Physics 101 (Meta)

MAY and YOU in the corners, and I still managed to get it wrong on my first guess. I saw the "force + U" pattern while solving and my first thought was "USE ("U"s) THE FORCE.

(chuckle). Nice one ben!

Should’ve saved this for a 2027 MOAT

Loved it... of course! ;)

super...thanks Ben!

And, also with you.

Very clever. Tried "Use the Force Luke" first, because I thought the instructions said a four-word phrase. Pondered a bit more, and then realized it was just a phrase of indeterminate length. Never did see MAY and YOU in the corners. Fun puzzle -- thanks, Ben!

I'm yet another one who tried all sorts of variations on USE (THE) FORCE (LUKE) based on the forces and the four four-letter U words.

Loved it! LOL @Tyrpmom, that was my thought too :-)

Nice!

What fun! The hint for me was the clue for “ARETOO”! Put me on the right path. That and May 4th is this week! Thank you, Ben!

Thanks, Ben (Kenobi)!

Argh... Another Star Wars reference....

I was stuck for a while on "no-one forces you" or that ilk.

Should have that of the month. Will you give the nudges on Thursday? That seems up your alley.

It hit me like a light saber! There I was trying to see what Strong force, normal force x friction equaled, whether the force was at rest, etc and suddenly my mind said well each force is with a u….wait, what! Now here is an interesting side, when I typed it in the first time my phone decided that the should be thé and Crosshare decided that tea force was not a good answer. I’m reporting it to the Typhoo people! Loved it Ben, and I KNOW MikeyG will too!!!

Really good stuff, me and my friends enjoyed

Good one, Ben. I should have remembered the Star Wars holiday on 5/4 (DOH !!).

GROAN!!! How appropriate to be nudged to the solution on May the 4th. I submitted FORCE(and FORCES) OF NATURE as incorrect entries earlier, and noted those "U"s, but never made the connection. Very clever, Ben - thanks!

as a gEEk I loved this one.

I definitely tried FORCE USER at first, thinking the phrase had to be in the same pattern as the clues, before eventually stumbling into the right answer Nice puzzle!

I found out that U stands for (potential) energy in science, so like DrTom I was trying to use some sort of physics formula or whatever! :) (Even though that didn't seem to jive with how everyone mentioned what fun it was.)

Today, I returned for the nudges but didn't even need to open a single one -- Just had to see Ben's intro: "It's May 4th, so... "

Thanks and forces to you, Ben!

First I was thinking that the phrase would be FORCE plus a 4-letter word starting with U, but that wasn't working out. Nudge 4 told me that I was looking for a longer phrase, but nothing clicked until I read HeadinHome (#25) saying that the first nudge was all he needed. That triggered "AHA" and I googled for May 4th holidays - and then everything quickly fell into place. Quite a "tour de force" there on your part....

Or as I said in the comments, that comment "weirdly welded the last link in the catenary that supported the bridge over troubled waters."

So fun!!! Thank you!

too wrapped up in the physics of the forces to think of just using the word itself, hence the need for a nudge. especially embarrassing as I tend to be tuned into dates around this time of year since my birthday is on the 3rd.