UNSCRAMBLE THAT WORD!
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I have no idea what the answer is to the above, but would love to bump this thread back to it’s simpler roots.
Perhaps, if the solution goes unanswered for over a month, the author can provide the answer and, maybe, something simpler? Something that doesn’t require the use of Google or programmed de-scramblers. At the end of the day, it’s all brain exercise, right?
ETYOPR
(Hint: salve for the heart)
Perhaps, if the solution goes unanswered for over a month, the author can provide the answer and, maybe, something simpler? Something that doesn’t require the use of Google or programmed de-scramblers. At the end of the day, it’s all brain exercise, right?
ETYOPR
(Hint: salve for the heart)
Thanks, Perscribo, for revivifying this thread. 
It was very popular back in the day. So we begin with a fairly easy scramble and maybe progress to more complicated ones as the game goes along. To remind folks of the rules, each word of the scramble has the same number of letters as the corresponding word of the solution. If there is punctuation, it must be included in the scramble, too, and in the same place as in the solution. For example, LET'S BOOGIE could be scrambled as OIL'T EOBESG but not as IO GOT L'S BEE.
So to Perscribo's scramble, the solution is POETRY
Here's another fairly easy one:
I DARN AHT’S GAHDY
#1 Well-known song
It was very popular back in the day. So we begin with a fairly easy scramble and maybe progress to more complicated ones as the game goes along. To remind folks of the rules, each word of the scramble has the same number of letters as the corresponding word of the solution. If there is punctuation, it must be included in the scramble, too, and in the same place as in the solution. For example, LET'S BOOGIE could be scrambled as OIL'T EOBESG but not as IO GOT L'S BEE.
So to Perscribo's scramble, the solution is POETRY
Here's another fairly easy one:
I DARN AHT’S GAHDY
#1 Well-known song
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(I broke out my actual Scrabble tiles for this thread!)
Answer: Harley Davidson
HOT SHE LW TED FARROW
Hint: Sci-fi classic
Answer: Harley Davidson
HOT SHE LW TED FARROW
Hint: Sci-fi classic
I was completely stymied...until, abruptly, the light dawned!
Alice in Wonderland
HAWKSE TU NET TIRRY
Hint: Ditty for the holiday?
Alice in Wonderland
HAWKSE TU NET TIRRY
Hint: Ditty for the holiday?
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I was stymied as well!
Answer(maybe?): Turkey in the Straw
FEB GRAITH BREBO WROARM
Hint: Groundbreaking animated film.
Answer(maybe?): Turkey in the Straw
FEB GRAITH BREBO WROARM
Hint: Groundbreaking animated film.
Turkey in the Straw is correct, but I could never figure out what that song is supposed to be about. 
Answer: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(I remain amazed at the coordination between the animation and the actors in that film--especially Bob Hoskins, who used a spot-on American accent in delivering an astonishing performance!)
GEE GORSEDS NADOLLS
Hint: On top, for now anyway.
Answer: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(I remain amazed at the coordination between the animation and the actors in that film--especially Bob Hoskins, who used a spot-on American accent in delivering an astonishing performance!)
GEE GORSEDS NADOLLS
Hint: On top, for now anyway.
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It truly was an amazing film! Bob Hoskins had his work cut out for him, basically acting alone because the computer effects were nothing compared to today.
Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers
(It took me a while because I don't follow sports and, though I'm not old enough to remember when they were in Brooklyn, that's what my mind kept wanting
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'FALL ET, PERF ACH, OPP PLOCANC.'
Hint: TV Advertising Jingle/Slogan (you know you wanted one, even if the commercials were God-awful)...I'm so old...maybe I need one
Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers
(It took me a while because I don't follow sports and, though I'm not old enough to remember when they were in Brooklyn, that's what my mind kept wanting
)'FALL ET, PERF ACH, OPP PLOCANC.'
Hint: TV Advertising Jingle/Slogan (you know you wanted one, even if the commercials were God-awful)...I'm so old...maybe I need one
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I'm stumped. Could you possibly give us another hint? (Or maybe just whistle the tune?)
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I wonder if they still sell The Clapper 
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Answer: Murder, She Wrote
BOLT DO WE BRIN
Hint: Perhaps the song that coined the term 'heavy metal'.
?Answer: Murder, She Wrote
BOLT DO WE BRIN
Hint: Perhaps the song that coined the term 'heavy metal'.
They surely do still sell it. Still easier and more succinct than asking Alexa to turn off lights.
Answer: Born To Be Wild
SAME MALOFETE I CURLY THRASH RIVETSLYR
Hint: Maddening song now lurking in the background of everywhere I shop.
Answer: Born To Be Wild
SAME MALOFETE I CURLY THRASH RIVETSLYR
Hint: Maddening song now lurking in the background of everywhere I shop.
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Imagine the chaos if stores hooked their sound systems to the clapper 
Answer: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
DENTAL, SOMBOT, APE SIRINSANAUL
Hint: Classic Thanksgiving comedy film.
Answer: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
DENTAL, SOMBOT, APE SIRINSANAUL
Hint: Classic Thanksgiving comedy film.
Answer: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
CAIN GRAMAMA TAKEI AGREE
Hint: Slogan stolen from Bill Clinton.
CAIN GRAMAMA TAKEI AGREE
Hint: Slogan stolen from Bill Clinton.
But I can only think of this slogan as initialized on red hats, all of which I would like to burn (environmentally, of course).
Make America Great Again
And now for the most repellent holiday song of all.
ONIDDET, ARL ESE-OHRRE HEUNRDDP
(The punctuation is often omitted, but this is how the title was written when the song was first recorded.)
Make America Great Again
And now for the most repellent holiday song of all.
ONIDDET, ARL ESE-OHRRE HEUNRDDP
(The punctuation is often omitted, but this is how the title was written when the song was first recorded.)
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