Place four coins on the bottom row of circles (p a e r) so that the word "Plexus" is showing.

Your aim is to slide the coins along the lines from one circle to another (no stopping half way!) to expose the word "pleaser" (noting that there is a difference between the capital 'P' and the small 'p'). There is only one catch: At no time are two coins allowed to be next to each other along a line.

So for instance, the coin on 'p' cannot move initially, or it would end up next to the coin on 'a'. Some of the lines are easily missed: note especially the u-r connection.

(In reply to re(2): Get your own problem! (sorry to be so harsh) by Jer)

Your points were perfectly valid, Jer, and you were good to raise them.

I'm raising the question now in the moderator's forum at idea that there should be some sort of check box or symbol of some sort on future puzzles that would indicate whether a problem is original or not. I think that this would be a good idea, as it might encourage a greater proportion of original puzzles.

Posted by Sam on 2004-05-10 15:24:59