LEXICON: Game without rules

[trochee]

If you read language blogs or Linguist List you've probably already found this.

LEXICON: Game without rules. I found it via Semantic Compositions and I'm proud to say I'm on screen 7 in less than 15 minutes.

It's really quite fun, if you're a linguistics fan and/or puzzle junkie (although this one is pretty linguistics-heavy). I think I could get into this kind of puzzle game if I had more time.

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[trochee.livejournal.com]

i got stuck on 7 for a long time (too lazy to get out a piece of paper) but once I did it was pretty quick.

8 took me much longer, partly because of a transposition in the graphic and partly because I wasn't trying.

once I got 8, I zoomed through and am now on 17 but haven't looked at it hard yet.

[(Anonymous)]

8 took me much longer, partly because of a transposition in the graphic

If I hadn't had your hint about the transposition, I wouldn't have gotten it at all, so thanks.

Any hints for number 16? It's probably really simple, but I have no formal linguistic training at all (I've gotten by using Google, Wikipedia, and guessing, and smattering of stuff picked up from here and there)

And did you ever solve 17?

[trochee.livejournal.com]

here's a small hint: the fact that the pips are on dominoes is a red herring. Focus on the pips and their arrangement.

[(Anonymous)]

Focus on the pips and their arrangement.

But of course! How did I not see that?! The result is somewhat cryptic, of course, but Google explains what the mysterious anagram means.

Anyway, thanks again!