From sentto-44114-20976-1066855402-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed Oct 22 16:40:12 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:40:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n14.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.69]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.22) id 1ACSa3-0000Vb-Hh for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:39:56 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-20976-1066855402-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.201] by n14.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Oct 2003 20:43:23 -0000 X-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 92458 invoked from network); 22 Oct 2003 20:43:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Oct 2003 20:43:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.intrex.net) (209.42.192.228) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Oct 2003 20:43:21 -0000 Received: from craig [209.42.212.114] by smtp.intrex.net (SMTPD32-7.14) id ABDF4E3008C; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:43:11 -0400 To: Message-ID: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal X-Declude-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com [209.42.212.114] From: "Craig" X-Yahoo-Profile: kreig_daniyl MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:43:04 -0400 Subject: [lojban] mumym strategy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 6471 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ragnarok@pobox.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list I've just found three gismu that between them use 13 of the 22 possible letters, no two of which share any letters. This means that if they are your first three guesses, you have immediately divided the alphabet into two subsets. For each subset, you know how many letters from it are in the word. The set which is slightly larger is further divided into three subsets, the letters of the words themselves. And they are: bredi cusku ponjo How such a strategy extends to competitive play is not obvious, at least to me. -- .kreig.daniyl. "Also, to deny god, you have to fill out a form 613-B/9 in triplicate." -clsn ragnarok@pobox.com teucer@bnomic.org ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs Online - Over 14,500 titles. No Late Fees & Free Shipping. Try Netflix for FREE! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Tq9otC/XP.FAA/3jkFAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/