Week 0:
The set of all words beginning with a letter between Q and Z inclusive: NONE
The set of all words whose letters have a combined point value of 15 or higher in English-language Scrabble (examples: JOKE, ZZZ): ONE
The set of all words where exactly two of the letters are A, E, I, O, U, or Y: TWO
The set of all words containing a double letter (examples: EGG, BOOT, LLAMA; counterexamples: FIFE, NANA): ALL
Week 1:
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of length greater than 10: NONE
[Inge S. Kraft] The set of all words that appear as distinct words in William Shakespeare's Hamlet (as opposed to as substrings of words), according to www.rhymezone.com/shakespeare (example: BORROWER, counterexample: ROWER): ONE
Week 2:
[Jason Boomer] The set of words with length of 8 or more: ONE
[Jessica Timmerman] The set {BALLOON, BEEPED, BOOKING, BOOMING, BULLFROG, CHICKEN, FEED, FEELING, FOOD, GULL}: NONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words with second-to-last letter between L and S inclusive: ONE
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words that appear as distinct words in William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (as opposed to as substrings of words), according to www.rhymezone.com/shakespeare (example: BRANCHLESS, counterexample: RANCH): NONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words containing a double vowel (AA, EE, II, OO, UU, YY): NONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words containing a double vowel (AA, EE, II, OO, UU, YY): NONE
[Kyle Nils] The set of all words beginning with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U, Y): NONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 6 through 10: ALL
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 6 through 10: ALL
[Arkayde] [private guess of a set of 3 words]: NONE
[Inge S. Kraft] The set of all words in which either the first or the second letter appears in the string HE WEARS MANY HATS: NONE
[John and Izak Bulten] The set of all words containing a double letter between NN and ZZ inclusive: TWO
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all 6- and 7-letter words that contain the letter O at least once: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words ending with a double letter: NONE
[Kyle Nils] The set of all words beginning with a letter between J and P inclusive: NONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words with 3 or more consecutive consonants (consonants being defined as all letters except A, E, I, O, U, and Y): ONE
Week 3:
[Daniel Levitin] The set of words with at least 8 letters, of which at least 3 are (not necessarily distinct) vowels (A, E, I, O, U, and Y): ONE
[Inge S. Kraft] The set of all words in which the fifth letter exists and appears in the string FAMILY REUNIONS: ALL
[John Bulten] The set of all words which contain the letter R: ONE
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all 6- and 7- letter words that contain the letter R at least once: NONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words which contain three or more of the same letter: ONE
[Leo Termin] The set of all words ending in a vowel (A, E, I, O, U, Y): NONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words with 2 or more non-overlapping double letters in them (examples: VOODOO, ZOOKEEPER; counterexamples: PEEP, ZZZ): NONE
Week 4:
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words ending in S: ONE
[Inge S. Kraft] The set of all 7- and 9-letter words in which exactly two of the letters appear in the phrase CHEMICAL X: ALL
[John Bulten] [private guess of a set of 3 words]: ALL
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all 6- and 7-letter words that contain the letter N at least once: NONE
[Kevin Orfield] [private guess of a set of 3 words]: ALL
[Kyle Nils] The set of all words ending with a letter between R and V inclusive: ONE
[Leo Termin] The set of all words that, when the last letter is removed, still form a valid word according to scrabble.merriam.com (examples: LATHER, SCAMPI, TOKEN): ONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all 6-letter words whose first four letters make a Scrabble-legal word: NONE
Since the trio of words has been guessed, $44 has been donated to the Food Bank of West Central Texas!
Everyone now has one more week to guess the trio of words and get entered into the prize drawing!
