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Word Meld Square (Posted on 2005-10-12)

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.

Submitted by Brian Smith

Rating: 4.2500 (4 votes)

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Two solutions are below. More are in the comments.
TOY coy cay day may boy soy say ray lay bow sow SAW raw law now tow taw paw caw nor tor tar par CAR and TOY boy bow how hot joy soy sow row rot jay say SAW raw rat bay lay law caw cat bag lag lap cap CAR
Puzzle source: rec.puzzles newsgroup topic "Double Doublet: Three"

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-03-13 22:44:39
re(2): suggestion...once already solved	pcbouhid	2005-10-16 16:22:12
re: suggestion...once yet solved	Penny	2005-10-14 14:49:19
suggestion...once yet solved	pcbouhid	2005-10-14 14:11:52
my solution - no computer.	pcbouhid	2005-10-14 14:09:13
Solution (computer program used)	Penny	2005-10-13 08:55:00
re: No Subject	brianjn	2005-10-13 00:54:50
solution (sort of)	Josh70679	2005-10-12 21:56:09
No Subject	Ken	2005-10-12 20:52:45
nothing yet.... only to register and search later.	pcbouhid	2005-10-12 19:40:47
nothing yet.... only to register and search later.	pcbouhid	2005-10-12 19:40:44

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