This is Hard

[@bluupadoop]

I honestly think that anyone who doesn't think Olexa should be a puzzle/thinky game focused channel is fundamentally missing the Olexa factor. 'Olexa thinks' are by far my favorite channel category, there's something incredibly entertaining about watching Olexa think 👍

[@Shooshpa-z2e]

Yup. If I wanted to watch a person that’s good at puzzle games, I’d be watching aliensrock right now.

[@Swagpion]

Yup, watching somebody bad at puzzle games is much more entertaining

[@SorwestChannel]

Olexa pulling up the spreadsheet only to end up more confused is hilarious. I think we will all cry happy tears when Olexa finally decides to clean up the notes and figure out colors 🤣🤣

[@OlexaYT]

I will never

[@codesymphony]

@@OlexaYT misty -> mighty is where "homophone" vs "sound" makes all the difference 🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@BryanLu0]

>={​@@OlexaYT

[@Pride_il_superbo]

@@OlexaYT😭😭😭

[@myclamish]

@@codesymphony lol I just got to this part. the whole pikachu surprise when trying to use a word with an "eye" sound in it doesn't work for a word that doesn't begin with an "eye" sound... one day he'll figure out top (again).

[@cz1822]

For the “opposite of clouds”, your hint is on the ceiling of the room

[@OlexaYT]

God dammit

[@IcelyPuzzles]

i enjoyed every moment of you playing my guest section and contribute to you mixing up red/blue more :} (also i made several cursed maps for this game and am doing a little something for the sequel of this game...) the first-letter hint impression for SPIKY is also one of the most cursed, gets everyone every time also glad to see you use the BEWARE ROT section/half-blocks as a thumbnail, i remember suggesting mini half blocks and loved that they got used (even though the puzzles in that area aren't mine) lol

[@BryanLu0]

Ice SecondWord

[@shadowofdeath8000]

Beware rot is such a good one if it's what I think it is. The other one has me confused still

[@linforcer]

sequel :O Is that wishlistable? My biggest regret watching this is that I did not just stop watching after the first episode and buy this game and come back after playing to be ahead of where Olexy is so I am very down for a sequel. Then again... if the player made content is good maybe I should just get lingo now...

[@Kingboo247]

A sequel both excites and terrifies me. And I’ve been meaning to play some custom maps, but now I’m afraid to play yours.

[@IcelyPuzzles]

@@linforcer sequel store page is not out yet but there have been some previews here and there... also I have some videos that cover some lingo custom maps, and I kinda want to make more of those :)

[@cz1822]

I love the room at 5:35. It’s gimmick is longer words with fewer sounds (red), and shorter words with more sounds (blue). Was very hard but very fun

[@rimgo-pw2jy]

also thought that the walls plus the color was it as in red walls blue square means to minus and add or visa versa

[@IcelyPuzzles]

i made that room (and later like ten custom maps with more strange/interesting mechanics lol) ❤

[@Knyckoh]

@@IcelyPuzzles Cant Believe Actual level makers are showing up in the comments now

[@lnterest-ing]

chess battle advanced

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

@@IcelyPuzzles Collabs Bring Astonishments to both content creators' audiences Edit: I think "ten" is an understatement

[@r.l.r.7550]

I think the difference between magenta and lime is that they are inverted.

[@JD2jr.]

There's a whole section that taught us that but the insert key has short circuited him.

[@杨晨-i9b]

exemplify and exemplified are the best definitions

[@Kingboo247]

“Conventional” made me quit this game for over half a year. When I finally came back I googled antonyms, synonyms of antonyms, antonyms of synonyms, etc... for a solid 30 minutes before finally getting it. I don’t even remember the answer. When I try to remember, my head gets all Fuzzy. As the other comments said, you gotta refine your definitions of the colors. For example, Teal and Magenta are opposites of each other like Red/Blue and Black/White. And WANDERLUST won’t help you here. That’s Level One’s codeword.

[@danxor906]

I feel like you really need to work on refining the definitions of what your colors mean.

[@freezypuffs1167]

We been telling him this for a while😂😂

[@macserv]

Needs to simplify a lot… like, his current definition of high-red- “homophone within the word” 😵‍💫- should just be, “remove something from the pronunciation.” And high-blue is just, “add something to the pronunciation,”

[@Shooshpa-z2e]

@macserv a even more accurate description would just be „remove sounds“. Knowing the IPA helped alot. 😂

[@kamilrichert8446]

also the concept of sounds

[@JD2jr.]

or literally just remember there are rules instead of thinking every box is just "something related to this with this letter"

[@TheFunfighter]

Here we see an olexa in its natural habitat. When distressed, it abandons its spreadsheet and starts shouting homonyms and rhymes. But yeah, exhaust pipe was just beyond me, and I should know that. For the math room: The hint was pretty good. Just focus on doubling a letter of the second word, and it will fall into your lap.

[@theplaguedoctor3381]

olexa: "this must be infuriating to watch" me: "oh boy I love seeing his brain melt as he tries to solve this (not that I could solve this either)"

[@codesymphony]

just the top row. everything else seems par for the course for lingo lol

[@NayaM0]

I can solve it. I'm infuriated. And I'm loving every second of it.

[@linforcer]

"DOES" could be "DOUGH" if the original "DOES" refers to multiple animals, instead of the past tense of "to do" and regardless of whether I end up right about that, that solution makes me feel clever

[@magiks4549]

"*letter here* really?" is my favorite olexa vocal stim, i find myself saying it in tandom also i like everyones idea to re-establish your rules and colors because ill think youll have more fun solving the puzzles than trying to figure out the rules for said puzzles

[@rachcat4]

Its okay olexa you are trying your best and that counts for something. I am here for your struggle struggling with you.

[@cell-morninglory]

36:09 "That puzzle back there is not RED!" -Olexa

[@SorwestChannel]

Oh god, Olexa are you sleeping well? Have you eaten lunch in your lunch break? White to grey and red isn't red. LINGO might be truly destryoing your sanity 😅😅

[@lucasagusti686]

The second I saw this was made by icely I instantly started looking for solutions that were either 'chess', 'battle', or 'advanced' lol

[@IcelyPuzzles]

chess battle advanced

[@KitoBallard]

Bro.. at least you're figuring these out. If I was trying it, I'd still prob be still stuck at the first 20 by now. English kills me so hard man. Even a few of my guesses turned out wrong when you was doing them (except a few that was amusingly painful XD). You're doing an amazing job~♥

[@codesymphony]

yeah honestly. like the average playthrough probably spans over months, and there's no way i could have solved a lot of them without bouncing ideas back and forth off a friend. don't feel rushed because you've been breezing through a lot of stuff that is by no means easy

[@KWifler]

Does anyone else draw a complete blank when he's trying to enter words into the boxes, but then go "oh I knew that one" when he solves it?

[@WheelDragon]

Explaining Opposite to Exponent: It's half-white half-purple. So the first half stays the same and the second half changes. So opposite becomes opponent. Then, behind it, it's linked to another half-white half-purple, but this time it's actually half-purple half-white. So the last half stays and the first half changes, to exponent. It's a similar thing with "paranoid"

[@codesymphony]

the blocks on the back got me fucked up

[@IsStillVicarious]

My favourite lingo moments are when I have no clue what the answer could possibly be and neither does olexa. We are just very confused.

[@Considerable_wow]

I was so convinced that Bottom Red Human was Belt. The human is in a car, in a belt. Can't believe it was body.

[@WD_Gaster66]

Ok so I'd like to maybe tighten up some of the block definitions for the spreadsheet (feel free to correct any of this). Red means to Reduce or Subtract. In the middle you subtract letters. On top to subtract phonemes (you don't change or add any of the phonemes). On the bottom you Reduce the concept, usually to find something that is contained within it (for example, a red block with Apple could be Seed, Stem, Core.) Blue means to Add. Middle is letters. I believe top wants you to add phonemes anywhere in the word, and you have to keep **all** of the original phonemes. On the bottom it wants you to expand on the concept, and to go off of Red, the answer usually contains the hint (a Corpse is in a Funeral, Feathers are on a Bird). Purple either to Swap or just Remove+Add. On the middle you have to remove and add at least one letter (essentially Swapping one letter for another), but sometimes you have to add more letters than you remove. On the top rhyming is common because you're usually swapping out some of the phonemes (this is my shakiest, there may be some more logic to it). On the bottom, though I think it's rare, you usually Swap the hint for something in the same family (like a Fork for a Spoon or a Chair for a Stool or something like that). Those weird half and half blocks seem to apply its color to only half of the word. For example, a Black|White Front| Door becomes Back|door. So the Purple|Blue Beware Rot would have Purple applied to Beware and Blue to Rot

[@minamagdy4126]

His problems with top is that he doesn't know what to keep and what to change. He definitely hasn't let go of letters as representatives of phonemes, which leads to some significant schenanigans, especially with modifying phonemes to fit the letters rather than the other way around. I do agree that purple is the most unrestricted and hard to pin down color here.

[@codesymphony]

bottom purp you physically replace things on the object/concept. spoon -> fork feels like a bit of a stretch, but bottom purple human is really good

[@WD_Gaster66]

@@minamagdy4126 Well, I also noticed he is sometimes either removing sounds with blue, adding sounds with red or just changing the order of the sounds

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

"Level 2 is on another level" Ah yes, the floor here is made out of floor

[@NotQuartz]

47:46 highlight of the vid for me is you just saying the answer out loud. This little car parts section is the third and last of my guest rooms, so no more of me and my questionable design 🎉

[@OlexaYT]

😘

[@shaylevinzon540]

Dude you do so well, half of those you resolved I'd never figure out myself

[@brendandangelo715]

Every episode, Olexa worries that he doesn't make much progress. Olexa! Any episode where you solve even 4% of the puzzles in the level is great progress! Just 25 episodes of that and you'll finish the game! 😊

[@PipsQueen]

I'm glad Olenky is realizing his spreadsheet is making no sense :D That one Pepper/Spear puzzle was harsh though

[@PipsQueen]

Also, at 36:18 your eyes are beat, my man. Those are both red ;-;

[@WD_Gaster66]

Your eyes are beet*

[@PipsQueen]

Holy hell the maths room. The thought process to go from Paranoid to the answer (I think) is insane and I love it. Exaggeratedly so, even.

[@SchPal]

This IS hard, and this GOES hard aswell.

[@Shooshpa-z2e]

„Thats not red.“ You should get your eyes checked.

[@OrangePizzaGames]

Beware rot is quite the accurate description of what happens to my brain when i look at a square root

[@helicoidcyme]

so. for the math room. i think whats happening is that opposite is (middle) left white right purple -> keep oppo, replace site -> opponent, then behind it is (middle) left purple right white -> replace oppo, keep nent -> exponent. and then based on that i *think* i know what paranoid becomes but like. dang thats. a lot also hey olexa love your content

[@EatMahBraunies]

I think Olexa staring at all these colours got him colourblind by the time he got to the car room

[@freezypuffs1167]

Been waiting for another episode, how dare you make us wait for so long

[@darkviking7135]

23:08 He really just tried that with a straight face

[@shadowofdeath8000]

Didn't even bat an eye 😂

[@Swagpion]

Maybe he doesn't know

[@mork6668]

This has been my favorite series lately,no doubt!!

[@proisborn]

Love the consistency of videos hope you are getting enough rest

[@PlaneShaper2]

Yeah, Level 2 is definitely harder than Level 1! If you feel the need for a cleanse, the Library level is more straightforward than Level 2. Also, would you like a hint or explanation for the rule for top boxes? I feel as though you're missing an underlying concept for top puzzles that would help you a lot.

[@SorwestChannel]

Take a shot every time Olexa says bottom red is "something in a [thing]", bottom blue is "a [thing] is in something" 😅😅

[@JD2jr.]

A couple videos ago we mentioned it wasn't too bad if you got stuck and used the "insert" hints or looked things up, but it definitely feels like now you're just making random guesses/brute forcing more because you have that "cheat" in your back pocket. Maybe consider "cheating" by looking up a more accurate set of rules instead? It will probably end up being more satisfying than trying every combination of purple middle options on blue top clues...

[@OlexaYT]

It isn’t an issue with my rules, I fully understand the rules even if what I have written down is not correct. Those puzzles are just hard for my brain. They’re puzzles for a reason. If they were obvious and easy they wouldn’t be in a puzzle game

[@jazck8749]

​@OlexaYT I'm getting flashbacks to the white middle room in the custom map bucket of salmone....

[@JD2jr.]

@@OlexaYT Obviously I don't know what's going on in your head. but when you're still confused **after** getting an answer, we can only assume you don't have the rules down. I know it's shitty to backseat game so I apologize if it's too much, it just gets frustrating sometimes (but obviously the entertainment value exceeds that since I don't want to stop watching).

[@codesymphony]

5:50 "this is a sound within it" i'm so freaking proud rn 🥹🥹🥹

[@bekfaststealer2660]

Man that pepper/spear clue is absolutely DASTARDLY

[@bbittercoffee]

47:48 I was screaming "back!" The whole time like I knew shit, turns out I know shit The moment he said "car body parts" I got it I felt so defeated.....

[@linforcer]

dude same.

[@Contreth1313]

I had it the whole time along with exhaust pipe

[@mork6668]

"I have a college degree"😂😂😂 that one hit hard

[@butternerd-sz1nw]

Yeah tyler still really struggles getting his head around top puzzles... could understand how that would make icely's section very difficult.

[@OlexaYT]

I am NOT good with them haha. But my redemption arc is soon

[@aaa303]

@@OlexaYT It was heartbreaking to watch, because it's such a fun section once you understand how to isolate sounds.

[@IMRhassan]

for the "beware rot" you said the hint but you didn't listen to yourself, I'll make it easier For the second word you only duplicate a letter, if you get the second word you will get the first word

[@codesymphony]

i think it's only tricky because it's not clear that larger squares are about splitting up the word into two sections. once you can get behind that idea though it's easier to test different answers

[@Soken50]

47:45 literally says the answer while lamenting about not finding it. This is why I watch your videos lmao.

[@Leftysrev3nge]

I love how sometimes Tyler takes 3 episodes to get a word. And other times he gets it first guess.

[@MurkyConspiracy]

I love when I think I know the answer and it turns out to be totally wrong. I swear human was belt.

[@Shooshpa-z2e]

For most of these Im about on the same page as Olenky, with the exception of the top puzzles. Most puzzles he solves before I do, sometimes I get one first, however everytime he does a top puzzle I just want to throw my device out of the window.

[@quincyisrandom7487]

18:02 "Pepper is a type of salt". - Olexa

[@justinwhite2725]

4 letter word starting with B where the human would be in... Body - you got it. Its the body of the car. Autobody repair.

[@istariknight1]

To get through that chained antonym room you have to be really sharp

[@iconica9516]

TYLER KNOWS ICELY???

[@OlexaYT]

I know everybody. Especially yo momma

[@SurrealMath1]

you know i get 2 nickels every time a famous tyler knows icely, which is not much but its weird that it happened twice.

[@izme1000]

You said before spoilers are ok, but this is also what i think they are. Haven't played the game myself. Red top World is whirled Misty is missed Bands is banned Less confident about Does being dough Purlple/Blue Beware Rot Beware rhymes with square Add to rot to get root Also, it doesn't fit with human to me, but a part of a racecar beginning with b is a belt.

[@aaa303]

Here "does" refers to multiple female deer.

[@Dylan52meow]

Level 2 is crazy! Also I laughed wayy too much when you said a cow was a milker. 😂

[@justinwhite2725]

I never would have figured out blood and naval are types of orange. But that means spear and pepper are types of mint. (You got it)

[@13josh39]

It’s feels like it’s been forever since a Lingo video. Poor Olexa needs some tape for his noggin. In the meantime hints: Beware Rot: as you said duplicate a letter in the second word. Lick: black Forge: filled in on this episode Profraction: pro (black) / fraction (purple) Second hints: Lick: like taffy Forge: probably in a bowl Profraction: some glass/ calm water (I’m trying really hard to not give it away and still have you come to it on your own.)

[@Izerion]

Olexa: *solves 30 words in 2 minutes* Also Olexa: "I suck at this, the game has beaten me down, my brain is mush, this is way too hard" Give yourself a bit more credit and have a bit more patience my man 😂 some of the early episodes had you try to figure out words for 5 minutes now it feels like you give up after 5 seconds

[@bbittercoffee]

I don't even have a hint for "beware rot" Where did he get "math" from???? What????? He was so close too with "Swear" That "keep the second half of the first word and duplicate a letter from the second" hint is CRAZY

[@WD_Gaster66]

What do you mean how he got math? The ceiling has math symbols?

[@flabort]

The door to enter the room is opened with "math", the roof has math symbols, all the other clues in the room are related to math.

[@BryanLu0]

The hint he searched up from the discord. "Keep the second half of the first word and duplicate a letter in the second word" There's really only one letter you can duplicate in the second word. ???are root Maybe I could've figured it out on my own, but the clue certainly helps

[@jacobgray3112]

watching mint was brutal for so long

[@linforcer]

I know in most spoken forms of English "US" could be juxtaposted with "THEY" but I imagine it would have said "THEM" if the puzzle wanted "US"

[@izme1000]

Me: "Lock is key. They is we. Below. Kiwi. Hey that's what it said outside."

[@shirkit]

On the orange Hog + Tent = Tart you should figure out the sum that equals so you have the numbers which HOG are equivalent to.

[@BryanLu0]

Lime/magenta are opposite functions One is top word is example of bottom word And the other is bottom word is example of top word

[@michaelnelson2976]

I just **gotta** show support here. No way I was going to get Spear or Pepper. That one was nasty...

[@DonYagamoth]

My guesses for some of the reds/blues: Top Red - Cue: Crew Top Red - Spiky: Psyche As usual, Olexa flies through a bunch of these that I would take a lot longer/not figure out, and vice versa. It's fun to watch

[@SurrealMath1]

tyler solved top red cue. hint for spiky: their is no s in the answer

[@WD_Gaster66]

@@SurrealMath1 Why did you lie about there being no S in the Spiky answer my guy lmao

[@SurrealMath1]

@@WD_Gaster66 im just being devious.

[@WD_Gaster66]

@@SurrealMath1 Oh no worries haha! You actually made me second guess my answer even though it was the only one I felt confident I had gotten right in that room. (I saw your previous comment apologizing)

[@SurrealMath1]

@WD_Gaster66 yeah sorry bout that. Is this what gaslighted feels like

[@buttonasas]

19:28 OMFG, I was stuck on Blood and Navel for literal months! Well, I'm glad I saw the answer because there I had no idea it's a thing. That said, this _IS_ hard and I took months on other puzzles as well, that I've eventually solved (with help from some dictionaries and software but still, I'm proud and I think that's fun)

[@sushimartyr6311]

You’re not stupid, and there’s no need to call yourself that just because certain rules and puzzles take you longer. One thing I’ve noticed is you’re good at figuring out anagrams pretty quickly, and a lot of the environmental clues. Also, I have no idea how you’re able to navigate the giant maps in this game so well, in general. So don’t be too hard on yourself.

[@Proud_Knight]

CINEMA!! IT'S CINEMA, IT HAS TO BE! Three episodes I've been screaming this internally, I have to comment at this point lol

[@RedLordOfAlagadda]

Man, don't spoil it.

[@Proud_Knight]

@@RedLordOfAlagadda TBF he has literally said he's more okay with getting answers from comments now that he "beat the game" and I waited three episodes.

[@minamagdy4126]

I only realized it when he revealed the first letter. That wasn't a simple one

[@Proud_Knight]

@@minamagdy4126 I've been thinking it since he first saw the puzzle, maybe it's just because I'm old lol

[@SorwestChannel]

It was cinema???? Jesus christ I would have never got it and I'm fumming 🤣🤣

[@Spikeba11]

"opposite of clouds>sunny" but you need a night theme not a day theme. It is not sunny at night.

[@rhp9797]

I really love this series!

[@McSeal]

I can only get like half of them right before you! Dont put urself down when u are doing pretty good!

[@macserv]

High magenta is not “type of,” it’s the sound the clue makes.

[@macserv]

Also, you’re doing really well, Olexa… keep in mind that the Level 2 puzzles are *designed* to be a bunch of smart-assed, vexatious little mind-benders. If you happen to have a chance to double-check your rules reference, I think you’d fly through a lot of these.

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

magenta top is just a lot different than magenta middle

[@OrangePizzaGames]

12:26 I think while could be wily since it’s adding a sound

[@Eternal_Night69]

Is sleeping "huh oh uh I'm awake I'm awake I definitely been here since long ago :)))"

[@Taruby]

What you typed into the box as a potential answer for 'The Funny' at 23:09 was the epitome of a Freudian slip. Despite you being familiar with the anime aesthetic, if you honestly don't know what you typed, please don't look it up.

[@justinwhite2725]

43:26 after hearing the hint - square root. (Keep ware, double o) I think the h might he hypotenuse.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

Icely is a great youtuber, also chess battle advanced, if you know you know!

[@IcelyPuzzles]

chess battle advanced ❤

[@petrouvelteau7564]

Boy was this a difficult episode to watch.

[@CaligaBestia]

Beaten by mint not once but twice

[@k_pufflz]

I feel like lime green and magenta are opposites - lime green gives you the specific thing and you find the category whereas magenta is the category and you find the specific thing

[@k_pufflz]

ALSO YESSSS LINGOOOOO LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

[@tomasouzaheuert]

İ almost spat my drink at "even to steven" 😂😂😂

[@TalixZen]

0:35 What do you call movies (films) in general? A word that begins with C that means movies. Some people use it instead of the word theater. 19:16 Oh hey! Beware rot is associated with Exponent. S__are ro_t 51:05 I solved this one by looking up. 54:52 There is a third side you missed on the back.

[@lodies2680]

I am no longer uncontrollably shivering 😄😄😄

[@istariknight1]

I know you're hard on yourself at times but damn you're good at anagrams

[@SirKriSftw]

For beware rot - Shape Tree. But, good luck on that H one I got 0 clue. My best guess is like harmonic or something.

[@linforcer]

I guess "BANDS" is "BANNED" and "MISTY" is "MISSED", and "SPIKY" might be "PIQUES" (edit: I saw someone else suggest "PSYCHE" and since icely said the first letter hint for this is kind of mean, I have to assume they are right, and I am only just realizing... do the sounds have to stay in order? in that case PIQUES never could have worked, dangit! ) , "CUE" feels like it would be "COUP".... "TRACT" is a tough one, idk , my brain is going "carrot" or "tatter" but those are both too short and I would argue have an extra schwa anyway (also I guess for a lot of speakers the middle consonant in tatter is voiced... so so many holes here)

[@LoerisOtter]

Cue feels like Queue

[@linforcer]

@@LoerisOtter no because it needs a sound removed from it and there is only space for 4 letters

[@linforcer]

Could "HUMAN" just be "BACK" OH WAIT "BODY"? I should have thought of that aaaugh

[@Its_just_Dave.]

Odd -> even -> uneven -> flat -> round Beware rot -> square root Lick -> licorice Forge -> mint

[@misha279_UA]

All rules must be simple and easy, there is no rules "if len of the ord is 3 and starts with S you replase first two, else..." All rules as simple as "part of", not "i always addin this to this"

[@mog1755]

BEWARE > (purple) = SQUARE (remove BEW, andd SQU) ROT > (blue) = ROOT (add O)

[@mog1755]

I have not played, this is my guess

[@xKymerahx]

Hypothesis and square root in math room?

[@SurrealMath1]

close, its hyperbola

[@tomasouzaheuert]

I love this series

[@sophiasabkv1372]

9:30 thanks spaghetti monster

[@OrangePizzaGames]

Magenta is not the same as lime, but rather the opposite

[@bobbitibob197]

Legend has it that North Korea uses this game to torture prisoners.

[@abandonment]

Human: Bean

[@Zorgdub]

Olexa treating top bottom and middle magenta like they're the same is very strange. Didn't he learn that the rule change depending on the position?

[@eriqthompson757]

I no longer have the free time to watch all of your videos, will like and comment when I can!

[@linforcer]

"PEPPER" and "SPEAR" go with "MINT" "BLOOD" and "NAVEL" are "ORANGE"? (edit: yes!)