Arrange the letters A, A, B, E, N, P, R, U and Y into a 3x3 grid so that the three rows read left-to-right as three common words, as do the three columns from top to bottom, and the two diagonals also from top to bottom.

using a list of 1420 3-letter words I searched all possible arrangements for ones that give 3 letter words in the manner required and only found 3 solutions, only 1 of which I would say qualifies as common words.

The common word solution is

pub
era
any

and the other 2 solutions are

abu
pry
ean

bap
urn
yea

Posted by Daniel on 2009-07-19 23:39:22