Last fall when J.K. Rowling announced the title of the last Harry Potter novel I did a list of my predictions for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and wouldn't you know it, I'm still getting comments and visits on that post with people adding their two cents on what's going to happen.Well we're down to the final week people and to sweeten the wait I'm hosting a small contest.
I want you to guess the last word of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. That's right, the very last word. We've tossed this around our dinner table a bit and have come up with our own thoughts but I'd like to see what you have to say.
To play along, leave a comment below with your prediction, putting the one word in quotation marks so there's no confusion as to which word you mean. I will accept entries until Friday morning July 20th at 1 am Alaska time and you can enter as many times as you'd like (each in a separate comment please) but it's first-come-first-serve. Whoever claims a word first gets it so check the comments to see if the one you fancy has been taken. There are nearly 900,000 words in the language so there's plenty to go around.
Your word must match exactly--spelled exactly the way it is in the last sentence of the last paragraph of the last page just before the last period. I'm going to have to be picky so make sure you are a good speller. And it must be the last word of the main text, a "The End" or an epilogue doesn't count.
Why all these rules? Because I'm offering a prize, that's why! The first commenter to correctly guess the last word will get to choose between a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows or two tickets to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix via Fandango (now playing in theaters). If no one is able to guess it then I'll do a random drawing from all the entries.
I will announce the winner on Saturday night so check back to see if it was you. You'll need to then email me to claim your prize. I'm sorry but only U.S. residents are eligible for the prize--though don't let that stop you from adding your comment.
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My guess is "Potter"
ReplyDeleteWe joked that it would be "Rosebud!"
ReplyDeleteI guess
ReplyDelete"end"
"After" is my guess.
ReplyDelete"night"
ReplyDelete"ends"
ReplyDeleteAlthough Rowling has said that it's not the last word, "scar" is worthy of a guess.
ReplyDelete"gone"
ReplyDelete"over"
ReplyDelete"forever"
ReplyDelete(okay, I think this'll be my last guess :) )
You scared me Bradley! I'm not a HUGE Harry Potter trivia master and when you mentioned the last word being scar it scared me. "Did I miss something?" Because I then remembered hearing that the last word was announced as being "scar."
ReplyDeleteI did a quick Google and found evidence saying that Rowling changed the word at "the eleventh hour."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070706/en_nm/britain_rowling_dc
Whew! That would have shot this post all to nothing.
smiled
ReplyDeletewept (covering some emotional bases)
ReplyDeleteagain
ReplyDeleteAnything as long as it's not a preposition ;)
ReplyDeletedream
ReplyDeletemarshmallow.
ReplyDeletewizard
ReplyDelete"home"
ReplyDelete"beginning"
ReplyDelete"burning"
ReplyDelete"snitch"
ReplyDelete"weasley"
ReplyDelete"granger"
ReplyDelete"remember"
ReplyDelete"forget"
ReplyDelete"do"
ReplyDelete"dursley's"
ReplyDelete"voldemort"
ReplyDeletelast
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun contest! There are so many great guesses already, but mine is ... "together"
ReplyDelete"farewell"
ReplyDelete"Hermione"
ReplyDelete"well"
ReplyDelete"earwax" ... as in Every Flavor Bertie Bott's Beans
ReplyDelete"sleep"
ReplyDeleteAlthough I have a feeling she might not have really changed it from "scar", I'm going to guess that it's now "wizard".
ReplyDelete"lightning"
ReplyDelete"Dumbledore"
ReplyDelete"Phoenix"
ReplyDelete"James"
ReplyDelete"Lily"
ReplyDeleteOK, I really should go to bed now :)!!
"love"
ReplyDeletelast one...promise!
My guess is "lived" as in the boy who lived.
ReplyDeleteI'm not eligible but my guess is "knot" (or possibly "not" - I'm not eligible anyway so cansqueeze that in *chuckle*)
ReplyDelete"Harry"
ReplyDelete"Maybe" from Lynn
ReplyDeletemy guess is , "see"
ReplyDeleteI'd better guess quick since someone already used my first pick. I think the last word will be "you".
ReplyDeletescar
ReplyDelete"never"
ReplyDelete"parents"
ReplyDelete"scared"
ReplyDelete"mother"
ReplyDelete"father"
ReplyDelete"loved"
ReplyDelete"adventure"
ReplyDelete"eternity"
ReplyDelete"always"
ReplyDelete"forever"
ReplyDelete"love"
ReplyDelete"place"
ReplyDelete"dream"
ReplyDelete"awake"
ReplyDelete"awaken"
ReplyDelete"awakened"
ReplyDelete"unforgettable"
ReplyDeleteYou
ReplyDeleteforever
ReplyDelete"disappear."
ReplyDelete"straight."
ReplyDelete"continue."
ReplyDelete"time."
ReplyDeletecicatrice or cicatrix
ReplyDeleteI am sad that this series is ending. I feel that I am losing old friends! The last word in the last novel is, "SCAR".
ReplyDeletethankful
ReplyDeletedawn
ReplyDeleteblimey
ReplyDeleteI saw Order of the Phoenix last night. I was delighted and disappointed at the same time. Can't wait for Hallows!
ReplyDeleteMy guess is: "distance."
"family"
ReplyDeleteAnother guess: "memory."
ReplyDeletescar
ReplyDelete"quidditch"
ReplyDeleteWhy not? After vanquishing evil, there ought to be time for a game or two ;-).
PS I'm not putting my name in the hat for this one. I'll be buying the book immediately anyway, and it would be a bit far for me to go to the movies.
love
ReplyDeleteGinny
ReplyDelete"Hogwarts"
ReplyDeleteor
"Edinburgh"
"last"
ReplyDeletefinished.
ReplyDeletefinal.
ReplyDeleteDid someone already say: dream. ?
ReplyDeleteword.
ReplyDeleteOkay, Michelle, the next thing you have to do is assemble all of these guesses and write a poem! You know like refrigerator poetry?
ReplyDeleteBwahahahahaha! Look what I just found at this site. And no, I wasn't trying to cheat, I just googled it to find out who else was talking about this. It's such a big deal! Anyway, I found this post and nearly wet my pants. Check it.
ReplyDeleteLast Word In Harry Potter Book Revealed
After much speculation, the last word of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has been revealed by author J.K. Rowling.
"It's not 'scar' like a lot of people have been saying," said Rowling.
So what is the last word then?
"Cha-ching!"
JK Rowling had written an epilogue to the book long ago so that she would always have something to be writing to. The original last word of the last chapter / epilogue was "scar". She has since changed the chapter to fit changes that have been made, but that's beside the point, since it was the last word of the epilogue, which is not (according to the rules of this contest) valid anyways.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a guess, since I'll already have boughten my copy of the book by the time the contest ends and I've already seen the 5th movie.
ooooh. great contest!
ReplyDelete"same"
"wand"
ReplyDeleteever
ReplyDeletestair
ReplyDeletestairs
ReplyDeleteboy
ReplyDeletefriends
ReplyDeleteO.K. I think I'm done...
Girl, you sure do know how to host a give away. Given that I am only jsut beginning tor ead the series with my daughter, I feel sheepish even trying to make a guess here. But I will.
ReplyDelete"good"
"muggle"
ReplyDelete"Ron"
ReplyDelete"fair"
ReplyDelete"Harry"
ReplyDelete"hello"
ReplyDelete"magic"
ReplyDeletequietly
ReplyDeletethem
ReplyDeleterain
ReplyDeletemist(s)
ReplyDeletetime
ReplyDelete(okay that's the last one. Awesome contest idea!)
Drive/Dr.
ReplyDeleteYou probably should have made it one entry per person. I was surprised that you had so many comments already until I saw that some people are entering multiple times.
ReplyDelete"hand"
"horcrux" sp? You know what I mean. :)
ReplyDeleterest
ReplyDeleteI'm not even going to attempt a guess......
ReplyDelete"be"
ReplyDelete"scar"
ReplyDelete"forever"
ReplyDelete"home"
ReplyDelete"Hogwarts"
ReplyDelete"away"
ReplyDeleteDarn it - all the good ones are taken. I know I wasn't the first with these, but my best guess would have been Hogwarts, closely followed by "home" and "friends" and "smiled".
ReplyDelete"it"
ReplyDelete"left"
ReplyDelete"go"
ReplyDelete"time"
ReplyDelete"life"
ReplyDelete"hand"
ReplyDelete"disappeared"
ReplyDelete"vanished"
ReplyDelete"ages"
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ReplyDelete"permanently"
ReplyDelete"finale"
ReplyDelete"dreamed"
ReplyDelete"loved"
ReplyDelete"headmaster"
ReplyDelete"days"
ReplyDelete"future"
ReplyDelete"Hedwig"
ReplyDelete"was"
ReplyDelete"be"
ReplyDelete"did"
ReplyDelete"said"
ReplyDelete"Snape"
ReplyDelete"kedavra"
ReplyDeleteagain
ReplyDelete"curse"
ReplyDelete"wave"
ReplyDeleteMy guess "come"
ReplyDelete"know"
ReplyDelete"courage"
ReplyDelete"love"
ReplyDeleteI think Dumbledore was right...
I think the last word will be *last*
ReplyDeleteI guess "darkness".
ReplyDeleteI guess "darkness".
ReplyDeleteI guess "darkness.
ReplyDeletemark
ReplyDelete"soon"
ReplyDelete"bright"
ReplyDeletelife
ReplyDelete"hollow"
ReplyDeleteMOM
ReplyDeleteSoon
ReplyDelete"open"
ReplyDelete"book"
ReplyDelete"tomorrow"
ReplyDelete"Muggles"
ReplyDeleteI had to add this one because the word verification that came up was "muzgugz"
"world"
ReplyDelete"friends"
ReplyDeleteI know....
ReplyDeleteits 'scar' :P
Longbottom
ReplyDelete"goodbye"
ReplyDelete"Hollows"
ReplyDelete"veil"
ReplyDelete"Hogwarts"
ReplyDeleteI'm going to guess "Harry".
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck.
What an interesting contest! I am inclined to think that one of the previous posters is correct, but to be original, how about...
ReplyDelete"Hogwarts"
...or how about "again"
ReplyDeleteas in...
Harry would never be alone again.
or
Valdemort would never return again.
or
Hogwarts would never be the same again.
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ReplyDelete"express"
ReplyDelete"more"
ReplyDelete"new"
ReplyDelete"head"
ReplyDelete"future"
ReplyDelete"gone"
ReplyDeleteThe boy who lived....again.
ReplyDeletehttp://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=332585
My guess is "friends."
ReplyDeleteScar
ReplyDelete"magic"
ReplyDeleteIt's "lifetime". I feel it.
ReplyDeleteMy Guess is that the last word is dead.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is "dead"
ReplyDeleteI think it is "just the beginning"
ReplyDeleteanother guess is "time"
ReplyDeleteGUESS IS "WELL"
ReplyDelete