# Aeiou Puzzler

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/aeiou-puzzler/62276>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [March 6, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aeiou-puzzler/62276 "2011-03-06T01:46:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![iputthelotionintheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/91b2a8/32.png) [@iputthelotionintheba](https://community.cartalk.com/u/iputthelotionintheba)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aeiou-puzzler/62276/1 "2011-03-06T01:46:07Z")

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Another rerun.

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**Author:** ![Scrabbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Scrabbler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrabbler)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aeiou-puzzler/62276/2 "2011-03-06T14:59:31Z")

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Well, it took me about five seconds to answer that puzzler. There’s some advantages to being a Scrabble player, I guess.

Scrabbler

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**Author:** ![mlh7n3rp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mlh7n3rp](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mlh7n3rp)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aeiou-puzzler/62276/3 "2011-03-08T15:16:58Z")

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Without giving away what I think is the answer, let me just say this–the business about Key West and sport fishing seems like obfuscation. Because if its relevant I’m definitely wrong about the answer.

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**Author:** ![DanAxtell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@DanAxtell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DanAxtell)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aeiou-puzzler/62276/4 "2011-03-12T15:59:23Z")

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The “Key West” obfuscation worked great on me. I thought the answer was “ROUTE IA” which would have made it a very lame puzzler. Had I checked a map, I would have seen that California Route 1 stops well south of the Cascades and there is no Route 1a anywhere in California.

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**Author:** ![iputthelotionintheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/91b2a8/32.png) [@iputthelotionintheba](https://community.cartalk.com/u/iputthelotionintheba)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aeiou-puzzler/62276/5 "2011-03-12T21:20:28Z")

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The fact that the numeral “1” isn’t the letter “i” didn’t bother you?

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**Author:** ![DanAxtell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@DanAxtell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DanAxtell)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aeiou-puzzler/62276/6 "2011-03-13T00:14:56Z")

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The use of the Roman numeral “I” bothered me enough to wrongly think that it was a lame puzzler. The NY Times crossword puzzle has been known to use that Roman numeral trick.

I was also bothered that “Route 1A” is not a “word.” I really am quite relieved that my answer is completely wrong.

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**Author:** ![iputthelotionintheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/91b2a8/32.png) [@iputthelotionintheba](https://community.cartalk.com/u/iputthelotionintheba)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aeiou-puzzler/62276/7 "2011-03-13T04:37:07Z")

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I’ll rephrase: the fact that California and Florida don’t use Roman Numerals as highway designators didn’t bother you?