Answerbank Is Better Than Ai!

[barry1010]

I had to ask for help to solve a puzzle.  AI couldn't do it - made many, many guesses but was wrong every time.  I asked AB and fibonacci solved it.

In case you're wondering, this is the (solved) puzzle

Looking for a word with these rules:

7 letters;

Fifth letter M;

There is not another M;

The first and fourth letters are the same;

The third and sixth letters are the same;

Remaining letters are different.

I tried ChatGPT and CoPilot.  

[chelle7272]

Never doubted it. 😊

And thanks for the puzzle.

[Old_Geezer]

#_☆#M☆_

 

Hmmm.... I'll think about it 😉

[barry1010]

It's from last week's Radio Times (current tv week) Enigma Code.  I just could not get it.

[Old_Geezer]

Not a living woman is it ?

[barry1010]

It's not a pronoun

[sandyRoe]

I've solved it.

[barry1010]

Well done Sandy. I'm not sure I would have

[youngmafbog]

Well tell them the answer and it will store it for the next punter.

All so called AI can do is look for an answer or program out there to answer you.  It really isnt intelligent at all - yet.

[wolf63]

I managed to solve it - but it took me a long time.  It was like a Codewords puzzle.

[sandyRoe]

The answer didn't jump out at me.  Trial and error isn't earth shaking but it works.

[barry1010]

I did tell them the answer 😁 

Wolf, it is a code words puzzle 

[youngmafbog]

//Trial and error isn't earth shaking but it works.//

That is all a program would do.  Loop round comapring each iteration to the required result and Bingo.  Just a computer is very quick if it has decent processing power, thats all.

[barry1010]

This is one of Copilot's answers:

Alright, now that you've clarified that the **only "M" in the word is the 5th letter**, I can truly focus on narrowing this down properly. Thank you for your patience—I’m determined to solve this correctly now.

Here’s the full breakdown:

1. The word must have **7 letters**.

2. The **5th letter is M**.

3. The **1st and 4th letters are identical**.

4. The **3rd and 6th letters are identical**.

5. The **only "M" in the word is the 5th letter**.

 

A correct word that satisfies all conditions is **alarmed**:

- **1st and 4th letters:** A.

- **3rd and 6th letters:** L.

- **5th letter:** M.

 

This one ticks all the boxes! Let me know if it works. 😊