HOW TO PLAY MUMYM

One person selects a gismu. It may not contain any letter more than once.

The other players then take turns making guesses. Each guess must also be a
gismu, but may contain repeated letters. The most common first guess is
"broda".

After each guess is made, the person who knows the correct answer indicates
how many letters in the answer are also in the guess. The first player who
guesses the correct gismu wins. Note that letters duplicated in the guess
and found in the answer are only counted once, and no information is given
about whether the correct letters are correctly placed in the word.

When this is played online, it is common courtesy to not use any computer
aids other than a gi'uste, and to tell your opponent when you use that.

Let's try a sample game, with only me guessing and a bot giving the answer.

<kreig> doi mumym. ko cfari
<mumym> .i ca cfari .i tezu'e lenu do kelci kei .e'u ko cusku lu mi kelci
djica li'u .i ca lenu rodo bredi kei ko cusku lu doi mumym. bredi li'u
<kreig> mi kelci djica
<mumym> .i doi kreig do kelci
<kreig> doi mumym. bredi
<mumym> ca kelci

That's just the stuff required to get the mumym bot going.

<mumym> doi kreig do smadi le du'u ma valsi
<kreig> zo broda
<mumym> di'e se smadi fi mi .i kancu zo broda li re
<mumym> doi kreig do smadi le du'u ma valsi
<kreig> zo brode
<mumym> di'e se smadi fi mi .i kancu zo brode li pa

This tells me that a and one other letter in broda are in the word, but e is
not.

<mumym> doi kreig do smadi le du'u ma valsi
<kreig> zo brodi
<mumym> di'e se smadi fi mi .i kancu zo brodi li re

Now I know that the two vowels in the answer are a and i. Therefore it has
no e, o, or u. It must therefore contain one of b, r, and d.

<mumym> doi kreig do smadi le du'u ma valsi
<kreig> zo jbari
<mumym> di'e se smadi fi mi .i kancu zo jbari li ci

That is exactly what I had expected if the word contained no d and no j. Now
I will figure out whether it has an r or a b.

<mumym> doi kreig do smadi le du'u ma valsi
<kreig> zo nabmi
<mumym> di'e se smadi fi mi .i kancu zo nabmi li vo

That tells me it has either both n and m but no b or b and one of n and m.

<mumym> doi kreig do smadi le du'u ma valsi
<kreig> zo bruna
<mumym> di'e se smadi fi mi .i kancu zo bruna li ci

This is consistent with either of our possibilities, unfortunately.

<mumym> doi kreig do smadi le du'u ma valsi
<kreig> zo danre
<mumym> di'e se smadi fi mi .i kancu zo danre li re

Since I know there is no d or e, but that there is an a, this tells me that
there is an n or an r, but not both. This tells me there is a b and an n;
the proof of that is left as an exercise. I now know four of the letters,
abin.

<mumym> doi kreig do smadi le du'u ma valsi
<kreig> i mi gi'uste pilno
<kreig> zo zbani
<mumym> di'e se smadi fi mi .i kancu zo zbani li vo
<mumym> doi kreig do smadi le du'u ma valsi
<kreig> zo vanbi
<mumym> di'e se smadi fi mi .i kancu zo vanbi li mu .i doi kreig do jinga
.ui
<mumym> lenu kelci kei cu selfanmo
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 -- mi'e kreig daniyl

"Somehow jokes are funnier after 3 minutes of belaboured explanation."
 -xod