Welcome to HangTrek, a Star Trek-themed word game for the Fediverse! This is the sixth poll of the current run. The USS Shenandoah was a storied name before it appeared in Star Trek - there were four USS Shenandoahs in the US Navy, and an oiler that was going to be the Shenandoah that was renamed the Potomac prior to launch. In our puzzle, S showed up eight times. (Ironically, if you guys had picked anything else, there would have been MORE than eight. Remember - popular isn't always good!)
Before closing the poll in disgust when you see the first option, look at all four clues to see the theme!
/ Y O _ / O _ _ _ _ / _ S / O _ L Y / _ _ L L-_ _ _ _ _./
/ _ O O _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S S / M _ _ _ / _ O _ _ _ _ _ / _ O / _ S./ _ _ / M _ S _ / _ _ / _ _ O _ _ / O _ _ / _ O _./
/ S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,/ _ _ / _ O _ M _ _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _./ L _ _ O _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ O _ _ / _ _ _./
/ _ Y _ _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ Y _ _ _ / _ _ _ / L _ M _ _ _ _ _ _ / O _ _ _ / O _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ S./
/ O _ L Y / _ _ _ S / _ _ _ / _ _ Y / _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ Y./
Word lengths:
Line 1: 3, 5, 2, 4, 4, 5
Line 2: 4, 3, 5, 3, 9, 4, 7, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 3, 3
Line 3: 9, 2, 7, 3, 4, 9, 7, 3
Line 4: 5. 3, 6, 3, 9, 4, 3, 7
Line 5: 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 5
The Rules:
The host puts up something like this, with blanks to be filled in, and includes a poll with four letters. The winning letter gets filled in, but only if it actually appears in the puzzle. At least one of the poll options must show up in the puzzle, and this process repeats until someone guesses the answer.
If you make a guess, please do it with a Content Warning (CW) so as to not spoil it for other folks still working on the puzzle, as an incorrect guess might still be an extra clue. The first person to guess correctly gets the option to run the next one, if they like, or to nominate someone else.
#startrek #hangtrek #games #puzzles Star Trek (npub177x…u9jc)
Mason Loring Bliss
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2026-07-12 00:15:44 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…g75g
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