If Talon played the game of hangman strictly using the frequency of letters used in the English language (which I got from Wikipedia), the game would have gone
like this:
12345678901234567890123456789
e,
123456789e1234e6e89012345678e
t
12345t789et234e6et9012t45678e
a
12345t789et234e6et9012t4a678e
i
12345t7i9et234e6et9i1it4a6i8e
n
12345t7i9et234enet9init4a6ine
s
strike 1!
h
12345t7i9eth34enet9init4a6ine
r
12345tri9eth34enetrinitra6ine
d
strike 2!
l
123l5tri9eth3lenetrinitra6ine
c
c2cl5tri9eth3lenetrinitra6ine
u
strike 3!
m
c2cl5trimeth3lenetrinitramine
w
strike 4!
f
strike 5!
g
strike 6!
In the sketch, Talon does strike out on a g. What's amazing, though, is that there were only 3 letters (out of 29 originally) left to guess! Maybe Cory was right that that was a legitimate, non-cheating way to build his vocabulary.
If he guessed according to letter frequency until "c", he then probably had enough to guess the beginning, c_cl_, was "cyclo" something. Those two letters, plus he next "m" from letter frequency, would have been enough to win.
12345678901234567890123456789
e,
123456789e1234e6e89012345678e
t
12345t789et234e6et9012t45678e
a
12345t789et234e6et9012t4a678e
i
12345t7i9et234e6et9i1it4a6i8e
n
12345t7i9et234enet9init4a6ine
s
strike 1!
h
12345t7i9eth34enet9init4a6ine
r
12345tri9eth34enetrinitra6ine
d
strike 2!
l
123l5tri9eth3lenetrinitra6ine
c
c2cl5tri9eth3lenetrinitra6ine
u
strike 3!
m
c2cl5trimeth3lenetrinitramine
w
strike 4!
f
strike 5!
g
strike 6!
In the sketch, Talon does strike out on a g. What's amazing, though, is that there were only 3 letters (out of 29 originally) left to guess! Maybe Cory was right that that was a legitimate, non-cheating way to build his vocabulary.
If he guessed according to letter frequency until "c", he then probably had enough to guess the beginning, c_cl_, was "cyclo" something. Those two letters, plus he next "m" from letter frequency, would have been enough to win.
