So yeah, it's just something to leave up to discretion of the group. A little thing like gkrieg's two guesses is totally fine IMO. Something like, "I'm torn between these words... I'll go with this" would be fine by me too, though this group so far has mostly avoided that.
Well, it would be nice to know what's allowed and what isn't. Where is the line?
By nature, the line is fuzzy. I guess it's up to the spymasters, yeah? I'm saying I'm OK with stuff like pre-guessing. If you insist, we could stop it now. I'm fine either way. But this "extra" info is helping you, not me, so...
IMO, it's just a good faith thing. If a guesser wants to share their thoughts or hesitations or whatever, it's probably fine. If a guesser is trying to game the system with a code or whatever else, that's bad. I trust that nobody here has any intention of cheating.
board-> cross -> private
Board is blue. Cross is red.
MILLIONAIRE | TELESCOPE | CREAM | COTTON | CROSS |
BOARD | SUIT | FORCE | TURKEY | MUG |
CARD | CELL | BOX | PIANO | IRON |
KEY | BUG | QUEEN | PRIVATE | LAB |
CARROT | LEMON | NINJA | JACK | FIGURE |