The words CHIMP and GLORY are encoded below.

 C      H      I      M      P
. .    . .    . .    x .    . .
. x    . .    . .    . .    . .
. .    . .    . .    . .    . .
. .    x .    . x    . .    x .


 G      L      O      R      Y
. .    . x    . .    . .    . .
. .    . .    . .    . .    . .
x .    . .    x .    . x    . .
. .    . .    . .    . .    . x

What word does the following code represent using the same rules?

 ?      ?      I      ?      ?
. .    . .    . .    . x    . .
x .    . .    x .    . .    . .
. .    . .    . .    . .    . .
. .    . x    . .    . .    x .

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From Mensa Puzzle Calendar 2014 by Mark Danna and Fraser Simpson, Workman Publishing, New York. Puzzle for September 22.

In the upper puzzle, the letters appear to follow the following counterclockwise pattern starting at the lower right corner:

EMU      DLT
FNV      CKS
GOW     BJRZ
HPX      AIQY

The lower puzzle has I in a different position so, if still counterclockwise, the pattern MAY be:

HPX       GOW
AIQY      FNV
BJRZ      EMU
CKS       DLT

But if clockwise, then:

BJRZ      CKS
AIQY      DLT
HPX        EMU
GOW      FNV
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Possible letters from each group are arranged:
AIQY  DLT  I  GOW  CKS   if counterclockwise
or
AIQY  FNV  I  CKS  GOW  if clockwise

One possiblity is ADIOS, so "bye for now"

Posted by Larry on 2014-09-29 15:28:17