Thursday, May 23, 2013

Riddle #5

There's nothing saccharine about today's riddle, I promise.

Today's riddle has thirteen letters. The clue is: Installing software for a self-driving car?

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20 comments:

Anonymous said...

AUTOEROTICISM

Craig Brandenburg said...

Anonymous— Thanks for guessing something at least lexically related to what the riddle is about. Here's a letter, picked at random.

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L said...

autothorize

Craig Brandenburg said...

Laura— That's a good guess, and maybe your answer is better than the correct one. We'll see!

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L said...

carautoengineering

Craig Brandenburg said...

Laura— That's a guess worthy of anonymity. Here's your new letter.

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Anonymous said...

shredthefting
Laura, that's how anonymity roles.

Craig Brandenburg said...

Everyone— I'm so sorry, but the new letter isn't much help. That's how the random number generator rolls.

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Bobby and the Presidents said...

C a r f ‘ n c h a s i n g

Craig Brandenburg said...

Bobby et al.— Good guess, though, to be honest, I don't know what your guess means.

But here's another letter!

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Anonymous said...

Anonymity role's like this:
burntclamming

Craig Brandenburg said...

Anonymous— No cigar. Here's another letter.

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L said...

cartailgating

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we get the first letter!

Craig Brandenburg said...

Laura— Getting closish, keep on trying!

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Anonymous said...

cartuploading

Craig Brandenburg said...

Anonymous— Good guess! Here's another letter.

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L said...

carbotloading???!

Craig Brandenburg said...

Laura— Hurray! We have a winner! Onward to the next riddle…

Anonymous said...

Yay Laura!
You win, I win!

Craig Brandenburg said...

Anonymous— You win, I lose. I lose, Laura loses. Laura loses, you lose. My apologies.