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Wrap a gram (Posted on 2009-04-01) Difficulty: 3 of 5
The table is composed of five-letter words reading downwards.

Retain the cyclic order of the letters but using the wraparound process
(ie, 1,2,3,4,5 2,3,4,5,1 or 5,1,2,3,4) replace each given word with
an anagram (which is a valid word), and so determine a short message.


F S T R C E C S E C E M S A R S E R
E P A E O T R E A A L I P L A E A I
T E R C T H E V S R B L E L K D R V
A A E U E E N E E E O E A O E G T E
L R S R S R A N L S W S K Y D E H D


Note: Some words in the table as well as in the solution will not be in common usage.

  Submitted by brianjn    
Rating: 3.3333 (3 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
A P S C E T N E L E B S P L D E H D
L E T U S H A V E S O M E O R D E R
F A A R C E C E A C W I A Y A G A I
E R R R O R R N S A E L K A K E R V
T S E E T E E S E R L E S L E S T E
The second row on expansion reads as:
"Let us have some order".

Words likely to be contentious, and I can't find in my Oxford:
alfet cauldron of boiling water
curre golden-eyed duck
escar glacial gravel ridge
escot scot; an ancient tax

Comments: ( You must be logged in to post comments.)
  Subject Author Date
Hints/TipsAn escar jokeSteve Herman2009-04-02 13:02:09
re(2): The anagrams (Spoiler)Dej Mar2009-04-02 00:46:19
re(2): The anagrams (Spoiler)Charlie2009-04-01 23:11:43
re: The anagrams (Spoiler)brianjn2009-04-01 22:26:26
SolutionThe anagrams (Spoiler)Dej Mar2009-04-01 21:04:46
re: Clarification, pleasebrianjn2009-04-01 20:31:13
SolutionThe correct order (Spoiler)Steve Herman2009-04-01 12:39:50
Clarification, pleaseed bottemiller2009-04-01 12:25:28
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