!
– Chowzen
Aug 31 at 20:49

Nicely done! It warms the cockles of my heart to see a new contributor's unique perspective paying off. Welcome to Puzzling.SE!
– Chowzen
Aug 31 at 20:49

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up vote
18
down vote

Going back to old chestunts, Your favorite letter

appears exactly once in the alphabet.
Regardless of which letter is your favorite, letters are listed only once in an alphabet.

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answered Aug 31 at 13:53

B540Glenn

62649

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  Though the post asks of the alphabet not in the alphabet; good answer though. I think this meets El-Guest's cheater-pants-you-can't-do-that criteria! :D +1
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 14:21
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I just noticed that the M in the third line is bolded. MIght that be the hint we're missing?
  – B540Glenn
  Aug 31 at 14:24
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @PerpetualJ but the "it" in "appears in it" can refer to both the passage and the alphabet.
  – ratchet freak
  Aug 31 at 14:50
  

  
  
  
  


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  I'm not so sure it could refer back to the alphabet itself with that statement. With lateral-thinking, sure! The literal flow of the sentence however refers to the passage. This was still a good answer.
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 15:03
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
18
down vote

Going back to old chestunts, Your favorite letter

appears exactly once in the alphabet.
Regardless of which letter is your favorite, letters are listed only once in an alphabet.

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 13:53

B540Glenn

62649

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Though the post asks of the alphabet not in the alphabet; good answer though. I think this meets El-Guest's cheater-pants-you-can't-do-that criteria! :D +1
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 14:21
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I just noticed that the M in the third line is bolded. MIght that be the hint we're missing?
  – B540Glenn
  Aug 31 at 14:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @PerpetualJ but the "it" in "appears in it" can refer to both the passage and the alphabet.
  – ratchet freak
  Aug 31 at 14:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm not so sure it could refer back to the alphabet itself with that statement. With lateral-thinking, sure! The literal flow of the sentence however refers to the passage. This was still a good answer.
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 15:03
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
18
down vote

up vote
18
down vote

Going back to old chestunts, Your favorite letter

appears exactly once in the alphabet.
Regardless of which letter is your favorite, letters are listed only once in an alphabet.

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 13:53

B540Glenn

62649

Going back to old chestunts, Your favorite letter

appears exactly once in the alphabet.
Regardless of which letter is your favorite, letters are listed only once in an alphabet.

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 13:53

B540Glenn

62649

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 13:53

B540Glenn

62649

answered Aug 31 at 13:53

B540Glenn

62649

answered Aug 31 at 13:53

B540Glenn

62649

62649

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Though the post asks of the alphabet not in the alphabet; good answer though. I think this meets El-Guest's cheater-pants-you-can't-do-that criteria! :D +1
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 14:21
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I just noticed that the M in the third line is bolded. MIght that be the hint we're missing?
  – B540Glenn
  Aug 31 at 14:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @PerpetualJ but the "it" in "appears in it" can refer to both the passage and the alphabet.
  – ratchet freak
  Aug 31 at 14:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm not so sure it could refer back to the alphabet itself with that statement. With lateral-thinking, sure! The literal flow of the sentence however refers to the passage. This was still a good answer.
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 15:03
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Though the post asks of the alphabet not in the alphabet; good answer though. I think this meets El-Guest's cheater-pants-you-can't-do-that criteria! :D +1
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 14:21
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I just noticed that the M in the third line is bolded. MIght that be the hint we're missing?
  – B540Glenn
  Aug 31 at 14:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @PerpetualJ but the "it" in "appears in it" can refer to both the passage and the alphabet.
  – ratchet freak
  Aug 31 at 14:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm not so sure it could refer back to the alphabet itself with that statement. With lateral-thinking, sure! The literal flow of the sentence however refers to the passage. This was still a good answer.
  – PerpetualJ
  Aug 31 at 15:03
  

  
  
  
  

Though the post asks of the alphabet not in the alphabet; good answer though. I think this meets El-Guest's cheater-pants-you-can't-do-that criteria! :D +1
– PerpetualJ
Aug 31 at 14:21

Though the post asks of the alphabet not in the alphabet; good answer though. I think this meets El-Guest's cheater-pants-you-can't-do-that criteria! :D +1
– PerpetualJ
Aug 31 at 14:21

I just noticed that the M in the third line is bolded. MIght that be the hint we're missing?
– B540Glenn
Aug 31 at 14:24

I just noticed that the M in the third line is bolded. MIght that be the hint we're missing?
– B540Glenn
Aug 31 at 14:24

1

1

@PerpetualJ but the "it" in "appears in it" can refer to both the passage and the alphabet.
– ratchet freak
Aug 31 at 14:50

@PerpetualJ but the "it" in "appears in it" can refer to both the passage and the alphabet.
– ratchet freak
Aug 31 at 14:50

I'm not so sure it could refer back to the alphabet itself with that statement. With lateral-thinking, sure! The literal flow of the sentence however refers to the passage. This was still a good answer.
– PerpetualJ
Aug 31 at 15:03

I'm not so sure it could refer back to the alphabet itself with that statement. With lateral-thinking, sure! The literal flow of the sentence however refers to the passage. This was still a good answer.
– PerpetualJ
Aug 31 at 15:03

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up vote
15
down vote

Your favorite letter is the letter

ß

This letter

is mostly used in the German language; and it stands for a 'double s'. However, the letter ß doesn't belong in the regular alphabet. But it looks like a B so maybe your favorite letter is the letter B? The letter B only appears once in your story; the first letter. Lateral thinking! .. maybe?

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answered Aug 31 at 13:22

Rick van Osta

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up vote
15
down vote

Your favorite letter is the letter

ß

This letter

is mostly used in the German language; and it stands for a 'double s'. However, the letter ß doesn't belong in the regular alphabet. But it looks like a B so maybe your favorite letter is the letter B? The letter B only appears once in your story; the first letter. Lateral thinking! .. maybe?

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 13:22

Rick van Osta

1,777321

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up vote
15
down vote

up vote
15
down vote

Your favorite letter is the letter

ß

This letter

is mostly used in the German language; and it stands for a 'double s'. However, the letter ß doesn't belong in the regular alphabet. But it looks like a B so maybe your favorite letter is the letter B? The letter B only appears once in your story; the first letter. Lateral thinking! .. maybe?

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 13:22

Rick van Osta

1,777321

Your favorite letter is the letter

ß

This letter

is mostly used in the German language; and it stands for a 'double s'. However, the letter ß doesn't belong in the regular alphabet. But it looks like a B so maybe your favorite letter is the letter B? The letter B only appears once in your story; the first letter. Lateral thinking! .. maybe?

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 13:22

Rick van Osta

1,777321

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 13:22

Rick van Osta

1,777321

answered Aug 31 at 13:22

Rick van Osta

1,777321

answered Aug 31 at 13:22

Rick van Osta

1,777321

1,777321

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up vote
7
down vote

I'm not ssure if I've found what you are looking for, but doess your favorite letter appear

two timess - that'ss if it'ss W. Thanks to El-Guesst for counting to two (I couldn't).

Because this sstory contains many occurrencess of

double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

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edited Aug 31 at 12:56

answered Aug 31 at 12:46

Tom

24.5k285143

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  Doesn't this appear twice? (or are you talking about an actual r13(cnve bs H'f)?
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 12:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @El-Guest thank you - you're right - doh. I guess I still haven't found what Chowzen's looking for. I may update (if not delete).
  – Tom
  Aug 31 at 12:54
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I think every answer so far fits one of those two tags instead of pattern (including mine), to be honest. Alsso, you're sso uuelcome :D
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 12:58
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  It's not wordplay. I added the tag "lateral-thinking."
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 13:11
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @El-Guest I'd say the answer that deserves more attention is this one.
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 15:23
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
7
down vote

I'm not ssure if I've found what you are looking for, but doess your favorite letter appear

two timess - that'ss if it'ss W. Thanks to El-Guesst for counting to two (I couldn't).

Because this sstory contains many occurrencess of

double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 31 at 12:56

answered Aug 31 at 12:46

Tom

24.5k285143

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Doesn't this appear twice? (or are you talking about an actual r13(cnve bs H'f)?
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 12:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @El-Guest thank you - you're right - doh. I guess I still haven't found what Chowzen's looking for. I may update (if not delete).
  – Tom
  Aug 31 at 12:54
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I think every answer so far fits one of those two tags instead of pattern (including mine), to be honest. Alsso, you're sso uuelcome :D
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 12:58
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  It's not wordplay. I added the tag "lateral-thinking."
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 13:11
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @El-Guest I'd say the answer that deserves more attention is this one.
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 15:23
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
7
down vote

up vote
7
down vote

I'm not ssure if I've found what you are looking for, but doess your favorite letter appear

two timess - that'ss if it'ss W. Thanks to El-Guesst for counting to two (I couldn't).

Because this sstory contains many occurrencess of

double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 31 at 12:56

answered Aug 31 at 12:46

Tom

24.5k285143

I'm not ssure if I've found what you are looking for, but doess your favorite letter appear

two timess - that'ss if it'ss W. Thanks to El-Guesst for counting to two (I couldn't).

Because this sstory contains many occurrencess of

double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 31 at 12:56

answered Aug 31 at 12:46

Tom

24.5k285143

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 31 at 12:56

edited Aug 31 at 12:56

edited Aug 31 at 12:56

answered Aug 31 at 12:46

Tom

24.5k285143

answered Aug 31 at 12:46

Tom

24.5k285143

answered Aug 31 at 12:46

Tom

24.5k285143

24.5k285143

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Doesn't this appear twice? (or are you talking about an actual r13(cnve bs H'f)?
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 12:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @El-Guest thank you - you're right - doh. I guess I still haven't found what Chowzen's looking for. I may update (if not delete).
  – Tom
  Aug 31 at 12:54
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I think every answer so far fits one of those two tags instead of pattern (including mine), to be honest. Alsso, you're sso uuelcome :D
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 12:58
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  It's not wordplay. I added the tag "lateral-thinking."
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 13:11
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @El-Guest I'd say the answer that deserves more attention is this one.
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 15:23
  

  
  
  
  

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Doesn't this appear twice? (or are you talking about an actual r13(cnve bs H'f)?
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 12:50
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @El-Guest thank you - you're right - doh. I guess I still haven't found what Chowzen's looking for. I may update (if not delete).
  – Tom
  Aug 31 at 12:54
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I think every answer so far fits one of those two tags instead of pattern (including mine), to be honest. Alsso, you're sso uuelcome :D
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 12:58
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  It's not wordplay. I added the tag "lateral-thinking."
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 13:11
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @El-Guest I'd say the answer that deserves more attention is this one.
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 15:23
  

  
  
  
  

Doesn't this appear twice? (or are you talking about an actual r13(cnve bs H'f)?
– El-Guest
Aug 31 at 12:50

Doesn't this appear twice? (or are you talking about an actual r13(cnve bs H'f)?
– El-Guest
Aug 31 at 12:50

@El-Guest thank you - you're right - doh. I guess I still haven't found what Chowzen's looking for. I may update (if not delete).
– Tom
Aug 31 at 12:54

@El-Guest thank you - you're right - doh. I guess I still haven't found what Chowzen's looking for. I may update (if not delete).
– Tom
Aug 31 at 12:54

1

1

I think every answer so far fits one of those two tags instead of pattern (including mine), to be honest. Alsso, you're sso uuelcome :D
– El-Guest
Aug 31 at 12:58

I think every answer so far fits one of those two tags instead of pattern (including mine), to be honest. Alsso, you're sso uuelcome :D
– El-Guest
Aug 31 at 12:58

1

1

It's not wordplay. I added the tag "lateral-thinking."
– Chowzen
Aug 31 at 13:11

It's not wordplay. I added the tag "lateral-thinking."
– Chowzen
Aug 31 at 13:11

1

1

@El-Guest I'd say the answer that deserves more attention is this one.
– Chowzen
Aug 31 at 15:23

@El-Guest I'd say the answer that deserves more attention is this one.
– Chowzen
Aug 31 at 15:23

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up vote
5
down vote

If your favourite letter is:

anything except "I" or "T" (like the implied "S")

then 0

else 1


...because:

-- how many times my favorite letter of the alphabet appears in "it"

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answered Aug 31 at 11:44

Jonathan Allan

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  I did wonder if someone was going to inquire about that old chestnut, but that's not it.
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 11:53
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
5
down vote

If your favourite letter is:

anything except "I" or "T" (like the implied "S")

then 0

else 1


...because:

-- how many times my favorite letter of the alphabet appears in "it"

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 31 at 11:44

Jonathan Allan

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  I did wonder if someone was going to inquire about that old chestnut, but that's not it.
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If your favourite letter is:

anything except "I" or "T" (like the implied "S")

then 0

else 1


...because:

-- how many times my favorite letter of the alphabet appears in "it"

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answered Aug 31 at 11:44

Jonathan Allan

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If your favourite letter is:

anything except "I" or "T" (like the implied "S")

then 0

else 1


...because:

-- how many times my favorite letter of the alphabet appears in "it"

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answered Aug 31 at 11:44

Jonathan Allan

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answered Aug 31 at 11:44

Jonathan Allan

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answered Aug 31 at 11:44

Jonathan Allan

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answered Aug 31 at 11:44

Jonathan Allan

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  I did wonder if someone was going to inquire about that old chestnut, but that's not it.
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 11:53
  

  
  
  
  

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  I did wonder if someone was going to inquire about that old chestnut, but that's not it.
  – Chowzen
  Aug 31 at 11:53
  

  
  
  
  

I did wonder if someone was going to inquire about that old chestnut, but that's not it.
– Chowzen
Aug 31 at 11:53

I did wonder if someone was going to inquire about that old chestnut, but that's not it.
– Chowzen
Aug 31 at 11:53

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My Observation:

since there is a pattern tag, i noticed the number of s in each line follows this pattern 2,4,2,4,2 ... maybe this has something to do with the answer we are looking for.

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answered Aug 31 at 12:33

Shahriar Mahmud Sajid

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  So, the answer is 42, the answer to everything?
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  Aug 31 at 18:25
  

  
  
  
  

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My Observation:

since there is a pattern tag, i noticed the number of s in each line follows this pattern 2,4,2,4,2 ... maybe this has something to do with the answer we are looking for.

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answered Aug 31 at 12:33

Shahriar Mahmud Sajid

2,144525

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  So, the answer is 42, the answer to everything?
  – xhienne
  Aug 31 at 18:25
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
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My Observation:

since there is a pattern tag, i noticed the number of s in each line follows this pattern 2,4,2,4,2 ... maybe this has something to do with the answer we are looking for.

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answered Aug 31 at 12:33

Shahriar Mahmud Sajid

2,144525

My Observation:

since there is a pattern tag, i noticed the number of s in each line follows this pattern 2,4,2,4,2 ... maybe this has something to do with the answer we are looking for.

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answered Aug 31 at 12:33

Shahriar Mahmud Sajid

2,144525

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answered Aug 31 at 12:33

Shahriar Mahmud Sajid

2,144525

answered Aug 31 at 12:33

Shahriar Mahmud Sajid

2,144525

answered Aug 31 at 12:33

Shahriar Mahmud Sajid

2,144525

2,144525

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  So, the answer is 42, the answer to everything?
  – xhienne
  Aug 31 at 18:25
  

  
  
  
  

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  So, the answer is 42, the answer to everything?
  – xhienne
  Aug 31 at 18:25
  

  
  
  
  

So, the answer is 42, the answer to everything?
– xhienne
Aug 31 at 18:25

So, the answer is 42, the answer to everything?
– xhienne
Aug 31 at 18:25

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I see that

You add one 's' for every correct occurrence of 's' in the words. Except for in 'mattress'. So maybe your favourite letter is 'e'? So when writing mattress, you saw 'e' and got distracted and forgot to add (or overcame your problem of adding) the extra 's'. :P 'e' appears 9 times in the text

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answered Aug 31 at 14:28

nikki

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  This is an interesting answer! +1
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  Aug 31 at 14:29
  

  
  
  
  

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I see that

You add one 's' for every correct occurrence of 's' in the words. Except for in 'mattress'. So maybe your favourite letter is 'e'? So when writing mattress, you saw 'e' and got distracted and forgot to add (or overcame your problem of adding) the extra 's'. :P 'e' appears 9 times in the text

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nikki

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  This is an interesting answer! +1
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I see that

You add one 's' for every correct occurrence of 's' in the words. Except for in 'mattress'. So maybe your favourite letter is 'e'? So when writing mattress, you saw 'e' and got distracted and forgot to add (or overcame your problem of adding) the extra 's'. :P 'e' appears 9 times in the text

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answered Aug 31 at 14:28

nikki

1,691111

I see that

You add one 's' for every correct occurrence of 's' in the words. Except for in 'mattress'. So maybe your favourite letter is 'e'? So when writing mattress, you saw 'e' and got distracted and forgot to add (or overcame your problem of adding) the extra 's'. :P 'e' appears 9 times in the text

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answered Aug 31 at 14:28

nikki

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answered Aug 31 at 14:28

nikki

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answered Aug 31 at 14:28

nikki

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answered Aug 31 at 14:28

nikki

1,691111

1,691111

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  This is an interesting answer! +1
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  This is an interesting answer! +1
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This is an interesting answer! +1
– PerpetualJ
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This is an interesting answer! +1
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If the answer is not Marius', and there's no lateral-thinking involved, then perhaps the answer is instead

21? As Marius correctly notes, there are 20 S's in the puzzle, but there are also punctuation marks. In fact there is a period, an exclamation mark, and a question mark. The s in question mark could be the 21st S.

The more I write this answer, the more I feel that the more likely answer is instead

22. Question mark is correct, but you would probably pronounce it quesstion mark instead to follow the speech pattern of the rest of the story!

The other old chestnut outside of Jonathan Allen's is of course

that the phrase "my favorite letter of the alphabet" does not appear at all in the passage.

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edited Aug 31 at 13:21

answered Aug 31 at 12:29

El-Guest

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  But why would you pronounce the punctuation? It's not like you pronounce each individual letter.
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  Aug 31 at 14:52
  

  
  
  
  


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  So then why would it matter if there were 4 S's or 2? It still makes the same sound.
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  Aug 31 at 14:56
  

  
  
  
  


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  That's the thing, it wouldn't make a sound unless you pronounce the punctuation. Normally, it just creates an inflection at the end of the sentence
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  Aug 31 at 14:58
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  I'm saying that there are 4 S's in some words and 2 S's in others for a reason. The lateral-thinking tag means you can't just go and add up all of the S's; the solution is more clever than that. The method that I was proposing is entirely lateral-thinking, since it considers both words and punctuation marks as simple text. Since there's no green checkmark here, it's not the correct solution, but it was my attempt at discovering Chowzen's sneaky trick!
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 15:05
  

  
  
  
  

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If the answer is not Marius', and there's no lateral-thinking involved, then perhaps the answer is instead

21? As Marius correctly notes, there are 20 S's in the puzzle, but there are also punctuation marks. In fact there is a period, an exclamation mark, and a question mark. The s in question mark could be the 21st S.

The more I write this answer, the more I feel that the more likely answer is instead

22. Question mark is correct, but you would probably pronounce it quesstion mark instead to follow the speech pattern of the rest of the story!

The other old chestnut outside of Jonathan Allen's is of course

that the phrase "my favorite letter of the alphabet" does not appear at all in the passage.

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edited Aug 31 at 13:21

answered Aug 31 at 12:29

El-Guest

9,1031949

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  But why would you pronounce the punctuation? It's not like you pronounce each individual letter.
  – David Starkey
  Aug 31 at 14:52
  

  
  
  
  


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  So then why would it matter if there were 4 S's or 2? It still makes the same sound.
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 14:56
  

  
  
  
  


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  That's the thing, it wouldn't make a sound unless you pronounce the punctuation. Normally, it just creates an inflection at the end of the sentence
  – David Starkey
  Aug 31 at 14:58
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm saying that there are 4 S's in some words and 2 S's in others for a reason. The lateral-thinking tag means you can't just go and add up all of the S's; the solution is more clever than that. The method that I was proposing is entirely lateral-thinking, since it considers both words and punctuation marks as simple text. Since there's no green checkmark here, it's not the correct solution, but it was my attempt at discovering Chowzen's sneaky trick!
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 15:05
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
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If the answer is not Marius', and there's no lateral-thinking involved, then perhaps the answer is instead

21? As Marius correctly notes, there are 20 S's in the puzzle, but there are also punctuation marks. In fact there is a period, an exclamation mark, and a question mark. The s in question mark could be the 21st S.

The more I write this answer, the more I feel that the more likely answer is instead

22. Question mark is correct, but you would probably pronounce it quesstion mark instead to follow the speech pattern of the rest of the story!

The other old chestnut outside of Jonathan Allen's is of course

that the phrase "my favorite letter of the alphabet" does not appear at all in the passage.

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edited Aug 31 at 13:21

answered Aug 31 at 12:29

El-Guest

9,1031949

If the answer is not Marius', and there's no lateral-thinking involved, then perhaps the answer is instead

21? As Marius correctly notes, there are 20 S's in the puzzle, but there are also punctuation marks. In fact there is a period, an exclamation mark, and a question mark. The s in question mark could be the 21st S.

The more I write this answer, the more I feel that the more likely answer is instead

22. Question mark is correct, but you would probably pronounce it quesstion mark instead to follow the speech pattern of the rest of the story!

The other old chestnut outside of Jonathan Allen's is of course

that the phrase "my favorite letter of the alphabet" does not appear at all in the passage.

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edited Aug 31 at 13:21

answered Aug 31 at 12:29

El-Guest

9,1031949

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edited Aug 31 at 13:21

edited Aug 31 at 13:21

edited Aug 31 at 13:21

answered Aug 31 at 12:29

El-Guest

9,1031949

answered Aug 31 at 12:29

El-Guest

9,1031949

answered Aug 31 at 12:29

El-Guest

9,1031949

9,1031949

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  But why would you pronounce the punctuation? It's not like you pronounce each individual letter.
  – David Starkey
  Aug 31 at 14:52
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  So then why would it matter if there were 4 S's or 2? It still makes the same sound.
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 14:56
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  That's the thing, it wouldn't make a sound unless you pronounce the punctuation. Normally, it just creates an inflection at the end of the sentence
  – David Starkey
  Aug 31 at 14:58
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm saying that there are 4 S's in some words and 2 S's in others for a reason. The lateral-thinking tag means you can't just go and add up all of the S's; the solution is more clever than that. The method that I was proposing is entirely lateral-thinking, since it considers both words and punctuation marks as simple text. Since there's no green checkmark here, it's not the correct solution, but it was my attempt at discovering Chowzen's sneaky trick!
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 15:05
  

  
  
  
  

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  But why would you pronounce the punctuation? It's not like you pronounce each individual letter.
  – David Starkey
  Aug 31 at 14:52
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  So then why would it matter if there were 4 S's or 2? It still makes the same sound.
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 14:56
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  That's the thing, it wouldn't make a sound unless you pronounce the punctuation. Normally, it just creates an inflection at the end of the sentence
  – David Starkey
  Aug 31 at 14:58
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm saying that there are 4 S's in some words and 2 S's in others for a reason. The lateral-thinking tag means you can't just go and add up all of the S's; the solution is more clever than that. The method that I was proposing is entirely lateral-thinking, since it considers both words and punctuation marks as simple text. Since there's no green checkmark here, it's not the correct solution, but it was my attempt at discovering Chowzen's sneaky trick!
  – El-Guest
  Aug 31 at 15:05
  

  
  
  
  

But why would you pronounce the punctuation? It's not like you pronounce each individual letter.
– David Starkey
Aug 31 at 14:52

But why would you pronounce the punctuation? It's not like you pronounce each individual letter.
– David Starkey
Aug 31 at 14:52

So then why would it matter if there were 4 S's or 2? It still makes the same sound.
– El-Guest
Aug 31 at 14:56

So then why would it matter if there were 4 S's or 2? It still makes the same sound.
– El-Guest
Aug 31 at 14:56

That's the thing, it wouldn't make a sound unless you pronounce the punctuation. Normally, it just creates an inflection at the end of the sentence
– David Starkey
Aug 31 at 14:58

That's the thing, it wouldn't make a sound unless you pronounce the punctuation. Normally, it just creates an inflection at the end of the sentence
– David Starkey
Aug 31 at 14:58

I'm saying that there are 4 S's in some words and 2 S's in others for a reason. The lateral-thinking tag means you can't just go and add up all of the S's; the solution is more clever than that. The method that I was proposing is entirely lateral-thinking, since it considers both words and punctuation marks as simple text. Since there's no green checkmark here, it's not the correct solution, but it was my attempt at discovering Chowzen's sneaky trick!
– El-Guest
Aug 31 at 15:05

I'm saying that there are 4 S's in some words and 2 S's in others for a reason. The lateral-thinking tag means you can't just go and add up all of the S's; the solution is more clever than that. The method that I was proposing is entirely lateral-thinking, since it considers both words and punctuation marks as simple text. Since there's no green checkmark here, it's not the correct solution, but it was my attempt at discovering Chowzen's sneaky trick!
– El-Guest
Aug 31 at 15:05

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Thinking outside the box, your favourite letter is

i - Counting the exclamation marks as upside down i's, you get a total of 12!

Alternatively:

Thanks to @Shahriar Mahmud Sajid for spotting the 2424242 pattern!

Using the repeating part (24), we can conclude that your favourite letter is the 24th letter of the alphabet, X, which occurs 0 times sadly.

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Thinking outside the box, your favourite letter is

i - Counting the exclamation marks as upside down i's, you get a total of 12!

Alternatively:

Thanks to @Shahriar Mahmud Sajid for spotting the 2424242 pattern!

Using the repeating part (24), we can conclude that your favourite letter is the 24th letter of the alphabet, X, which occurs 0 times sadly.

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edited Aug 31 at 18:05

answered Aug 31 at 15:55

Elpharya

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up vote
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up vote
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Thinking outside the box, your favourite letter is

i - Counting the exclamation marks as upside down i's, you get a total of 12!

Alternatively:

Thanks to @Shahriar Mahmud Sajid for spotting the 2424242 pattern!

Using the repeating part (24), we can conclude that your favourite letter is the 24th letter of the alphabet, X, which occurs 0 times sadly.

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edited Aug 31 at 18:05

answered Aug 31 at 15:55

Elpharya

1766

Thinking outside the box, your favourite letter is

i - Counting the exclamation marks as upside down i's, you get a total of 12!

Alternatively:

Thanks to @Shahriar Mahmud Sajid for spotting the 2424242 pattern!

Using the repeating part (24), we can conclude that your favourite letter is the 24th letter of the alphabet, X, which occurs 0 times sadly.

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edited Aug 31 at 18:05

answered Aug 31 at 15:55

Elpharya

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edited Aug 31 at 18:05

edited Aug 31 at 18:05

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Elpharya

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The Pattern: Given by Shahriar's answer, a pattern was found on the occurrences for the letter s.

A pattern of 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 in which each line follows this pattern for the number of instances in which the letter s appears.

The Double Standard: Tom's answer sums it up well.

Double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

My Answer: I believe there is more to this than Tom and Shahriar have pointed out.

I believe your favorite letter is w and it occurs 2 times.

My Reasoning: There are a lot of things that add up to this, to include the answers that Tom and Shahriar gave. To top it off:

If you concatenate these numbers together, you get the number 24 which is representative of the letter w in the alphabet and it appears 2 times.


Also, following the pattern, there are two instances of w and they are both on lines where there are four instances of s.


Also, I would like to point out that the first occurrence of the letter w is also positioned at index 24 (1 based, including spaces and punctuation) within the passage; which, is either sheer coincidence, or pure genius.

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The Pattern: Given by Shahriar's answer, a pattern was found on the occurrences for the letter s.

A pattern of 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 in which each line follows this pattern for the number of instances in which the letter s appears.

The Double Standard: Tom's answer sums it up well.

Double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

My Answer: I believe there is more to this than Tom and Shahriar have pointed out.

I believe your favorite letter is w and it occurs 2 times.

My Reasoning: There are a lot of things that add up to this, to include the answers that Tom and Shahriar gave. To top it off:

If you concatenate these numbers together, you get the number 24 which is representative of the letter w in the alphabet and it appears 2 times.


Also, following the pattern, there are two instances of w and they are both on lines where there are four instances of s.


Also, I would like to point out that the first occurrence of the letter w is also positioned at index 24 (1 based, including spaces and punctuation) within the passage; which, is either sheer coincidence, or pure genius.

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The Pattern: Given by Shahriar's answer, a pattern was found on the occurrences for the letter s.

A pattern of 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 in which each line follows this pattern for the number of instances in which the letter s appears.

The Double Standard: Tom's answer sums it up well.

Double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

My Answer: I believe there is more to this than Tom and Shahriar have pointed out.

I believe your favorite letter is w and it occurs 2 times.

My Reasoning: There are a lot of things that add up to this, to include the answers that Tom and Shahriar gave. To top it off:

If you concatenate these numbers together, you get the number 24 which is representative of the letter w in the alphabet and it appears 2 times.


Also, following the pattern, there are two instances of w and they are both on lines where there are four instances of s.


Also, I would like to point out that the first occurrence of the letter w is also positioned at index 24 (1 based, including spaces and punctuation) within the passage; which, is either sheer coincidence, or pure genius.

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edited Aug 31 at 19:43

answered Aug 31 at 14:26

PerpetualJ

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The Pattern: Given by Shahriar's answer, a pattern was found on the occurrences for the letter s.

A pattern of 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 in which each line follows this pattern for the number of instances in which the letter s appears.

The Double Standard: Tom's answer sums it up well.

Double s, you like doubles cluing double u (W), and there are 2U's so it's a W (doubles) story.

My Answer: I believe there is more to this than Tom and Shahriar have pointed out.

I believe your favorite letter is w and it occurs 2 times.

My Reasoning: There are a lot of things that add up to this, to include the answers that Tom and Shahriar gave. To top it off:

If you concatenate these numbers together, you get the number 24 which is representative of the letter w in the alphabet and it appears 2 times.


Also, following the pattern, there are two instances of w and they are both on lines where there are four instances of s.


Also, I would like to point out that the first occurrence of the letter w is also positioned at index 24 (1 based, including spaces and punctuation) within the passage; which, is either sheer coincidence, or pure genius.

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edited Aug 31 at 19:43

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PerpetualJ

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answered Aug 31 at 14:26

PerpetualJ

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PerpetualJ

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THe letter that appears the most in the passage is s. So this must be your favorite. It appears 20 times.


Bonus: Your second favorite is e. 14 times.

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answered Aug 31 at 11:11

Marius

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THe letter that appears the most in the passage is s. So this must be your favorite. It appears 20 times.


Bonus: Your second favorite is e. 14 times.

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  That's not the number I got...
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THe letter that appears the most in the passage is s. So this must be your favorite. It appears 20 times.


Bonus: Your second favorite is e. 14 times.

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THe letter that appears the most in the passage is s. So this must be your favorite. It appears 20 times.


Bonus: Your second favorite is e. 14 times.

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  That's not the number I got...
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  That's not the number I got...
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That's not the number I got...
– Chowzen
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That's not the number I got...
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"Body must be at least 30 characters, you entered 5." The system lies!

Since

you don't ask us what your favorite letter is, it's not part of the puzzle and since you don't tell us, the answer is either zero or "not enough information".

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up vote
-1
down vote

"Body must be at least 30 characters, you entered 5." The system lies!

Since

you don't ask us what your favorite letter is, it's not part of the puzzle and since you don't tell us, the answer is either zero or "not enough information".

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edited Sep 1 at 23:37

answered Sep 1 at 23:31

IAmAGuest

372

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up vote
-1
down vote

up vote
-1
down vote

"Body must be at least 30 characters, you entered 5." The system lies!

Since

you don't ask us what your favorite letter is, it's not part of the puzzle and since you don't tell us, the answer is either zero or "not enough information".

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edited Sep 1 at 23:37

answered Sep 1 at 23:31

IAmAGuest

372

"Body must be at least 30 characters, you entered 5." The system lies!

Since

you don't ask us what your favorite letter is, it's not part of the puzzle and since you don't tell us, the answer is either zero or "not enough information".

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edited Sep 1 at 23:37

answered Sep 1 at 23:31

IAmAGuest

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edited Sep 1 at 23:37

edited Sep 1 at 23:37

edited Sep 1 at 23:37

answered Sep 1 at 23:31

IAmAGuest

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answered Sep 1 at 23:31

IAmAGuest

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answered Sep 1 at 23:31

IAmAGuest

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Your favorite letter is

"z". It appears zero times.

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edited Aug 31 at 17:55

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  Welcome to Puzzling.SE! Firstly, could you explain why you believe this is the correct answer? Answers without explanation are likely to end up getting downvoted and/or deleted. Secondly, please remember to hide your answers inside spoiler tags, so as to avoid potentially spoiling the solution for anyone who wants to have a go at the puzzle themselves.
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  Other letters appear zero times
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Your favorite letter is

"z". It appears zero times.

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edited Aug 31 at 17:55

F1Krazy

5,76412052

answered Aug 31 at 17:31

PuzzleMaster

9

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  Welcome to Puzzling.SE! Firstly, could you explain why you believe this is the correct answer? Answers without explanation are likely to end up getting downvoted and/or deleted. Secondly, please remember to hide your answers inside spoiler tags, so as to avoid potentially spoiling the solution for anyone who wants to have a go at the puzzle themselves.
  – F1Krazy
  Aug 31 at 17:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Other letters appear zero times
  – xhienne
  Aug 31 at 18:00
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
-2
down vote

up vote
-2
down vote

Your favorite letter is

"z". It appears zero times.

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edited Aug 31 at 17:55

F1Krazy

5,76412052

answered Aug 31 at 17:31

PuzzleMaster

9

Your favorite letter is

"z". It appears zero times.

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edited Aug 31 at 17:55

F1Krazy

5,76412052

answered Aug 31 at 17:31

PuzzleMaster

9

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share|improve this answer

edited Aug 31 at 17:55

F1Krazy

5,76412052

edited Aug 31 at 17:55

F1Krazy

5,76412052

edited Aug 31 at 17:55

F1Krazy

5,76412052

5,76412052

answered Aug 31 at 17:31

PuzzleMaster

9

answered Aug 31 at 17:31

PuzzleMaster

9

answered Aug 31 at 17:31

PuzzleMaster

9

9

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Welcome to Puzzling.SE! Firstly, could you explain why you believe this is the correct answer? Answers without explanation are likely to end up getting downvoted and/or deleted. Secondly, please remember to hide your answers inside spoiler tags, so as to avoid potentially spoiling the solution for anyone who wants to have a go at the puzzle themselves.
  – F1Krazy
  Aug 31 at 17:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Other letters appear zero times
  – xhienne
  Aug 31 at 18:00
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Welcome to Puzzling.SE! Firstly, could you explain why you believe this is the correct answer? Answers without explanation are likely to end up getting downvoted and/or deleted. Secondly, please remember to hide your answers inside spoiler tags, so as to avoid potentially spoiling the solution for anyone who wants to have a go at the puzzle themselves.
  – F1Krazy
  Aug 31 at 17:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Other letters appear zero times
  – xhienne
  Aug 31 at 18:00
  

  
  
  
  

Welcome to Puzzling.SE! Firstly, could you explain why you believe this is the correct answer? Answers without explanation are likely to end up getting downvoted and/or deleted. Secondly, please remember to hide your answers inside spoiler tags, so as to avoid potentially spoiling the solution for anyone who wants to have a go at the puzzle themselves.
– F1Krazy
Aug 31 at 17:55

Welcome to Puzzling.SE! Firstly, could you explain why you believe this is the correct answer? Answers without explanation are likely to end up getting downvoted and/or deleted. Secondly, please remember to hide your answers inside spoiler tags, so as to avoid potentially spoiling the solution for anyone who wants to have a go at the puzzle themselves.
– F1Krazy
Aug 31 at 17:55

Other letters appear zero times
– xhienne
Aug 31 at 18:00

Other letters appear zero times
– xhienne
Aug 31 at 18:00

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