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Five Letters Minus Two Consecutive Letters (Posted on 2024-05-22) Difficulty: 3 of 5
The following was originally a list of five-letter words, but in each case two consecutive letters(though never the first two) were removed.
The 26 missing letters are all different.
      A  N  T
      A  S  S
      B  A  Y
      C  O  Y
      D  I  M
      E  E  L
      F  A  R
      M  A  R
      P  I  E
      S  E  E
      T  I  E
      T  O  P
      W  I  N
Determine the original list.

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Table of word/letter pair values -- may be of use | Comment 1 of 2
word  key letters
          deleted
 A
alant ant la  
antae ant ae  
antas ant as  
antra ant ra  
avant ant va  
amass ass ma  
assai ass ai  
assay ass ay  
coaly coy al  
easel eel as  
farad far ad  
makar mar ak  
makar mar ka  
malar mar al  
malar mar la  
maria mar ia  
pieta pie ta  
saree see ar  
setae see ta  
tawie tie aw  
topaz top az  
wigan win ga  
witan win ta  

 B
abyss ass by  
cobby coy bb  
cobby coy bb  
corby coy rb  

 C
antic ant ic  
ascus ass cu  
cocky coy ck  
excel eel xc  
facer far ce  
farce far ce  
farci far ci  
farcy far cy  
macer mar ce  
march mar ch  
marcs mar cs  
piece pie ec  
piece pie ce  
scree see cr  
sycee see yc  
topic top ic  
wince win ce  
winch win ch  

 D
anted ant ed  
assed ass ed  
baddy bay dd  
baddy bay dd  
badly bay dl  
baldy bay ld  
bandy bay nd  
bawdy bay wd  
bayed bay ed  
coyed coy ed  
fader far de  
farad far ad  
fards far ds  
fared far ed  
sedge see dg  
seeds see ds  
seedy see dy  
tilde tie ld  
toped top ed  
widen win de  
winds win ds  
windy win dy  
wined win ed  

 E
agent ant ge  
ament ant me  
anent ant ne  
anent ant en  
antae ant ae  
anted ant ed  
antes ant es  
antre ant re  
ashes ass he  
assed ass ed  
asses ass se  
asses ass es  
asset ass et  
bayed bay ed  
belay bay el  
coney coy ne  
cooey coy oe  
cosey coy se  
covey coy ve  
coyed coy ed  
coyer coy er  
cozey coy ze  
denim dim en  
dimer dim er  
dimes dim es  
facer far ce  
fader far de  
faker far ke  
farce far ce  
fared far ed  
farer far re  
farer far er  
fares far es  
farle far le  
feuar far eu  
macer mar ce  
maker mar ke  
mares mar es  
marge mar ge  
marse mar se  
maser mar se  
mater mar te  
mazer mar ze  
piece pie ec  
piece pie ce  
toped top ed  
topee top ee  
topee top ee  
toper top er  
topes top es  
tophe top he  
widen win de  
wince win ce  
wined win ed  
wines win es  
winey win ey  
winze win ze  
wizen win ze  

 F
baffy bay ff  
baffy bay ff  
comfy coy mf  

 G
agent ant ge  
angst ant gs  
baggy bay gg  
baggy bay gg  
marge mar ge  
sedge see dg  
segue see gu  
serge see rg  
tinge tie ng  
wigan win ga  
wings win gs  
wingy win gy  

 H
ashes ass he  
march mar ch  
marsh mar sh  
tithe tie th  
tophe top he  
tophi top hi  
tophs top hs  
winch win ch  

 I
antic ant ic  
antis ant is  
amiss ass mi  
aspis ass pi  
assai ass ai  
fakir far ki  
faqir far qi  
farci far ci  
filar far il  
friar far ri  
maria mar ia  
pixie pie ix  
pixie pie xi  
seine see in  
seise see is  
seize see iz  
siree see ir  
tophi top hi  
topic top ic  
topis top is  
topoi top oi  

 J
major mar jo  

 K
askos ass ko  
balky bay lk  
barky bay rk  
cocky coy ck  
conky coy nk  
cooky coy ok  
corky coy rk  
faker far ke  
fakir far ki  
makar mar ak  
makar mar ka  
maker mar ke  
marks mar ks  
seeks see ks  
winks win ks  

 L
alant ant la  
badly bay dl  
baldy bay ld  
balky bay lk  
bally bay ll  
bally bay ll  
balmy bay lm  
belay bay el  
coaly coy al  
colly coy ll  
colly coy ll  
cooly coy ol  
coyly coy yl  
coyly coy ly  
dimly dim ly  
farle far le  
farls far ls  
filar far il  
malar mar al  
malar mar la  
marls mar ls  
marly mar ly  
molar mar ol  
seels see ls  
seely see ly  
selle see ll  
selle see ll  
tilde tie ld  
title tie tl  

 M
ament ant me  
amass ass ma  
amiss ass mi  
balmy bay lm  
barmy bay rm  
comfy coy mf  
commy coy mm  
commy coy mm  
farms far ms  
seems see ms  

 N
anent ant ne  
anent ant en  
bandy bay nd  
banty bay nt  
barny bay rn  
coney coy ne  
conky coy nk  
corny coy rn  
denim dim en  
manor mar no  
seine see in  
sense see ns  
sente see nt  
tinge tie ng  

 O
askos ass ko  
bayou bay ou  
cooey coy oe  
cooky coy ok  
cooly coy ol  
faros far os  
favor far vo  
major mar jo  
manor mar no  
mayor mar yo  
molar mar ol  
towie tie ow  
topoi top oi  
topos top os  
troop top ro  
winos win os  

 P
aspis ass pi  
coypu coy pu  
expel eel xp  
seeps see ps  
seepy see py  
spree see pr  

 Q
faqir far qi  
pique pie qu  

 R
antra ant ra  
antre ant re  
barky bay rk  
barmy bay rm  
barny bay rn  
corby coy rb  
corky coy rk  
corny coy rn  
cowry coy wr  
coyer coy er  
dimer dim er  
farer far re  
farer far er  
friar far ri  
marry mar ry  
piers pie rs  
saree see ar  
scree see cr  
seers see rs  
serge see rg  
serve see rv  
siree see ir  
spree see pr  
tiers tie rs  
titre tie tr  
toper top er  
troop top ro  

 S
angst ant gs  
antas ant as  
antes ant es  
antis ant is  
antsy ant sy  
asses ass se  
asses ass es  
bassy bay ss  
bassy bay ss  
cosey coy se  
dimes dim es  
easel eel as  
fards far ds  
fares far es  
farls far ls  
farms far ms  
faros far os  
farts far ts  
marcs mar cs  
mares mar es  
marks mar ks  
marls mar ls  
marse mar se  
marsh mar sh  
marts mar ts  
maser mar se  
piers pie rs  
piste pie st  
seeds see ds  
seeks see ks  
seels see ls  
seems see ms  
seeps see ps  
seers see rs  
seise see is  
sense see ns  
tiers tie rs  
topes top es  
tophs top hs  
topis top is  
topos top os  
winds win ds  
wines win es  
wings win gs  
winks win ks  
winos win os  

 T
asset ass et  
banty bay nt  
batty bay tt  
batty bay tt  
bawty bay wt  
farts far ts  
marts mar ts  
mater mar te  
pieta pie ta  
piety pie ty  
piste pie st  
sente see nt  
setae see ta  
tithe tie th  
title tie tl  
titre tie tr  
witan win ta  

 U
ascus ass cu  
bayou bay ou  
coypu coy pu  
feuar far eu  
pique pie qu  
segue see gu  

 V
avant ant va  
covey coy ve  
favor far vo  
marvy mar vy  
serve see rv  

 W
bawdy bay wd  
bawty bay wt  
byway bay yw  
cowry coy wr  
tawie tie aw  
towie tie ow  

 X
excel eel xc  
expel eel xp  
pixie pie ix  
pixie pie xi  
pyxie pie yx  

 Y
antsy ant sy  
abyss ass by  
assay ass ay  
byway bay yw  
coyly coy yl  
coyly coy ly  
dimly dim ly  
farcy far cy  
marly mar ly  
marry mar ry  
marvy mar vy  
mayor mar yo  
piety pie ty  
pyxie pie yx  
seedy see dy  
seely see ly  
seepy see py  
sycee see yc  
windy win dy  
winey win ey  
wingy win gy  

 Z
cozey coy ze  
mazer mar ze  
seize see iz  
topaz top az  
winze win ze  
wizen win ze  

clearvars,clc
report=char.empty(0,17);
doubles=cell(1,13);
words=cell(1,13);
alphabet='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
threes=["ant";
  "ass";
  "bay";
  "coy";
  "dim";
  "eel";
  "far";
  "mar";
  "pie";
  "see";
  "tie";
  "top";
  "win";
  ];
wds=fileread('c:\words\words5.txt');
l=length(wds)/5;
wds=reshape(wds,5,l);
wds=wds';
for i=1:length(threes)
  key=threes(i,:);
  for j=1:l
    w=wds(j,:);
    for k=2:4
      t=string([w(1:k-1) w(k+2:end)]);
      if t==key
        % disp([w '  ' w(k:k+1)])
        report(end+1,:)=[w ' ' char(key) ' ' w(k:k+1) '   ' w(k:k+1)];
        report(end+1,:)=[w ' ' char(key) ' ' w(k:k+1) '   ' w([k+1 k])]; 
        words{i}(end+1)=string(w);
        doubles{i}(end+1)=string(w(k:k+1));
      end
    end
  end
  % disp(' ')
end
report=sortrows(report,16);
prev=' ';
for i=1:length(report)
  if report(i,16)~= prev
    prev=report(i,16);
    fprintf('\n %s\n',upper(report(i,16)))
  end
  fprintf('%s\n',report(i,1:14))
end

  Posted by Charlie on 2024-05-22 09:09:08
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