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Un"finnish"ed Work

Replace å by a, ä by a and ö by o.

Start file

Åke käy mökillä.

End file

Ake kay mokilla.

View Diff

1c1
< Åke käy mökillä.
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> Ake kay mokilla.

Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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/<0xc3><0xa2><BS><0xc3><0xa4>/a<CR><CR><Tab><CR><Tab><CR><Tab><CR><Tab><CR><Tab><CR><CR><Tab><CR><Tab><CR><Tab><Esc>:s/<Left><Left>%<Right><Right><0xc3><0xa4>/a<CR><CR>/<Esc>/:<BS><BS>:&<BS>%s/<0xc3><0xa4>/a/g<CR><Esc><Up>:%s/<0xc3><0xb6>/o<CR><Up><Esc><Right><Down>/<BS>:s<BS>s/<0xc3><0x85>/A<CR><Esc>:wq<CR>

Created by: @MrMarcHunter Tweet

60 active golfers, 116 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#31 - Tom Taylor / @larsonsduck

08/18/2017 at 03:31PM

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#32 - Adam Kożuch / @adamkozuch

08/20/2017 at 02:41AM

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#33 - SirVimGolf / @SirVimGolf

08/23/2017 at 11:08PM

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#34 - Solomon / @Trugbildjaeger

08/28/2017 at 08:12AM

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#35 - Darren Weston / @dazWestonUK

09/01/2017 at 07:38PM

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#36 - Rami Hovi / @hacker_lawyer

09/22/2017 at 07:48AM

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#37 - tapio / @gncnaxb

02/16/2018 at 11:10AM

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#38 - Mihai / @mihaicristiant

02/25/2019 at 03:25PM

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#39 - RockerZZY / @rocker_zzy

07/06/2020 at 05:43AM

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#40 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

04/18/2022 at 05:49PM

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#41 - Aki Morooka / @Aki12117528

08/05/2017 at 09:25PM

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#42 - Lukas Galke / @_lpag

08/06/2017 at 08:32AM

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#43 - yaboo / @www_yaboo_co_jp

08/07/2017 at 09:36AM

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#44 - Joen Tolgraven / @joentolgraven

08/07/2017 at 03:43PM

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#45 - 黒澤亮二 / @rjkuro

08/08/2017 at 01:50AM

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#46 - Cheer / @yougec

08/11/2017 at 03:05AM

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#47 - Wiktor Jeziorski / @WiktorJeziorsk1

08/15/2017 at 02:38PM

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#48 - Maricris Bonzo / @seemcat

09/26/2017 at 07:35PM

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#49 - Brent Woo / @BrentPWoo

10/05/2018 at 04:31PM

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#50 - Jurica / @Jurica34581259

12/11/2018 at 02:50PM

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#51 - albalitz / @_albalitz

06/18/2019 at 01:50PM

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#52 - Kaustubh Murumkar / @k_austub_h

09/28/2020 at 05:07PM

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#53 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

08/06/2017 at 04:06PM

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#54 - Don'tBeAlarmed / @DontBeAlarmed

05/29/2024 at 07:15PM

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#55 - Benoit Mortgat / @Benoit_Mortgat

11/15/2017 at 10:11AM

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#56 - DHM / @DHM29978992

04/30/2018 at 02:26AM

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#57 - Luoyb / @Luoyb

11/15/2023 at 07:24AM

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#58 - Baine Wedlock / @BaineWedlock

08/10/2017 at 06:24PM

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#59 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/27/2024 at 05:29AM

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#60 - Thomas Fortier / @zellersjanitor

08/08/2017 at 01:28PM