Cooperative Zendo

[DanielH]

I’ve been thinking about arranging the letters in a grid or something, but I don’t know if that would help

[Lambda]

So it looks like y is probably a consonant.

[Lambda]

The pattern with the most data so far is CvvC:

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.b .c .d .f .g .h .j .k .l .m .n .p .q .r .s .t .v .w .x .y .z
         bf          bk bl BM BN BP    BR BS bt
                                             ft
                     gk                gr
                        kl    KN KP
                     lk       NN          NS
                     pk          pp
                     sk       SN       SR

boob
bead
buoy
cued
coif
cook
coil
coin
coup
cues

I guess "four-letter words of the form <consonant><vowel><vowel>n".

[DanielH]

I guess “four-letter words of the form <consonant><vowel><vowel><consonant other than k>” Edit: never mind that doesn't do what I want. I guess the union of that, “anything of non-four length” and “anything of length four that does not match cvvc”. That is, I guess the rule where all and only <consonant><vowel><vowel>k is excluded.

coat
dial
dies
heed
jail
quit
toil
veer
zoos

Edit: was the combination of the l, m, and n lines intentional?

[Unbitwise]

Yes: buoy coup dies veer zoos
No: boob bead cued coif cook coil coin cues coat dial heed jail quit toil

'coin' and any non-four-letter yes word serve as counterexamples to Lambda's guess and DanielH's guess.

[DanielH]

I edited my guess to be a superset of the known yesses.

[Unbitwise]

I guess the rule where all and only <consonant><vowel><vowel>k is excluded.

This is a superset.

Hint: So is "does not end with 'k'".

[Lambda]

It was not intentional.

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.b .d .f .h .k .l .m .n .p .r .s .t .w .x .y .z
bb bd bf    bk bl BM BN BP BR BS bt       BY     b.
   cd cf    ck cl    cn CP    cs ct    --        c.
-- -- --       -- -- -- -- -- DS --              d.
   -- --       -- -- --    -- -- ft              f.
   -- --    gk --    -- -- gr -- --          --  g.
   hd --    hk --       -- -- -- --    --        h.
               jl    -- -- --                --  j.
            kk kl    KN KP                       k.
   dl       lk    -- -- -- -- -- --              l.
   --       mk -- -- --    -- -- -- --           m.
   --       nk --    NN    -- NS --              n.
   -- -- -- pk -- -- -- pp -- -- --              p.
   --                   --       qt       -- --  q.
   --       rk -- -- -- -- -- -- --              r.
   --       sk -- -- SN -- SR -- --              s.
   --       tk tl -- --    -- -- --              t.
   --          --    -- -- VR --    --           v.
   -- --    wk --    -- -- -- -- --              w.
      -- --                -- --                 y.
               -- --          ZS                 z.

coax
daub
deed
deaf
deal

deem
dean
deep
dear
duet

I guess "does not end with 'l'".

[Unbitwise]

Yes: coax deem dean deep dear
No: daub deed deaf deal duet

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I guess "does not end with 'l'".

This is a superset.

[Lambda]

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.b .d .f .h .k .l .m .n .p .r .s .t .w .x .y .z
bb bd bf    bk bl BM BN BP BR BS bt       BY     b.
   cd cf    ck cl    cn CP    cs ct    CX        c.
db dd df       dl DM DN DP DR DS dt              d.
   -- --       fl -- --    -- -- ft              f.
   -- --    gk gl    -- -- gr -- --          --  g.
   hd --    hk hl       -- -- -- --    --        h.
               jl    -- -- --                --  j.
            kk kl    KN KP                       k.
   dl       lk    -- -- -- -- -- --              l.
   --       mk ml -- --    -- -- -- --           m.
   --       nk nl    NN    -- NS --              n.
   -- -- -- pk pl -- -- pp -- -- --              p.
   --                   --       qt       -- --  q.
   --       rk rl -- -- -- -- -- --              r.
   --       sk sl -- SN -- SR -- --              s.
   --       tk tl -- --    -- -- --              t.
   --          vl    -- -- VR --    --           v.
   -- --    wk wl    -- -- -- -- --              w.
      -- --                -- --                 y.
               zl --          ZS                 z.

foam
faun
fair
foes

goon
goop
geas
goat

heap
hear


I guess "ends with a, e, m, n, p, r, s, x, or y".