N

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--Y--, -- ---N---T ---N---N --Y

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
- O P Q R S - U V W X - Z

F

Ooo, I like this rule!


*pays respects*

H?

Edit: after a quick search I found out that the 8 most common letters in English can be arranged in "i.e. Thanos"

There is no "f" in this one. One vowel may now be guessed, if people so wish. First come, first serve.


I'm glad! Hopefully it makes things a little harder without making them impossible or not fun.


There is one H.


Interesting. Apparently, the letter "R" shows up over twice as often in words in English as the letter "H," but because of the frequent, common usage of words like "the," "he," and "she" and others, the letter "H" shows up more commonly when you count multiple instances of the same word.


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--Y--, -- ---N--HT ---NT--N --Y

A B C D E - G - I J K L M
- O P Q R S - U V W X - Z

[EDIT] - Sorry, I missed a "T." It's in there now.

I guess I'll go for the boring, most common option.

E?

The Bad News: There is no "E."
The Good News: Another vowel could now be guessed, if people so desire.


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--Y--, -- ---N--HT ---NT--N --Y

A B C D - - G - I J K L M
- O P Q R S - U V W X - Z

A?

There is an "A." That means no more vowels until someone messes up.


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-AY--, -- ---N--HT ---NTA-N -AY

- B C D - - G - I J K L M
- O P Q R S - U V W X - Z

B?

G?

M

... mostly I just wanted to make a run at the abbreviation for background music

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-AY--, -- M--N-GHT M--NTA-N -AY

- - C D - - - - I J K L -
- O P Q R S - U V W X - Z

You now have access to one more vowel. You know, if you want to take the coward's way...

D?

O?

S

There are two "d"s and two "o"s, but no "s"s.


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DAY-O, -- M-DN-GHT MO-NTA-N -AY

- - C - - - - - I J K L -
- - P Q R - - U V W X - Z

I?

I'm not making another guess until we get a response to the previous one, but I wanted to brainstorm a little. The last word cannot be bay, day, or say. Is there anything it could be other than way? If not, W should be out next guess.

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DAY-O, -- MIDNIGHT MO-NTAIN -AY

- - C - - - - - - J K L -
- - P Q R - - U V W X - Z

"Day-O. Me say Day-ay-ay-O. Daylight come and me wanna go home."