Fill in the rest of the 5x5 array of words below so that each row and each column forms a word meld. The diagonals do not need to be word melds. No word may be repeated in the array.
TOY ??? ??? ??? ???
??? ??? ??? ??? ???
??? ??? SAW ??? ???
??? ??? ??? ??? ???
??? ??? ??? ??? CAR
A word meld is defined as a series of words, each one differing from the previous by exactly one of its letters being different, as in the
WordMeld 1 puzzle. They are also called word ladders.
The only thing that I can figure out so far is this, and I hope it helps someone else.
Looking at the puzzle in smaller steps, in order to progress diagonally, we need to make two changes. Then, at least one letter from the base word will be the same when we reach the new destination. This remains the same for any diagonal that we travel. So, in row 2 column 2 (R2C2), the word would have at least one letter similar between TOY and SAW, and R4C4 would have one letter similar between SAW and CAR.
The first pairing has to have one letter from TOY and one letter from SAW. The combinations are:
TA_, T_W, SO_, _OW, S_Y, _AY
Also, if we find the diagonals, when the two diagonal words are two letters different, the adjacent words must include the common letter, and one letter from each of the other words.
CAP XXX
XXX LAB
becomes
CAP LAP
CAB LAB
And that's where I'm stuck. There are a lot of diagonals on this grid, and I keep running into nonsensical words. I hope this helps someone else.
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Posted by Ken
on 2005-10-12 20:52:45 |
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