Place the necessary letters in the cells of the grid 9 x 9 below (no letters in the cells maked with "///"), so that you can spell all the months of the year in order, moving by the grid horizontally or vertically, and starting with JANUARY. After spelling a month, the next month must start in the cell next to the last cell used. Six letters that joined spell MONTHS are already placed.

           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | N |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   |///|   |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |///|   | T |   |///|   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           | H |   |   |///|   |///|   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   | S |   |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |///|   |   |   |///|   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   |   |   |   |   | O |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
           |   |   | M |   |   |   |   |   |   |
           +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

Note: you must "close the loop" of the months, that is, the letter "R" of DECEMBER must be next to the letter "J" of JANUARY.

(In reply to Question? by Sing4TheDay)

Must all the letters for a given month be in a straight line or can they "snake"?       NO and YES.

Can the months go diagonally?   NO

Can the square in which a month starts be diagonally adjacent to the last letter of the previous month? NO

 

Posted by pcbouhid on 2005-12-27 15:06:31