The words CHIMP and GLORY are encoded below.

 C      H      I      M      P
. .    . .    . .    x .    . .
. x    . .    . .    . .    . .
. .    . .    . .    . .    . .
. .    x .    . x    . .    x .


 G      L      O      R      Y
. .    . x    . .    . .    . .
. .    . .    . .    . .    . .
x .    . .    x .    . x    . .
. .    . .    . .    . .    . x

What word does the following code represent using the same rules?

 ?      ?      I      ?      ?
. .    . .    . .    . x    . .
x .    . .    x .    . .    . .
. .    . .    . .    . .    . .
. .    . x    . .    . .    x .

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From Mensa Puzzle Calendar 2014 by Mark Danna and Fraser Simpson, Workman Publishing, New York. Puzzle for September 22.

The code represents the word ADIOS.
Each of the three words are written with the letters in alphabetical order. Which, itself, may not be a rule, but does help identify the code. The x is the position of the letter where it would appear in if the alphabet were written anti-clockwise along the 2x4 grid, advancing to the next set of letters as the x "rounds" the bottom.

How the code would look if a letter was repeated or if the word was not written in alphabetical order is unknown. If limited to 5-letter words of alphabetical ordered letters, the following additional words may be coded in the same manner:
ABLOW, ABORT, ACERS, ADEPT, ADOPT, AEGIS, AGIOS, AGIST, AGLOW, AMORT, BEGOT, BENTY, BLOWY, BORTZ, CHIKS, CHINO, CHINS, CHIPS, CHIRT, CHIRU, CHIVY, CHOPS, CHOUX, CLOPS, COPSY, DEFIS, DEILS, DEIST, DEITY, DEMOS, DEMPT, DEOXY, DIMPS, DINOS, DIRTY, DORTY, ELOPS, EMPTY, FILMS, FILMY, FILOS, FIRST, FLOPS, FLORY, FORTY, GHOST, GILPY, GIMPS, GIMPY, GIPSY, GLOPS, GLOST, GORSY, HORST, HORSY, MOPSY.

Edited on September 29, 2014, 10:11 pm

Posted by Dej Mar on 2014-09-29 15:46:15