Alicornutopia

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:03 pm**

'bcz' ?
'aaaaaabc' ?
'ebbc' ?
'beec' ?
'c' ?
'abcdefghijklm' ?
'nopqrstuvwxyz' ?

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:12 pm**

Kappa wrote:'ooaa' ?
'aeiou' ?
'aeiouy' ?
'ae' ?

No, yes, yes, yes

Unbitwise wrote:'bcz' ?
'aaaaaabc' ?
'ebbc' ?
'beec' ?
'c' ?
'abcdefghijklm' ?
'nopqrstuvwxyz' ?

Yes, no, no, no, yes, yes, no

jalapeno_dude wrote:My guess is "any string of letters except for ['bee','aac','baa','ebb']."

(I don't expect this is correct but am interested in how it will be proved to be incorrect.)

Kappa's first Koan up there serves as a counterexample.

Koans

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:09 am**

'qwerty'
's'
'ss'
'ß'
'Fëanor'
'ſucceſsful'
'σειρά'
'חוּט'

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:22 am**

DanielH wrote:'qwerty'
's'
'ss'
'ß'
'Fëanor'
'ſucceſsful'
'σειρά'
'חוּט'

When I said "letters" I meant "English letters," edited the first post to reflect that. 's' and 'ss' are yesses, 'qwerty' and 'Fëanor' are nos.

Koans

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:28 am**

Including my thoughts behind my guesses in a spoilerbox, since people were suggesting sharing them.

thought process

'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'?
'aa'?
'be'?
'bcb'?
'cbb'?
'ebe'?
'eeb'?

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:42 am**

'back'?
'cobweb'?

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:57 am**

Moriwen wrote:Including my thoughts behind my guesses in a spoilerbox, since people were suggesting sharing them.

thought process
An awful lot of the "no"s seem to have doubled letters, but not all. Dunno what's up with that.

The empty string made it, so there's no "must contain" requirement.

The whole alphabet made it, so there's probably no "must not contain" requirement. I'll double-check with capitals.

We've never seen "add one letter" take us from "yes" to "no" or vice versa. I'm gonna try and make that happen.

I'm curious if order matters, so I'm going to check for that
'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'?
'aa'?
'be'?
'bcb'?
'cbb'?
'ebe'?
'eeb'?

My guess on the first paragraph of your spoilerbox: both initial examples fit that pattern, so a lot of our guesses have..

More guesses, messing around with the first examples:

'bbcbbc'
'beebee'
'bbcbee'
'beebbc'
'bbbece'
'bbebec'
'b'

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:18 am**

Moriwen wrote:'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'?
'aa'?
'be'?
'bcb'?
'cbb'?
'ebe'?
'eeb'?

Yes, no, no, yes, yes, no, no

Timepoof wrote:'back'?
'cobweb'?

Yes, no

DanielH wrote:'bbcbbc'
'beebee'
'bbcbee'
'beebbc'
'bbbece'
'bbebec'
'b'

Yes, no, no, no, no, no, repeated yes

Koans

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:22 am**

'abcdef'
'ghijklm'
'nopqrs'
'tuvwxyz'

Posted: **Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:27 am**

Is "Fëanor" a 'no' because 'ë' is not an English letter, or actually ruled out because of the rule?

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