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Literal Overlap (Posted on 2008-06-24) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Three 3 x 3 grids overlap by one cell, as in the image.

Each grid is to have 3 words by reading from left to right, and 3 by reading down.

Find a solution, using the starter letters, where all words are unique to the layout, and all are in general common (but not necessarily frequent) English usage.

T            
       
    K            
         
              W
             
  N    


As more than one solution is possible, you might like to consider that the letters A to Z have respective values of 1 to 26, and my solution has a sum value of 279. Can you top that?

But then you might like to be challenged by this frequency chart modified to a point value:
     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M 
     3 20 12 10  1 16 17  8  5 23 22 11 14
     N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
     6  4 19 25  9  7  2 13 21 15 24 18 26
My score for the same solution is 158 which is just 1 better than when an "O" replaces an "A".

In both cases all letters are to be counted just once, or rather, each location; yes, the starters too.

  Submitted by brianjn    
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I offer this as a solution but note that there will be minor deviations from it, eg SAW instead of SOW.

     _______
     |T|H|E|
     |E|E|L|___
     |A|R|K|E|G|
         |E|R|A|___
         |Y|E|S|O|W|
             |I|R|E|
             |N|E|T|


The letter "K" is probably the best place to begin. Firstly, it can be preceded by A, L, N, R or S. It can be followed by E or I.

These letters therefore set the parameters for the rest of the problem.

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  Subject Author Date
Some ThoughtsPuzzle ThoughtsK Sengupta2023-03-30 21:29:45
Solutionre: a solutionDej Mar2008-06-30 04:43:55
re: No Calculations madeCharlie2008-06-29 12:01:49
No Calculations madebrianjn2008-06-29 04:52:37
re: Have I interpreted this wrongly?brianjn2008-06-29 04:46:56
re: Have I interpreted this wrongly?Dej Mar2008-06-28 02:03:15
QuestionHave I interpreted this wrongly?cyclothymic2008-06-27 14:15:22
Solutiona solutionDej Mar2008-06-24 21:06:34
Solutiona solutionCharlie2008-06-24 19:19:51
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