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Cluedo

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A detective game in which players deduce a culprit, weapon, and location from concealed evidence.

Detailed Definition
Cluedo, known in some regions as Clue, is a deduction game set around a fictional murder. Players move through rooms, propose combinations of suspect, weapon, and place, and eliminate possibilities by sharing or withholding cards. In poetry, cluedo can frame memory as investigation, with domestic objects becoming clues and silence becoming testimony. It suits poems about guilt, unreliable narration, and the desire to turn scattered details into a complete but possibly false story.
Example
Example in poetry:
Cluedo can help a poet build a mystery around character, place, and object; “In the library, with the candlestick, grief became the obvious suspect” adapts the game’s revealing formula; A poem may present each stanza as a new clue without naming the crime directly; The final accusation in Cluedo can represent the speaker’s attempt to explain an old betrayal.
Additional Notes
Cluedo, known as Clue in some regions, asks players to solve a murder by identifying the suspect, weapon, and room. Players gather information through suggestions and deductive elimination. The hidden solution is usually represented by cards placed secretly in an envelope.
Also Known As
Clue
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