A simple telepathy test: which word did I write?

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I recently wrote one of the following four words: "pasta", "rice", "boiled" and "vegetable" in one of my computer files, and I highlighted it (in yellow).

I shall also repeat the selected word from time to time (for example, by viewing it, or by saying it).
 
I ask you to tell me which of these four words I wrote (and highlighted).
 
The word was selected by means of this random number generator: https://www.random.org/integers/ , all four words have equal probabilities.
 
A SHA-3 hash of a complicated sentence giving the target, calculated on this webpage: https://www.browserling.com/tools/sha3-hash  is:
775e2df0f9cef0335e2a5388e11e237af78475f4b2ce9df6b4ccccbb3ad03c4b668478e0370f1bc272ae11bd7d567153c2f2caca42483c5524f653bc71c24cf5 .
 
This is a security feature which gives you confidence that I cannot change the target after answers have been given.
 
Thank you for your cooperation.
@Michel H, I seem to remember you didn't like the use of the "spoiler" tag to hide responses last time. Would you prefer it not be used this time?
(8 hours ago)Laird Wrote: @Michel H, I seem to remember you didn't like the use of the "spoiler" tag to hide responses last time. Would you prefer it not be used this time?
This is a somewhat difficult question you're asking here, Laird.

If I remember correctly, what I mostly objected to is the fact that a administrator or a moderator alters the answers which have been given to add authoritatively a spoiler tag.

Now, if answerers in the test (whether admins or not) want to add a spoiler tag to their own answers, this is a different matter.

A possible psychological advantage of doing so is giving an impression of care and seriousness.

However, I have found in the past, in at least one case, that respondents seemed to cooperate together to finally converge to the right answer. In this case, it is better to see previous answers.

Overall, I am rather against spoiler tags, but the best idea of all is probably to let respondents be the "bosses" who decide themselves.
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OK, no problem. Here's another question:

You say you selected the target word randomly, but how did you select the list of four potential target words in the first place?

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