Complete the 4x4 grid below, with four-letter English (too common or not) words, in both directions.

           +---+---+---+---+
           |   | Z | O |   |
           +---+---+---+---+
           |   |   | X | O |
           +---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   | Z |
           +---+---+---+---+
           | Z |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+

No proper nouns allowed.

The words go from left to right, but the grid should be rotated 90º counter-clockwise. One of the many solutions is:

+---+---+---+---+

| T | O | N | E |

+---+---+---+---+

| O | X | E | N |

+---+---+---+---+

| N | E | E | D |

+---+---+---+---+

| E | N | D | S |

+---+---+---+---+

There's still somewhat of a communicate barrier to overcome.
Elegant problem that had me smacking my forehead.

Edit: This is incorrect. There should be an N in the bottom-right corner. A correct solution is furnished later.

Edited on June 19, 2005, 11:47 am

Posted by Charley on 2005-06-17 22:19:31