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Star Stare (Posted on 2008-07-16) Difficulty: 4 of 5

           !
          / \
     !---!---!---!
      \ /     \ /
       !       W
      / \     / \
     !---!---!---!
          \ /
           !

Each intersection of this hexagonal star is the location of a unique letter none of which is an "A". A "W" is already placed as a starter.

Each line is a common English four letter word when read from at least one direction.
What solutions can you offer?

An afterthought:
Using unique letters, but with access to all vowels, what other solutions are available?

See The Solution Submitted by brianjn    
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re: Analysis of solving | Comment 7 of 10 |
(In reply to Analysis of solving by Gamer)

Gamer, when devising this I went through very similar thought processes.

In an attempt to get a unique solution, which I soon realised was not going to be possible I settled on imposing "W" as a way to limit the breadth of solutions, but even that scenario "blew out"!

http://members.iinet.net.au/~brianjnow/perplexus/Perplexians.html


Edited on December 19, 2013, 11:22 pm
  Posted by brianjn on 2008-07-19 02:32:48

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