J K Rowling creates a guessing game on Twitter for title of her upcoming book

What began as a fan tweeting to J K Rowling quickly turned into a guessing game involving the title of a book that the Harry Potter author is currently writing.

At the end of the game, a fan won a signed copy of this book.

The game began as a question posed by a Twitter user called Alexis Marie asked Rowling what the name of the next book in the Striker series would be.

Rowling replied with a hint in the typical style of the Hangman guessing game.

_ _ _ H _ _ _ H _ _ _ https://t.co/fa0rJRKnCS

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

Soon, it turned into a full-fledged guessing challenge on Twitter, with one user even warning Rowling that someone will get it right. She replied with this:

Of course they will. I never underestimate you people. https://t.co/xYCWUiTYpk

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

Guesses began pouring in, and Rowling put out tweets telling people what the title is not.

Rather Sharp
Tether Chins
Anchor Chain
Rasher Thief
Eighth Child
Gothic Chain... no, none of those.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

She employed some humour while rejecting guesses.

I would also read a book called 'Python Shame', but that's not the fourth Strike. https://t.co/hSvXNSIgue

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

No, but I would definitely read novels called 'Eighty Shoes' and 'Mashed Chips.' https://t.co/Ru6FLtUEIE

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

I want to see my editor's face when I tell him I've changed the title to 'Woohoo, chips!' https://t.co/KTS1ys11i3

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

The game got quite competitive and fans began to get eager.

Of course, otherwise this isn't so much a puzzle as, you know, an exercise in sadism. https://t.co/XoO4WlrZOg

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

Soon, one person got the first word of the title right.

Somebody just sent me a joke suggestion that is one letter away from the title...

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

And then a handful others got the second word correct.

Loads of people have got the first word.
A few people have got the second word.
Nobody seems to have put them together yet.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

Finally, Twitter user @Warpathed guessed it right.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. https://t.co/2aOXDYi6qA

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

He won a signed copy of Lethal White.

.@warpathed DM me your address and I'll make sure you get a signed copy when I finally finish it!

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017

J K Rowling signed off with this tweet.

Well, that was fun. Back to chapter 23.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017