States Alphabetical Mess
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States Alphabetical Mess
by Admin (Digitizer101) Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:32 pm
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Sort based on numeric amount of characters doesn't work.
Illinois Washington Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Texas Massachusetts Michigan
8 11 7 8 10 8 11 5 13 9
Added each state total value Ex. Illinois =99 9+12+12+9+14+15+9+19=99 (using A=1,B=2, C=3)
99 130 84 79 88 83 127 69 168 64
Doesn't work
Trying to see if we used 1st 2nd 3rd character and so on... also tried from end of words...
Forward
1st 9-23-1-1-3-3-3-20-13-13
2nd 12-1-18-18-1-15-15-5-1-9
3rd 12-19-9-11-12-12-14-24-19-3
4th 9-8-26-1-9-15-14-1-19-8
5th 14-9-15-14-6-18-5-19-1-9
Backward
1st 19-14-1-19-1-15-20-19-19-14
2nd 9-15-14-1-9-4-21-1-20-1
3rd 15-20-15-19-14-1-3-24-20-7
4th 14-7-26-14-18-18-9-5-9
5th 9-14-9-1-15-15-20-20-19-8
Doesn't work either
Even tried as if Illinois was a red herring since it is in the beginning of both forward and reverse.
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Re: States Alphabetical Mess
by Admin (Digitizer101) Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:49 am
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MLB Teams alphabetical
Illinois Washington Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Texas Massachusetts Michigan
Cubs Mariners Diamondbacks ? Padres Rockies ? Rangers Red Sox Tigers
Thought I was on to something here but it just doesn't work for MLB but does open up a lot more ideas and could explain how Illinois
could be first alphabetically and also reverse alphabetically!
I don't think Arkansas has any professional sports teams but could be college - "Razorbacks"
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Re: States Alphabetical Mess
by Admin (Digitizer101) Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:26 am
Original alphabetical order -
Illinois. Washington. Arizona. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut. Texas. Massachusetts. Michigan.
Capitols -
Springfield. Olympia. Phoenix. Little Rock. Sacramento. Denver. Hartford. Austin. Boston. Lansing.
Birds -
Northern Cardinal. Willow Goldfinch. Cactus Wren. Mockingbird. California Quail. Lark Bunting. American Robin. Northern Mockingbird. Black-capped Chickadee. American Robin
Flowers -
Violet. Coast Rhododendron. Saguaro Cactus Blossom. Apple Blossom. Golden Poppy. Rocky Mountain Columbine. Mountain Laurel. Bluebonnet. Mayflower. Apple Blossom.
Trees -
White Oak. Wester Hemlock. Palo Verde. Pine Tree. California Redwood and Sequoia. Colorado Blue Spruce. White Oak. Pecan. American Elm. White Pine.
Nicknames -
Prairie State. Evergreen State. The Grand Canyon State. The Natural State. Golden State. Centennial State. Constitution State. Lone Star State. Bay State, Old Colony State. Wolverine State.
Seconded time reverse order - “does not say reverse alphabetical”
Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Connecticut, Colorado, California, Arkansas, Arizona, Washington, Wisconsin
Capitols -
Springfield, Lansing, Austin, Hartford, Denver, Sacramento, Little Rock, Phoenix, Olympia, Madison
Birds -
Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, American Robin, Lark Bunting, California Quail, Mockingbird, Cactus Wren, Willow Goldfinch, American Robin
Flowers -
Violet, Apple Blossom, Bluebonnet, Mountain Laurel, Rocky Mountain Columbine, Golden Poppy, Apple Blossom, Saguaro Cactus Blossom, Coast Rhododendron, Wood Violet
Trees -
White Oak, White Pine, Pecan, White Oak, Colorado Blue Spruce, California Redwood and Sequoia, Pine Tree, Palo Verde, Wester Hemlock, Sugar Maple
Nicknames -
Prairie State, Wolverine State, Lone Star State, Constitution State, Centennial State, Golden State, The Natural State, The Grand Canyon State, Evergreen State, Badger State
Still nothing but at least we are thinking outside the ORB now!
Illinois. Washington. Arizona. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut. Texas. Massachusetts. Michigan.
Capitols -
Springfield. Olympia. Phoenix. Little Rock. Sacramento. Denver. Hartford. Austin. Boston. Lansing.
Birds -
Northern Cardinal. Willow Goldfinch. Cactus Wren. Mockingbird. California Quail. Lark Bunting. American Robin. Northern Mockingbird. Black-capped Chickadee. American Robin
Flowers -
Violet. Coast Rhododendron. Saguaro Cactus Blossom. Apple Blossom. Golden Poppy. Rocky Mountain Columbine. Mountain Laurel. Bluebonnet. Mayflower. Apple Blossom.
Trees -
White Oak. Wester Hemlock. Palo Verde. Pine Tree. California Redwood and Sequoia. Colorado Blue Spruce. White Oak. Pecan. American Elm. White Pine.
Nicknames -
Prairie State. Evergreen State. The Grand Canyon State. The Natural State. Golden State. Centennial State. Constitution State. Lone Star State. Bay State, Old Colony State. Wolverine State.
Seconded time reverse order - “does not say reverse alphabetical”
Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Connecticut, Colorado, California, Arkansas, Arizona, Washington, Wisconsin
Capitols -
Springfield, Lansing, Austin, Hartford, Denver, Sacramento, Little Rock, Phoenix, Olympia, Madison
Birds -
Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, American Robin, Lark Bunting, California Quail, Mockingbird, Cactus Wren, Willow Goldfinch, American Robin
Flowers -
Violet, Apple Blossom, Bluebonnet, Mountain Laurel, Rocky Mountain Columbine, Golden Poppy, Apple Blossom, Saguaro Cactus Blossom, Coast Rhododendron, Wood Violet
Trees -
White Oak, White Pine, Pecan, White Oak, Colorado Blue Spruce, California Redwood and Sequoia, Pine Tree, Palo Verde, Wester Hemlock, Sugar Maple
Nicknames -
Prairie State, Wolverine State, Lone Star State, Constitution State, Centennial State, Golden State, The Natural State, The Grand Canyon State, Evergreen State, Badger State
Still nothing but at least we are thinking outside the ORB now!
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Re: States Alphabetical Mess
by escapewarsaw Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:00 am
This subsequence is completely intact in the reverse order: Washington. Arizona. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut. Texas. I'd be extremely surprised if they could find a completely DIFFERENT way to sort these and these be perfectly reversed.
And the the even smaller subset of Arizona. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut is actually in correct alphabetical order. I think it makes it even less likely that they could find a sequence of 7 states that can be perfectly reversed given the the fact that 5 of them are actually plucked out of the actual list of states intact.
Feels like maybe the clue here is either: Washington -> Texas OR it's about the states that aren't in this list. Or even more likely it's just busy work to keep you guessing until they sell 3000 copies of the book to turn a profit.
And the the even smaller subset of Arizona. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut is actually in correct alphabetical order. I think it makes it even less likely that they could find a sequence of 7 states that can be perfectly reversed given the the fact that 5 of them are actually plucked out of the actual list of states intact.
Feels like maybe the clue here is either: Washington -> Texas OR it's about the states that aren't in this list. Or even more likely it's just busy work to keep you guessing until they sell 3000 copies of the book to turn a profit.
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Re: States Alphabetical Mess
by HauntedDoll Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:51 pm
It should also be pointed out that the 5 correct states are correct in their placement when you list all of the states in alphabetical order. Meaning IL,WA,AZ,AR,CA,CO,CT,TX,MA,MI fits
AL,AK,AZ,AR,CA,CO,CT,DE,FL,GA and it's the same thing when she reverses their order
IL,MI,TX,CT,CO,CA,AR,AZ,WA,WI fits
GA,FL,DE,CT,CO,CA,AR,AZ,AK,AL
Not sure what it means, if anything. I'm also leaning towards distracting filler.
AL,AK,AZ,AR,CA,CO,CT,DE,FL,GA and it's the same thing when she reverses their order
IL,MI,TX,CT,CO,CA,AR,AZ,WA,WI fits
GA,FL,DE,CT,CO,CA,AR,AZ,AK,AL
Not sure what it means, if anything. I'm also leaning towards distracting filler.
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