[Level 3] The answer to the meta is what you might say to certain letters in the grid. Thursday nudge: Try figuring out a link between the letters that are predominant on the left, versus those that seem to be predominant on the right.
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DJB solved 2022-08-20T20:38:06.999Z
FrankieHeck solved 2022-08-20T21:04:06.382Z
BrennerTJ solved 2022-08-20T21:45:29.412Z
oldjudge solved 2022-08-21T00:27:07.037Z
Meg solved 2022-08-21T02:39:47.512Z
benchen71 solved 2022-08-21T11:40:34.637Z
LesY solved 2022-08-21T14:47:47.893Z
boharr solved 2022-08-21T15:03:31.651Z
Hector solved 2022-08-22T01:26:21.895Z
edestlin solved 2022-08-23T21:22:22.555Z
Laura M solved 2022-08-24T20:49:48.170Z
KayW solved 2022-08-24T23:13:33.473Z
dplass solved 2022-08-25T17:27:37.745Z
Cindy Heisler solved 2022-08-25T17:52:52.963Z
kurtalert solved 2022-08-25T21:00:06.619Z
Abide solved 2022-08-25T23:36:39.437Z
rjy solved 2022-08-26T04:38:17.853Z
whimsy solved 2022-08-26T18:54:58.124Z
Pair O Ducks solved 2022-08-27T00:19:45.583Z
Wendy S HeadinHome solved 2022-08-27T02:34:29.421Z
Thanks! You did this sans-nudges, so I have to ask what you saw first and what gave it to you...congrats on topping the board!
DJB 2s · 2022-09-19T22:55:10.093Z
Hi Mikey - just saw this comment! I saw lots of Es on the left, lots of Os on the right, then looked down at the keyboard and saw their positions on the keyboard. Then I tested a few other letters nearby and the pattern emerged. I think online solvers definitely had an advantage for this one as the keyboard would have been under their noses! Pen and paper solvers would have had a harder time (I think?)
Very clever, and a basic concept that I haven't seen before in a meta (which is increasingly rare)! Sadly I needed to be HAND-held all the way to the finish line, but oh well. Great puzzle, thanks!
KayW 🤓5:41 · 2022-08-24T23:15:42.282Z
wowza. I don't remember seeing a metanism like this before. Very cool!
Yeah, I've heard of DVORAK and just looked up COLEMAK; that's pretty cool - I wonder how the original QWERTY layout was derived. Yeah, this one reminded me of some of the Gaffneys in retrospect where you kind of have to see it and, so, without extra assistance, it probably is a Week 4 - or even Week 5. Thanks for solving!
Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-08-25T17:54:57.796Z
I needed a nudge, but got there in the end. This was a tough one for me. I just couldn't see it. Very clever mechanism, though. Thanks, Mikey.
It's one of those "leaves in a forest" kind of thing. I'm still trying my best to put myself in solvers' shoes and ask what they would see. It is a unique mechanism, I'll concur! One I wish I could've gotten into a 15-by-15, and I think I tried it for about 10 minutes and was like, "Nope," haha.
kurtalert 🤓7:07 · 2022-08-25T21:01:06.713Z
Slick! Impressive puzzle. I'm sure constructing this was a bear.
Yeah, it definitely required a lot of trial-and-error! At least one time an alternate letter slipped in that wasn't supposed to. I always try to get some more creative fill in there, and who knew you could type CAREBEARS with your left hand only?? Thanks for the kind comments!
Abide 4s · 2022-08-25T23:40:42.238Z
Only needed one nudge (#3 )
Wendy S HeadinHome 🤓3:20 · 2022-08-27T02:35:18.103Z
Can’t even imagine constructing a grid like that! Well done, and fun to solve. I used all the hilighter colors…
Hector 5:50 · 2022-08-27T14:45:53.892Z
Oh, it had to do with the keyboard! I had no idea, but just saw that some letters were mostly but not entirely on one side or the other. TAB might have been sort of a tip-off; I wonder if it could be combined with ESC top left. Observations: we type "B" with different hands; and "impostor" looks misspelled to me no matter how it's spelled.