Comments on Puzzle #16973: What is the next symbol in the series #2?
By Brian Bellis (mootpoint)
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#1: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 2, 2012
I would guess something about the count between the letters. I don;t know. Brian, you did another one of these. I'm about ready to climb through the internet and kill you... I counted backwards and forwards through the letters. I have no clue. I'll complete the next one...#2: Nancy (nbarsi) on Jan 2, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#3: Ailsa Hebert (bazette3) on Jan 2, 2012
was expecting a W to show up as the first lettter. As in wed wed thurs thurs fri fri etc#4: Nuala Maguire (nuls) on Jan 2, 2012 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#5: Carolyn (castarkwe) on Jan 2, 2012 [HINT] [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints and spoilers#6: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jan 2, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#7: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jan 2, 2012
Thanks, Nuala! I knew I'd seen these before.#8: Marc Kriguer (Marc_K) on Jan 2, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#9: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jan 2, 2012
Another good one, Brian.#10: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jan 2, 2012
And to continue Marc's comment...Exactly True!
That is quite a mnemonic Marc.#11: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jan 2, 2012
@Marc - Exactly True. The Forgetful Few Should Say Each N----r Tangentially.#12: Gary Webster (glwebste) on Jan 3, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#13: Michelle Jones (lizzieb4041) on Jan 8, 2012
Very cool series! I got it after reading comment #4.#14: Jan Wolter (jan) on Jun 1, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#15: Susan Nagy (susannagy54) on Jun 2, 2016
E N T E T etc. I first encountered this series in my second year of college. My roommate and I were both math majors and she gave me this puzzle to solve. It took me a while, but I got it. She told me a story of someone who was giving this puzzle to someone, and saying "one" while writing an "O" on the blackboard, saying "two" while writing a "T" on the blackboard, etc. The other person couldn't figure it out.#16: Bruce Yanoshek (yanogator) on Feb 17, 2017
I have always given this puzzle as OTTFFSSE and asked for the next letter, saying "It's not E". I think that makes it even more challenging.#17: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Feb 10, 2020
Neat - I got this one!
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