In the game Undertale, there is a character named Papyrus who believes that the Jumble puzzle is much harder than the daily crossword.
Help prove him right by trying to solve this brainteaser:
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$\begingroup$ Source: my Twitter $\endgroup$ – Joe Z. Nov 1 '15 at 22:49
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$\begingroup$ Are you allowing partial answers? I'm pretty sure of what I have for the first four, but I don't have a good answer for the punchline yet. $\endgroup$ – Dennis Meng Nov 1 '15 at 23:27
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$\begingroup$ @Dennis: The first 4 all have multiple possibilities. $\endgroup$ – Deusovi♦ Nov 1 '15 at 23:38
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The four words are
THICKEN, RETRAINS, REPLAYS, and SPEARMAN
and the spaghetti is, of course, Papyrus' evening
RE-PASTA. (zoom-in, ba-dum-tish)
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There's a cooking-related possibility for all of the first four:
KITCHEN, STRAINER, PARSLEY, PARMESAN
which gives this:
KEIRPAM
Not sure what that could anagram to, though - all of the words have multiple possibilities anyway so this could be entirely wrong.
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1$\begingroup$ Those were my first thoughts too, but I'm thinking they're red herrings given the lack of final answer. $\endgroup$ – Alconja Nov 1 '15 at 23:56
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