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INDEX
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1. How to play the game
A. How a "correct" answer is judged
2. Solutions
A. Organization explanation
B. Normal puzzle solutions
C. "Speed round" solutions
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This FAQ is written for the ORIGINAL Win Lose or Draw by Hi-Tech Expressions.
This game was released on many systems including but not limited to the Apple
II, DOS, and Commodore 64. This FAQ is *not* written for the release of the
sequel on any of these systems or subsequently the NES or other consoles.
Although those games have the same title, they are slightly different and
include different puzzles and different graphics.
I wrote this FAQ because I was fascinated with the quirks of getting right
answers when you typed it in wrong. Sometimes
it would take it, sometimes it would not. My friends and I used to play this
game and be utterly frustrated at the
inability to identify certain key phrases in the speed round. It does not
tell you the answers. I will.
PLEASE NOTE that there is a drawing in the final speed round that is
*impossible* to get (if your spelling is any good,
anyway). The drawing is of a "chalice", or a type of goblet or cup.
Unfortunately, the game creators somehow mixed this
up with a "challis" (a bolt of cloth). Therefore, unless you were to type
an "S" instead of a "C", you could never guess
this answer right. Let alone the thousands of other possible answers that
could mislead you like "goblet", "cup", "grail",
etc.
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1. How to play the game
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Duh. It's Win, Lose or Draw. Everyone knows how to play this game. Your dog
knows how to play this game.
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1.A. How a "correct" answer is judged
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The game reads in a string of letters to compare the typed answer with. It
checks to see that the answer contains the "correct" answer letters, in the
proper order, and if they are, a correct mark is received.
- HOWEVER -
The game does NOT concern itself with the garbage in between these letters.
This is why sometimes you can get away with having a slightly incorrect answer,
or sometimes in the speed round, you can type garbage and get a correct answer.
FOR EXAMPLE: For the puzzle: "DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH",
the game only checks for the sequence of letters: "DNTLOKGFTHRS".
This means that while typing the correct answer,
"DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH",
will give you a "correct" mark, you can also type
"DNTLOKGFTHRS".
You could also type
"Do NoT LOve Khan, because kirk's Great FooT HandleR Says so."
(capital letters emphasizing what is needed for a correct answer).
As long as the letters are THERE, and in order, nothing else matters.
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2. Solutions
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2.A. Organization explanation
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--NOTE--
The "stop drawing" variable is a reference to the words that follow it in the
chart below. There is a character for each of the words that will be displayed
on the right hand side of the screen if it is correctly guessed. Therefore,
if there are four possible words to be displayed, there will be four "stop
drawing" characters like "YNNN", etc. If a referenced word is correctly guessed,
AND the corresponding "stop drawing" character (ie- the first word goes with the
first letter of the group) is a "Y", it will stop drawing that particular
picture and move on to the next word in the sequence.
FOR EXAMPLE: BLOWING HOT AND COLD BLWHTCLD Y Y N BLOW HOT COLD
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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If "BLOW" is correctly guessed, it will appear as text in the upper right
hand corner, and it will stop drawing the face blowing wind for "BLOW".
This is because it's referenced "stop drawing" variable is "Y". "HOT" will
do the same, because it is also "Y". "COLD" will not stop drawing because
it's associated "stop drawing variable" is "N". It will appear as a word in
text in the upper right hand corner, but it will NOT stop drawing.
I know it's a complicated system for something stupid. It also wastes a lot of
space in the programming code. They could have chosen to default every letter
to "N" and have special cases be "Y", since there are so few. But hell, I didn't
write it.
The solutions are organized as follows:
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2.B. Normal puzzle solutions
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The words that will be printed on the right
if individually guessed successfully
are here
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The "correct answer string" that the computer |
checks for is here. |
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The correct answer is here | The "stop drawing" variable |
| | is here |
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V V V V
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BLACK MAGIC BLK MGC YN BLACK MAGIC
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MONEY TALKS MNY TLK YN MONEY TALK
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DON'T LOOK A GIFT DNTLOKGFTHRS YNNNN DON'T LOOK GIFT
HORSE IN THE MOUTH HORSE MOUTH
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KICK THE BUCKET KCKBKT NN KICK BUCKET
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CABIN FEVER CBNFVR YN CABIN FEVER
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LAUGH YOUR HEAD OFF LAG HD OF NNN LAUGH HEAD OFF
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DRINK LIKE A FISH DRNKLKFSH NNN DRINK LIKE FISH
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TEA FOR TWO TEFRTW NN TEA TWO
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BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY BGGRLDNTCRY NNNN BIG GIRL DON'T CRY
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OUT OF THE FRYING PAN OTFRYPNFR NNNN OUT FRYING PAN FIRE
AND INTO THE FIRE
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TRAFFIC JAM TRFCJM YN TRAFFIC JAM
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I SMELL A RAT ISMLRT YYN I SMELL RAT
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CHANGING HORSES IN CHNGHRSSTRM NNN CHANGE HORSE STREAM
MID STREAM
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TRACK RECORD TRKRCRD NN TRACK RECORD
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DON'T LET THE BED DONLETBUGBITE NNNN DON'T BED BUG BITE
BUG BITE
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THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW LNGARMLW NNN LONG ARM LAW
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THE STRAW THAT BROKE STRWBRKCML NNNN STRAW BROKE CAMEL BACK
THE CAMEL'S BACK
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CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF CTHTROF NNNN CAT HOT TIN ROOF
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SWAN SONG SWNSNG NN SWAN SONG
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HOT TIP HTTP YN HOT TIP
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SMALL CHANGE SMLCHNG YN SMALL CHANGE
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FORK IN THE ROAD FRKROD NN FORK ROAD
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PIG HEADED PGHED YN PIG HEAD
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SNAKE IN THE GRASS SNKGRS NN SNAKE GRASS
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KEYED UP KEYUP YN KEY UP
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ROAD HOG RODHG YN ROAD HOG
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PIE EYED PIEY YN PIE EYE
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A WATCHED POT NEVER WATPTNVBL NNNN WATCH POT NEVER BOIL
BOILS
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FOOT THE BILL FOTBL YN FOOT BILL
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BARNSTORM BRNSTM YN BARN STORM
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MOTHER EARTH MTHRERTH YN MOTHER EARTH
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BEER BELLY BERBLY YN BEER BELLY
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BRIGHT IDEA BRTIDA YN BRIGHT IDEA
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OUT ON A LIMB OTLIM NN OUT LIMB
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PULL THE RUG OUT PLRGOUT NNNN PULL RUG OUT UNDER
FROM UNDER
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THE WAY TO A MAN'S WYHRTSTMCH NNN WAY HEART STOMACH
HEART IS THROUGH
HIS STOMACH
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RAGS TO RICHES RARCH YN RAG RICH
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THE LIGHT AT THE END LITENDTNL NN LIGHT TUNNEL
OF THE TUNNEL
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HORSE SENSE HRSSN NN HORSE SENSE
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PIE IN THE SKY PISK NN PIE SKY
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BLOCK HEAD BLCKHED YN BLOCK HEAD
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THUMBS UP THUMUP YN THUMB UP
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TOP DRAWER TPDRW YN TOP DRAWER
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WHISTLING IN THE DARK WISTDRK YN WHISTLE DARK
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MOON IS GREEN CHEESE MONGRNCH NNN MOON GREEN CHEESE
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THE COLD SHOULDER CLDSHD YN COLD SHOULDER
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CRYING WOLF CRYWLF YN CRY WOLF
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THORN IN THE SIDE THRNSID NN THORN SIDE
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FLY OFF THE HANDLE FLYHNDL YN FLY HANDLE
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SPARE TIRE SPR TR YN TIRE SPARE
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PIT STOP PTSTP YN PIT STOP
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TIE THE KNOT TINT YN TIE KNOT
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PEACE OF MIND PCMND NN PEACE MIND
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NECK AND NECK NKNK N NECK
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MONEY BAGS MNYBG NN MONEY BAG
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HEART OF GOLD HRTGLD NN HEART GOLD
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BEATING AROUND THE BUSH BETBSH YN BEAT BUSH
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KISS AND TELL KSTL YN KISS TELL
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BLOWING HOT AND COLD BLWHTCLD YYN BLOW HOT COLD
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HIT THE SACK HTSAK YN HIT SACK
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BUTTERFLIES IN THE BFLSTM NN BUTTERFLY STOMACH
STOMACH
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FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW FVOCLKSHD NNN FIVE CLOCK SHADOW
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NUTS AND BOLTS NTBLT NN NUT BOLT
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FIRE BUG FRBG YN FIRE BUG
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN ALINC NN ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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BENJAMIN FRAKLIN BFRNK NN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CCLMBS NN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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VINCENT VAN GOGH VVGO NN VINCENT VAN GOGH
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JOHN WILKES BOOTH JWB NNN JOHN WILKS BOOTH
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NORTH POLE NRTPL NN NORTH POLE
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NILE RIVER NILE NN NILE RIVER
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NEW YORK CITY NWYRK NNN NEW YORK CITY
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EASTER ISLAND ESTRILND YN EASTER ISLAND
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PAINTED DESERT PNTDSRT YN PAINTED DESERT
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KEY WEST KYWST YN KEY WEST
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BARKING UP THE WRONG BRKUPWRG NNN BARKING WRONG TREE
TREE
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TOO MANY IRONS IN THE TOIRNFR NN IRONS FIRE
FIRE
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FOUR EYES FREY NN FOUR EYES
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GHOST WRITER GSTWRT YN GHOST WRITER
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DUCKS IN A ROW DCKRW YN DUCK ROW
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PEANUT GALLERY PNTGLR YN PEANUT GALLERY
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LIGHT AS A FEATHER LTFTH YN LIGHT FEATHER
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BRIDGING THE GAP BRGGP YN BRIDGE GAP
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FATHER TIME FTHRTM YN FATHER TIME
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BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS BLDSWTTR NNN BLOOD SWEAT TEAR
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HAVE THE WORLD BY A WRLDSTR NN WORLD STRING
STRING
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MONKEY SUIT MNKYST YN MONKEY SUIT
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CLEAR AS A BELL CLRBL YN CLEAR BELL
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GO FLY A KITE GFLKT YNN KITE GO FLY
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THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THRWBB NNN THROW BABY WASH
THE WASH
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I'LL EAT MY HAT IETHT YNN I'LL EAT HAT
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LETTING THE CAT OUT OF LTCTOT YN CAT BAG
THE BAG
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CAN OF WORMS CNWRM YN CAN WORM
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ARM IN ARM ARMARM N ARM
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GOING OFF THE DEEP END GODEPEND NNN GOING DEEP END
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JUMPING THE GUN JMPGUN NN JUMP GUN
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GEORGE WASHINGTON GWASH N GEORGE WASHINGTON
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TEDDY ROOSEVELT TROS NN TEDDY ROOSEVELT
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KINGPIN KNGPN NN KING PIN
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CHEAP SKATE CHPSK YN CHEAP SKATE
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MEAL TICKET MTCKT YN MEAL TICKET
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SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT SHPSHPOT NNNN SHAPE UP SHIP OUT
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TEARING YOUR HAIR OUT TRHROT NNN TEARING HAIR OUT
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2.C. "Speed round" solutions
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***COPIED FROM ABOVE***
PLEASE NOTE that there is a drawing in the final speed round that is
*impossible* to get (if your spelling is any good, anyway). The drawing is of a
"chalice", or a type of goblet or cup. Unfortunately, the game creators somehow
mixed this up with a "challis" (a bolt of cloth). Therefore, unless you were to
type an "S" instead of a "C", you could never guess this answer right. Let alone
the thousands of other possible answers that could mislead you like "goblet",
"cup", "grail", etc.
***********************
"Correct answer string"
is here
|
Correct answer |
is here |
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V V
GIFT GIFT
TOMB TOM
CABIN CABN
KEY KEY
CHANGE CHG
HOG HOG
FOOT FOOT
BILL BILL
EARTH ERT
MOTHER MOTR
BEER BEER
BELLY BELL
IDEA IDA
LIGHT LIT
APPLE APL
BOOK BOOK
BOX BOX
SPACE CAPSULE SPC
CAR CAR
CIGARETTE CIGT
CLOCK CLK
CROSS CRS
FISH FSH
HAMMER HAMMER
HAT HAT
HOUSE HUSE
KITE KIT
TRAIN TRAN
SHIP SHIP
RAIN RAIN
PALETTE PALET
ASTRONAUGHT ASTRONT
TEDDY TEDY
BARN BARN
BABY BBY
BEAR BER
BALLOON BALON
BASEBALL BBALL
BASKET BASKT
BEE BEE
BLOCK BLK
BUG BUG
CALCULATOR CALC
CAMERA CAMERA
CANNON CANN
AXE AX
WATCH WATH
BROOM BROM
CHALLIS CALIS
CHERRY CHER
HELICOPTER HELIC
CIGAR CIGR
PAPERCLIP PCLP
DIAMOND DIAMD
FLOPPY FLOPY
GUN GUN
DYNAMITE DYNM
GUITAR GTR
HOURGLASS HRGL
LETTER LETR
MOON MOON
MOONSHINE MSHN
MOP MOP
PAINT PANT
PIPE PIPE
KEG KEG
PITCHER PITC
PUMPKIN PMKN
ROCKET ROCKT
RAZOR RAZR
SAW SAW
SCREWDRIVER SCWDR
SQUIRREL SQRL
STAR STAR
SWORD SWD
TANK TANK
TELESCOPE TELESC
TREE TREE
TELEVISION TV
GHOST GOST
TURTLE TURT
THUMB THUM
WHISTLE WISL
PEANUT PEANT
TOP TOP
WORM WORM
SUIT SUT
BELL BELL
HOLLY HOLLY
WOOD WOOD
