The table is composed of five-letter words reading downwards.
Retain the cyclic order of the letters but using the wraparound process
(ie, 1,2,3,4,5 → 2,3,4,5,1 or → 5,1,2,3,4) replace each given word with
an anagram (which is a valid word), and so determine a short message. |
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S
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T
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R
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C
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E
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C
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S
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E
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C
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E
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M
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S
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A
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R
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S
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E
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R
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| E
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P
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A
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E
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O
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T
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R
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E
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A
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A
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L
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I
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P
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L
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A
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E
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A
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I
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| T
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E
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R
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C
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T
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H
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E
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V
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S
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R
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B
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L
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E
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L
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K
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D
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R
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V
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| A
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A
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E
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U
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E
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E
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N
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E
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E
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E
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O
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E
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A
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O
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E
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G
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T
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E
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| L
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R
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S
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R
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S
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R
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A
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N
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L
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S
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W
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S
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K
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Y
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D
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E
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H
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D
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Note: Some words in the table as well as in the solution will not be in common usage.
Retaining the cyclic order of the letters I found only one anagram of the original word of each column, but for the words tares: arest - [obs.] a support for the spear when couched for the attack, and for cares: scare - a sudden attack of fear. Following are the other anagrams:
aLfet - [obs.] vessel of hot water to test an accused
pEars - [plural] edible fruit
sTare - a fixed look with eyes open wide
cUrre - [zool.] a duck (Glaucionetta clangula)
eScot - [obs.] support; maintain
tHere - a location other than here; that place
nAcre - iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
eVens - makes level or straight
lEase - period of time a contract is in effect
eScar - esker; ridge of glacial deposited gravel
bOwel - a section of the intestine
sMile - a facial expression
pEaks - [plural] the highest point (of something)
lOyal - steadfast in allegiance or duty
dRake - adult male of a wild or domestic duck
eDges - [plural] the boundary of a surface
hEart - a central area within a larger region
dRive - the act of applying force to propel something
The words that may be considered 'uncommon' would be alfet, curre, escot and escar.
Escar, an obscure [U.K.] variant spelling of esker (and eskar), can be found in some "Scrabble" dictionaries.
Edited on April 2, 2009, 8:12 am
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Posted by Dej Mar
on 2009-04-01 21:04:46 |
The anagrams (Spoiler)
