Riddle quatrain: A paper pound of wrong and round

Question

A paper pound of wrong and round,
A minty piggy named.
Dividing nine, some yours, some mine,
A syzygy is claimed.

To start off the new year, my first riddle! I'd really appreciate feedback. Thanks to everyone who gave advice on riddle-writing and rhyming-- it was very helpful.

I tried to make every phrase have a precise interpretation connected to the answer.

@duhaime I really think that is the correct solution. Why don't you delete the comment and write a proper answer? — BmyGuest, Jan 02 '15 at 08:46
+1 for the minty piggy. That took me a minute to figure out even after knowing the answer :D — Set Big O, Jan 02 '15 at 15:49
@xnor: I really liked this - although I'm not a big fan of riddles. The best was, that Googling "syzygy" only gave me a German company of that name... — BmyGuest, Jan 06 '15 at 09:12
@xnor: You should have posted 17hrs and 4mins earlier. I would have voted it my top-2014 puzzle ;c) — BmyGuest, Jan 11 '15 at 21:27

warspyking · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-06T02:24:17.423

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The answer is quite simple

The end result of a tic tac toe (or Xs and Os, Noughts/Knaughts and Crosses, etc. See; http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic-tac-toe#English_names) game.

Why?

A paper pound of wrong and round,

The game is played on paper with Xs (wrong) and Os (round). Pound having to do with # which is the shape of a tic tac toe board.

A minty piggy named.

A tic tac is minty. Then there's piggy toe!

Dividing nine, some yours, some mine,

The game is split us into 9 slots. Some slots are owned by you, some by your friend, Xs and Os!

A syzygy is claimed.

In astronomy a syzygy is the alignment of 3 celestial bodies! In other words, 3 in a row is achieved, or a "tic-tac-toe" Win!

*One note [POSSIBLE SPOILER];

Games can end in ties, so the last line is arguably correct.

edited Jan 06 '15 at 02:24

answered Jan 03 '15 at 03:41

warspyking

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I can't figure out #2 though... – warspyking Jan 03 '15 at 03:43
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Minty=tic-tac, piggy=toe ;) – Set Big O Jan 03 '15 at 04:20
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You left out the meaning of "pound", as in the character "#". – McMagister Jan 03 '15 at 08:37
This is all completely right! I'm accepting this because even though duhaime answered earlier, he hasn't come back to explain his answer. – xnor Jan 06 '15 at 01:01
@xnor Yea, I noticed it's all ... (Which is why I answered.) thanks for the +15 (or if you upvoted, +25, I think?) – warspyking Jan 06 '15 at 02:20
@xnor Made the answers slight clearer and added a name to the list in answer. With source, source including 1 or 2 more. – warspyking Jan 06 '15 at 02:26

Riddle quatrain: A paper pound of wrong and round

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