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#569652 - 11/21/09 03:13 AM fiVe
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Place one letter from the alphabet in each square in the puzzle below. Each square must hold one and only one letter, and you may not use a letter more than once.

Easy, right? Not so fast. When you're done, you need to be able to form each of the words and abbreviations in the word list by starting at a space of your choosing, then following the lines from that space to other spaces, spelling out the word as you go, until you reach the end of the word.

So for example, if you place the letters F, R, O and G in spaces 12, 16, 17, and 15 (respectively,) you could spell out "Frog" by traveling from 12 to 16 to 17 to 15. You could also spell "fog" (12-17-15), but not "frg," as there's no direct connection between space 16 and space 15.

Double letters (as with the "F" in "stuffed") do not require a line connecting them to themselves. That would be silly.

Squares are numbered for your convenience when answering, and lines are colored differently only to help differentiate them when they cross over one another.

Finally, punctuation doesn't matter: "Ph.D" should be considered to be spelled "PHD" for the purposes of the puzzle.

The puzzle is HERE

Oh...and there may be multiple solutions. Or not. Bonus points if anyone finds a valid alternate solution, regardless.

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#569735 - 11/21/09 12:18 PM Re: fiVe [Re: Demosthenes]
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You have a twisted mind, Demosthenes. I like that about you. razz
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#569750 - 11/21/09 01:37 PM Re: fiVe [Re: Demosthenes]
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I have no idea what you're talking about. whistle

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#569784 - 11/21/09 03:39 PM Re: fiVe [Re: Demosthenes]
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I've been looking for new Art Work for my guest bath,
may I borrow this?
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#570066 - 11/22/09 04:41 PM Re: fiVe [Re: Demosthenes]
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Only if you have really lousy taste in art. headscratch
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#570439 - 11/24/09 12:11 AM Re: fiVe [Re: Demosthenes]
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is this a solvable puzzle D?
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#570445 - 11/24/09 12:30 AM Re: fiVe [Re: Demosthenes]
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Technically?

...

prints out a copy, fills in the solution and checks whether it works

...

Yes.

Or did you mean you were confused by my muddled directions? Which would be totally understandable...

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#570450 - 11/24/09 02:47 AM Re: fiVe [Re: Demosthenes]
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cool, i'll keep working on it thumbsup
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#570818 - 11/25/09 08:29 AM Re: fiVe [Re: Demosthenes]
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Nice puzzle Demosthenes.

cyrus...if you're still working on this and just want a nudge then I have a couple of pointers for you.

All cells in the diagram connect to five other cells, thus the name of the puzzle. Determine what letters will belong to each cell group by looking at the word list and making a chart of all letters before and after each of the letters. Comparing the groups you'll notice that two of the letters share four out of five group letters. It only happens once within the list of letters. Look at the grid and determine which cells share four out of five cells. It only happens once within the cells of the grid.

See the solution here.
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#570901 - 11/25/09 11:38 AM Re: fiVe [Re: Demosthenes]
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Nicely done, Cue. grin

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