as part of my attempt to find a solution I compiled this list of 463 4-letter words that can be formed by the 16 letters in the grid
abas, abed, abet, abri, aced, aces, acid, acre, acta, acts, adds, adit, ados, aero, aide, aids, airs, airt, aits, aped, aper, apes, apod, apos, apse, arbs, arco, arcs, area, ares, aria, arid, arts, asci, asea, asps, atap, ates, atop, baas, bade, bads, bait, bard, bare, bars, base, bass, bast, bate, bats, bead, bear, beat, beds, best, beta, bets, bias, bice, bide, bids, bier, bios, bird, biro, birr, bise, bite, bits, boar, boas, boat, bode, bods, bops, bora, bore, bort, boss, bota, bots, brad, brae, bras, brat, bred, brie, brio, bris, brit, cabs, cade, cadi, cads, caid, cape, capo, caps, carb, card, care, carp, cars, cart, casa, case, cast, cate, cats, cedi, ceps, cero, cess, ciao, cire, cist, cite, coat, cobs, coda, code, cods, coed, coir, cope, cops, cord, core, cors, coss, cost, cote, cots, crab, crap, cred, crib, cris, crit, crop, dabs, dace, dada, dado, dads, dais, daps, darb, dare, dart, data, date, dato, dead, dear, debs, debt, deco, dibs, dice, dido, died, dies, diet, dips, dipt, dire, dirt, disc, dita, dite, dits, doat, docs, doer, does, doit, dopa, dope, dore, dorp, dorr, dors, dose, doss, dost, dote, dots, drab, drat, drib, drip, drop, ears, east, eats, eddo, edit, epic, epos, eras, eros, errs, erst, etas, etic, iced, ices, idea, ides, iota, ired, ires, isba, oars, oast, oats, obas, obes, obia, obis, obit, ocas, odas, odds, odea, odes, odic, oped, opes, opts, orad, orbs, orca, orcs, ores, orra, orts, osar, oses, ossa, otic, paca, pace, pacs, pact, padi, pads, paid, pair, para, pard, pare, parr, pars, part, pase, pass, past, pate, pats, pear, peas, peat, pecs, peds, peri, pert, peso, pest, pets, pias, pica, pice, pics, pied, pier, pies, pita, pits, pods, poet, pois, pore, port, pose, post, pots, prao, prat, proa, prod, pros, psis, psst, race, rads, raia, raid, rais, rape, raps, rapt, rare, rase, rasp, rate, rato, rats, read, reap, rear, rebs, recs, redd, redo, reds, reis, repo, reps, rest, rets, rias, ribs, rice, ride, rids, riot, ripe, rips, rise, rite, road, roar, robe, robs, rocs, rode, rods, roes, rope, rose, rota, rote, rots, sabe, sabs, sacs, sade, sadi, said, saps, sard, sari, sate, sati, scab, scad, scar, scat, scop, scot, sear, seas, seat, secs, sect, seis, sept, sera, sers, seta, sets, sibs, sice, sics, side, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, site, sits, soap, soar, soba, sobs, soca, soda, sods, sops, sora, sorb, sord, sore, sori, sort, sots, spae, spar, spas, spat, spec, sped, spit, spot, sris, stab, star, step, stir, stoa, stob, stop, tabs, tace, taco, tads, taos, tapa, tape, taps, tare, taro, tarp, tars, tass, tear, teas, teds, tepa, tics, tide, tied, tier, ties, tips, tire, tiro, toad, tods, toea, toed, toes, tope, topi, tops, tora, torc, tore, tori, torr, tors, toss, trad, trap, tres, trio, trip, trod, trop, tsar
I'm planning on using this to run a brute force search of possible end grid positions. Hopefully there won't be very many and thus I can then search for which one(s) can be achieved in 6 moves. Thought this might help someone else find the solution
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Posted by Daniel
on 2009-03-19 17:23:32 |
helpfull info (word list)
