N people before you have seen and successfully solved the Recursive Puzzle. After each person solved it, another word was blacked out. Can you solve it too?

Four wires connect to four plugs. I can't just give it away by saying, "The cyan wire goes here and the blue wire goes there," but I can tell you which plugs and which wires do not match.

The second plug does not go with the ███ wire, the third plug not with the teal wire, and the fourth plug not with the ███. The aqua wire does not go with the third plug, the teal wire not with the fourth plug, and the cyan wire not with the ███.

Solve this puzzle by matching all the colors and numbers. After you've solved it, can you pick another color or number to black out so the next person may solve it?

As bumble points out, cyan is referenced in the details of the fourth paragraph and therefore can be deduced, though it may be [BLACK]ed out of the third paragraph. 

Four plugs are also indicated in the fourth paragraph, therefore the first sentence of the third paragraph could read: "Four wires connect to [BLACK] plugs."  One might also derive only four wires, therefore the sentence can also have the four of "Four wires..." [BLACK]ed out.

One might also choose black in the fifth paragraph (though it is used as a verb): "...can you pick another color or number to [BLACK] out so the next person may solve it?"   

Edited on August 29, 2006, 10:20 pm

Posted by Dej Mar on 2006-08-24 15:18:50