For full rules, see here.
Week 0:
The set of words containing the letter A: NEITHER
The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: ONE
The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
Week 1:
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words containing at least 3 consecutive letters that are consonants (i.e. not AEIOUY): NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word SOUND: NEITHER
[Kevin Orfield] The set of words where three or more of the letters are from the set {A,E,I,O,U,Y}: NEITHER
[Michael Tang] The set of words of length 5, 6, 7, or 8: ONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length greater than or equal to 9: NEITHER
Week 2:
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of lengths 5 or 6: ONE
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words containing a double letter (examples: EGG, BOOT, LLAMA; counterexamples: FIFE, NANA); NEITHER
[John Bulten] The set of all words with second letter between O and Z inclusive: ONE
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words comprised entirely of letters (with possible repeats) in the words DHOLE UNITS: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words beginning with a letter between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 6 or 7: ONE
Week 3:
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words at least 5 letters long, beginning with letters B-H inclusive: NEITHER
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words whose letters have a combined point value of 15 or higher in English-language Scrabble (examples: JOKE, ZZZ): NEITHER
[John Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter from BENDY TRACK: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words that contain an S adjacent to another consonant (any letter other than A, E, I, O, U, or Y): ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words beginning with a letter between A and G inclusive: NEITHER
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words where exactly two of the letters are A, E, I, O, U, or Y: BOTH
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $36.
The money pool for My Block My Hood My City is now $36.
Submit more guesses!
Wordy Wednesday 344: Logicrossword 6
WORDY WEDNESDAY #342
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 7 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Bonnie Veenschoten **
Mark Ballinger **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #343
TOUCHWORD 16 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #344
LOGICROSSWORD 6
Blacken some cells in the grid below, and fill the rest with letters to form words left-to-right and top-to-bottom, crossword style. All words are Scrabble-legal (see scrabble.merriam.com); however, most of the words in the intended solution should be familiar.Arrange the letters in the shaded cells to get the final answer, a single word. (If any of the shaded cells are blackened, then the final answer will be less than 8 letters long.)
* The leftmost four columns of the grid (A-D) contain two different five-letter words reading vertically which can each have one letter changed to become the string BIDEN.
* The rightmost four columns of the grid (F-I) contain two different five-letter words reading vertically which can each have one letter changed to become the string TRUMP.
* There are exactly three M’s and exactly three S’s in the grid.
* Exactly 3 rows contain the letter T.
* Row 5 contains a 9-letter word whose fifth letter is C.
* Column I contains the word FRY.
* One row or column contains both the word RAP and a word which intersects a word ending in I.
* One row or column contains two 4-letter words whose third letters are L and O, in some order.
* The words FELT and FIVE intersect at cell C4.
* The word ASP intersects a 7-letter word.
* Cells C9 and D2 contain the same letter.
* Cell E8 contains the only X in the grid; a 3-letter word and a 4-letter word intersect there.
* Cell H6 contains a letter which also appears at least once in row 3.
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Carl who was married to science writer Ann Druyan"?Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Contest: Let's Guess Two Words II! (Week 2 update)
For full rules, see here.
Week 0:
The set of words containing the letter A: NEITHER
The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: ONE
The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
Week 1:
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words containing at least 3 consecutive letters that are consonants (i.e. not AEIOUY): NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word SOUND: NEITHER
[Kevin Orfield] The set of words where three or more of the letters are from the set {A,E,I,O,U,Y}: NEITHER
[Michael Tang] The set of words of length 5, 6, 7, or 8: ONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length greater than or equal to 9: NEITHER
Week 2:
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of lengths 5 or 6: ONE
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words containing a double letter (examples: EGG, BOOT, LLAMA; counterexamples: FIFE, NANA); NEITHER
[John Bulten] The set of all words with second letter between O and Z inclusive: ONE
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words comprised entirely of letters (with possible repeats) in the words DHOLE UNITS: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words beginning with a letter between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 6 or 7: ONE
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $39.
The money pool for My Block My Hood My City is now $39. (Their home page no longer mentions a Small Business Relief Fund; did they rebuild all the small businesses in Chicago already? I don’t know. Regardless, I’m pretty sure underprivileged Chicagoans deserve money more than I do, so I’ll still find some way to help.)
Submit more guesses!
Week 0:
The set of words containing the letter A: NEITHER
The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: ONE
The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
Week 1:
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words containing at least 3 consecutive letters that are consonants (i.e. not AEIOUY): NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word SOUND: NEITHER
[Kevin Orfield] The set of words where three or more of the letters are from the set {A,E,I,O,U,Y}: NEITHER
[Michael Tang] The set of words of length 5, 6, 7, or 8: ONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length greater than or equal to 9: NEITHER
Week 2:
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of lengths 5 or 6: ONE
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words containing a double letter (examples: EGG, BOOT, LLAMA; counterexamples: FIFE, NANA); NEITHER
[John Bulten] The set of all words with second letter between O and Z inclusive: ONE
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words comprised entirely of letters (with possible repeats) in the words DHOLE UNITS: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words beginning with a letter between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 6 or 7: ONE
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $39.
The money pool for My Block My Hood My City is now $39. (Their home page no longer mentions a Small Business Relief Fund; did they rebuild all the small businesses in Chicago already? I don’t know. Regardless, I’m pretty sure underprivileged Chicagoans deserve money more than I do, so I’ll still find some way to help.)
Submit more guesses!
Wordy Wednesday 343: Touchword 16
WORDY WEDNESDAY #341
THE OMINOUS PENTHOUSE 2 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the puzzle, or here for a hint. Here's a list of people who solved it:Mark Ballinger **
Jason Boomer **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Stephen Potter **
Walker Anderson **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #342
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 7 (hint)
As of this writing, 5 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #343
TOUCHWORD 16
In a crossword, words cross each other; in this puzzle, they merely touch. More specifically, every letter shares an edge with at least one identical letter either immediately above or immediately below. The top and bottom rows are considered adjacent.Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to form the final answer, an 8-letter word.
1 † “New Law Requires You To Listen To ____ Thunberg Lecture Before Purchasing Gasoline” / † “Breaking: Health Officials ____ Portland To Prevent Spread Of Communism”
2 Review / Music style with syncopated rhythm
3 Emergency / Messages sent by wire
4 Illusionist Angel / Fashion / A slang term for marijuana
5 Classic Asian dish: 2 wds. / Skin disease cured by Jesus, according to the New Testament
6 Restaurant chain serving breakfasts / American Indian dwelling, perhaps / Substitute representative
7 Thorough: hyph. / Spot, as of ink / Shrewd
8 † “____ Mounting Pressure From Snopes, Babylon Bee Writers Forced To Admit They Are Not Real Journalists” / “Obey Your ____” (Sprite slogan) / Professional boxer Tyson ____
9 Cow features / Titles for knights / The color blue, in heraldry
10 † “Nation Worried About Having No Idea What's Going On If There's No State Of The Union ____” / † “Nation Surprised To Learn Time ____ Still In Print”
11 1994 movie about a seal / Tribute / Where to find coal
12 Start of a poker pot / Actor Pauly / † “Toddlers ____ Ransom Of Goldfish Crackers For Return Of Sunday School Teacher”
13 Goddesses associated with destiny / Worn out / † "NBA Now Requiring All Players To ____ For Chinese National Anthem"
14 Islamic leader’s legal decree / Toddlers & ____ / Powdered drink mix brand
15 Got bigger / “Barbie Girl” band / Giving a diatribe
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* A sequel that nobody asked for!* Patron Puzzle #72, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is an Anacrossword.
Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Contest: Let's Guess Two Words II! (Week 1 update)
For full rules, see here.
Week 0:
The set of words containing the letter A: NEITHER
The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: ONE
The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
Week 1:
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words containing at least 3 consecutive letters that are consonants (i.e. not AEIOUY): NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word SOUND: NEITHER
[Kevin Orfield] The set of words where three or more of the letters are from the set {A,E,I,O,U,Y}: NEITHER
[Michael Tang] The set of words of length 5, 6, 7, or 8: ONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length greater than or equal to 9: NEITHER
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $42.
I have become aware of an organization called My Block My Hood My City with a Small Business Relief Fund to help rebuild small businesses in Chicago which have been decimated by rioters and looters. In light of recent events in America, I have decided to donate a matching amount of money to their Small Business Relief Fund as well. The money pool for the My Block My Hood My City Small Business Relief Fund is now $42.
Submit more guesses!
Week 0:
The set of words containing the letter A: NEITHER
The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: ONE
The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
Week 1:
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words containing at least 3 consecutive letters that are consonants (i.e. not AEIOUY): NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word SOUND: NEITHER
[Kevin Orfield] The set of words where three or more of the letters are from the set {A,E,I,O,U,Y}: NEITHER
[Michael Tang] The set of words of length 5, 6, 7, or 8: ONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length greater than or equal to 9: NEITHER
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $42.
I have become aware of an organization called My Block My Hood My City with a Small Business Relief Fund to help rebuild small businesses in Chicago which have been decimated by rioters and looters. In light of recent events in America, I have decided to donate a matching amount of money to their Small Business Relief Fund as well. The money pool for the My Block My Hood My City Small Business Relief Fund is now $42.
Submit more guesses!
Wordy Wednesday 342: DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 7
WORDY WEDNESDAY #340
PENT WORDS 68 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Mark Ballinger **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Stephen Potter **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #341
THE OMINOUS PENTHOUSE 2 (hint)
As of this writing, 6 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's a hint. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #342
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 7
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Note: The symbol † indicates headlines from The Babylon Bee, the "trusted source for Christian news satire".
Ingredient in many household cleaners __ __ __ __ __ __ __
74 54 59 51 55 37 07
Weep loudly: hyph. __ __ __ __ __ __
14 18 03 80 61 30
† “Microsoft ____ Voted Top Web Browser For __ __ __ __
Downloading Other Web Browsers” 63 19 35 90
An extreme scarcity of food __ __ __ __ __ __
32 06 02 89 75 22
† “Family Exiting Church Unable To ____ Minivan __ __ __ __
In Sea Of Identical Minivans” 50 66 38 27
† “'Sports ____' Releases Hotly Anticipated __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
'Modest Attire' Issue” 33 69 23 85 76 21 29 04 08 60 13
Comedian Anderson who once hosted Family Feud __ __ __ __ __
87 58 82 40 09
† “Jesus Wondering Who Little White Baby __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
In ____ Scene Is Supposed To Be” 49 01 05 53 88 43 79 71
The team in possession of the ball, in football __ __ __ __ __ __ __
64 42 28 15 20 45 12
† “Joel ____ Saddened To Learn Some Preachers __ __ __ __ __ __
Can Only Afford $6,000 Shoes” 56 26 77 36 11 52
“Yellow ____” (The Beatles song) __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
86 68 10 46 81 70 34 41 39
Emulate Michael Phelps __ __ __ __
24 47 78 17
Faint __ __ __ __ __
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Made an equine sound __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
57 48 83 62 65 31 25 16
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What skin disease was cured by Jesus, according to the New Testament?Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Contest: Let's Guess Two Words II!
I am thinking of two English words that are at least 2 letters long and no more than 15 letters long. Both words are valid in Scrabble according to https://scrabble.merriam.com/. Your goal is to guess them. Everyone who guesses the pair of words correctly by the time the contest is over will be entered for a chance to win a copy of my board game Mammalath (with the Mammalath Plus expansion).
Once per week, each and every single person reading this blog post is allowed to e-mail a set of words to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. If it is a set of at least 10 words, I will publicly post on this blog (on the following Monday at 12:01 AM Central time) whether NEITHER of my words, ONE of my words, or BOTH of my words are in that set. If it is a set of 9 words or fewer, I will privately give you the same information. If I can't easily verify whether a set of words has at least 10 words in it, I will assume it does, so if you want your information kept private, submit your set of words in the form "{CINQ, QADI, QAID, QATS, QOPH}" rather than "the set of all Scrabble-legal 4-letter words with a Q and not a U".
Once someone has guessed the pair of words (that is, submitted to me a set of exactly two words and gotten a result of BOTH), one last weekly update will be posted on this blog, and then people who haven't guessed the words yet will have one more week to try to do so and be entered in the prize drawing.
Just like last time, this contest will also benefit the Food Bank of West Central Texas. The money pool which I will donate to them will start at $45, and then go down $3 for every weekly update that has gone by without someone guessing the pair of words. If the money pool would hit $0, I will instead withdraw the prize drawing. So even if you aren't interested in the prize drawing, your participation may help someone else solve the words faster and thus help charity! Last time, you smart people managed to solve the words with the money pool at $36, but I think I've picked a more difficult word pair this time!
To kick things off, I'll make three guesses for you, chosen from among the guesses that were made last time:
The set of words containing the letter A: NEITHER
The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: ONE
The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
Good luck, and yappy guessing!
Once per week, each and every single person reading this blog post is allowed to e-mail a set of words to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. If it is a set of at least 10 words, I will publicly post on this blog (on the following Monday at 12:01 AM Central time) whether NEITHER of my words, ONE of my words, or BOTH of my words are in that set. If it is a set of 9 words or fewer, I will privately give you the same information. If I can't easily verify whether a set of words has at least 10 words in it, I will assume it does, so if you want your information kept private, submit your set of words in the form "{CINQ, QADI, QAID, QATS, QOPH}" rather than "the set of all Scrabble-legal 4-letter words with a Q and not a U".
Once someone has guessed the pair of words (that is, submitted to me a set of exactly two words and gotten a result of BOTH), one last weekly update will be posted on this blog, and then people who haven't guessed the words yet will have one more week to try to do so and be entered in the prize drawing.
Just like last time, this contest will also benefit the Food Bank of West Central Texas. The money pool which I will donate to them will start at $45, and then go down $3 for every weekly update that has gone by without someone guessing the pair of words. If the money pool would hit $0, I will instead withdraw the prize drawing. So even if you aren't interested in the prize drawing, your participation may help someone else solve the words faster and thus help charity! Last time, you smart people managed to solve the words with the money pool at $36, but I think I've picked a more difficult word pair this time!
To kick things off, I'll make three guesses for you, chosen from among the guesses that were made last time:
The set of words containing the letter A: NEITHER
The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: ONE
The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
Good luck, and yappy guessing!
Wordy Wednesday 341: The Ominous Penthouse 2
WORDY WEDNESDAY #339
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 10 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Mark Ballinger **
Bryce Herdt **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Stephen Potter **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #340
PENT WORDS 68 (hint)
As of this writing, 8 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #341
THE OMINOUS PENTHOUSE 2
Because if any puzzle needed a sequel, it was definitely this one.
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Comedian Anderson who once hosted Family Feud"?Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 340: Pent Words 68
WORDY WEDNESDAY #338
PATHFINDER 19 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
M. Sean Molley **
Mark Ballinger **
Jason Boomer **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Stephen Potter **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #339
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 10 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #340
PENT WORDS 68
In this puzzle, you must divide the grid into pentominoes (regions containing five cells each), and write a letter in each cell. The rows, reading from left to right, will contain the words hinted at by the ACROSS clues. The letters in the pentominoes, in reading order (left to right starting with the top row), will form the words hinted at by the PENTOMINOES clues; these clues are presented in no particular order. (In the example, the rows spell PLANT, SHARE, and BITES, and the pentominoes spell the words PLANS, TREES, and HABIT.) Use the ACROSS answers to determine where the pentominoes are.
ACROSS (two answers per row):
1 Foot digit / Break, as a law
2 Item calling the kettle black, possibly / Nova Scotia's capital
3 Grow more mature / ____ horizon
4 "____, My God, to Thee" (Christian hymn) / Not naughty
5 Surf and ____ (seafood/steak combo) / Gentle breeze
6 2020 Presidential hopeful Buttigieg / Red-breasted birds
7 Wolfed down / Film producer Boll
8 Bookmaker's concern / Spiny sea creature
9 Interval that's an octave larger than a second / "Rudimentary" programming language
10 Greek mythological character who flew too close to the sun / MacLachlan of Twin Peaks
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Slender instrument used to explore a wound
* "____ and Nail" (Foreigner song)
* Aquafina alternative
* Certain sled dog
* Hilton of celebrity gossip
* Overturn
* Main character's name in The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
* ____ drab
* "All the News That's Fit to ____" (The New York Times slogan)
* Material for some gloves
* ____, Wind & Fire (pop music band)
* National Baseball Hall of Fame member Banks
* Addams family butler
* Shrink back in reaction to pain
* Like some hair dryers
* Libyan currency unit
* Using few words
* Worshipper of Shiva
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* A truly ominous sequel!
Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Contest: Let's Guess Two Words! (Week 4 update — FINAL UPDATE!)
For full rules, see here.
Week 0:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Week 1:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words that use one or more of J, Q, X, and Z: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of length at most 10: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words beginning with a letter on the home row of a QWERTY keyboard (ASDFGHJKL): ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter alphabetically between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words containing at least one of the letters U, V, W, X, Y, or Z: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words where the number of letters in the word is at least two greater than the number of distinct letters: NEITHER
[Roger Strain] The set of all words in which all instances of A, E, I, O, and U appear in alphabetical order (examples: ANIMUS, FED, FEED, RHYTHM): BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 7 or more: NEITHER
Week 2:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words where are least three of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words in which the second letter is A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words in which the second-to-last letter is A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word GHOST: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words which both start and end with consonants (letters other than A, E, I, O, or U): ONE
[Roger Strain] The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words where exactly two of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[Stephen Potter] The set of all words that start with A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
Week 3:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words alphabetically after RANDOM: ONE
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words containing R or L: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] [private guess of a set of 9 words]: NEITHER
[John Bulten] The set of all words containing C or L: BOTH
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word MISBEHAVING: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word DAFT: NEITHER
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length exactly 4: ONE
Week 4:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words composed of exactly two different letters: NEITHER
Week 0:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Week 1:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words that use one or more of J, Q, X, and Z: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of length at most 10: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words beginning with a letter on the home row of a QWERTY keyboard (ASDFGHJKL): ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter alphabetically between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words containing at least one of the letters U, V, W, X, Y, or Z: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words where the number of letters in the word is at least two greater than the number of distinct letters: NEITHER
[Roger Strain] The set of all words in which all instances of A, E, I, O, and U appear in alphabetical order (examples: ANIMUS, FED, FEED, RHYTHM): BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 7 or more: NEITHER
Week 2:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words where are least three of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words in which the second letter is A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words in which the second-to-last letter is A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word GHOST: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words which both start and end with consonants (letters other than A, E, I, O, or U): ONE
[Roger Strain] The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words where exactly two of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[Stephen Potter] The set of all words that start with A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
Week 3:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words alphabetically after RANDOM: ONE
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words containing R or L: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] [private guess of a set of 9 words]: NEITHER
[John Bulten] The set of all words containing C or L: BOTH
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word MISBEHAVING: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word DAFT: NEITHER
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length exactly 4: ONE
Week 4:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words composed of exactly two different letters: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words containing Y: NEITHER
[Frank Stieg] The set of all words either containing no pentomino letters (FILNPTUVWXYZ) or composed entirely of pentomino letters: BOTH
[Izak & John Bulten] [private guess of a set of 2 words]: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] [private guess of a set of 2 words]: BOTH
[Kenneth Wilson] [private guess of a set of 2 words]: BOTH
[Kevin Orfield] The set of words appearing in the Oxford 3000 (https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/external/pdf/wordlists/oxford-3000-5000/The%20Oxford%203000.pdf ): ONE
[Michael Tang] [private guess of a set of 2 words]: BOTH
[Roger Strain] The set of words containing the letter A: ONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words in which two vowels (AEIOU) appear consecutively, including words with a doubled vowel: NEITHER
Since the pair of words has been guessed, $36 has been donated to the Food Bank of West Central Texas!
[Jason Boomer] [private guess of a set of 2 words]: BOTH
[Kenneth Wilson] [private guess of a set of 2 words]: BOTH
[Kevin Orfield] The set of words appearing in the Oxford 3000 (https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/external/pdf/wordlists/oxford-3000-5000/The%20Oxford%203000.pdf ): ONE
[Michael Tang] [private guess of a set of 2 words]: BOTH
[Roger Strain] The set of words containing the letter A: ONE
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words in which two vowels (AEIOU) appear consecutively, including words with a doubled vowel: NEITHER
Since the pair of words has been guessed, $36 has been donated to the Food Bank of West Central Texas!
Everyone now has one more week to guess the pair of words and get entered into the prize drawing!
Wordy Wednesday 339: Snake Crisscross 10
WORDY WEDNESDAY #337
ANACROSSWORD 20 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Mark Ballinger **
Bryce Herdt **
Izak Bulten **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Stephen Potter **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #338
PATHFINDER 19 (hint)
As of this writing, 11 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #339
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 10
This puzzle's crisscross grid contains entries which read across and down as normal; these words are defined in alphabetical order by length under the heading “Crisscross Words.” The grid also contains a number of “snakes”: areas which follow a single clear path. Each of these snakes contains an entry which snakes from one end of the path to the other. These entries are defined under the heading “Snake Words”, and are also clued in alphabetical order by length. You must determine how the grid is divided into snakes; no two snakes overlap.Arrange the letters in the highlighted cells to form the final answer, an 8-letter word.
3 LETTERS
Item attached to an electric guitar, perhaps
Joan of ____
“The Wheels on the ___” (children’s song)
Young lady
“____ the Music Play” (Shannon song)
____ the Mark (newspaper comic)
Emulate Cardi B
4 LETTERS
“Woe!”
Liberal ____
Umbilical ____
Crazy
Input a phone number
One sixteenth of an ounce
A small biting fly
Sword handle
Adult female horse
What a color-changing ring is supposed to indicate
Hideous fairy tale creature that eats humans
Relatives of mice
____-esteem
Food for pigs
Mineral that’s a 1 on the Mohs Hardness Scale
To ____ the Truth (game show)
Gratuities, as for waitpersons
Ring, as a bell
A whole lot
Neat
5 LETTERS
____ Management (2003 movie)
Joint between the foot and the leg
Pleasant smell
Freight
Run away to wed in secret
Avarice
Dome-shaped Inuit dwelling
Wrathful
Andean wool animal
Cuban ballroom dance
Beverage brand originally known as Brad's Drink
Not relaxed
Capturing devices
6 LETTERS
Last section of a symphony, say
2007 game that introduced GLaDOS
Baseball referee
7 LETTERS
Earthworm, for example
____ shorts (knee-length shorts)
Item in a theater
Generally
Very old phonograph record material
8 LETTERS
Jerry Seinfeld, for one
SNAKE WORDS
5 LETTERS
Share an opinion
Ration
Grouchy person
Keaton of Annie Hall
Confessions of a Teenage ____ Queen (2004 movie)
1941 movie whence the song “Look Out for Mr. Stork”
Dreariness
Thunberg of “How dare you!” fame
Type of puzzle where pictures represent words
____ Catholic
m, in y=mx+b
Ill will
“____ Me Up” (Rolling Stones song)
Cliché in a work of fiction
6 LETTERS
Nook
One initiating a phone conversation
Big name in hotels
Xylophonist’s need
Some firearms
Seasoned sausage
Noise-making devices on police cars
7 LETTERS
Friendly
Far from luxurious
Odd
8 LETTERS
Flower related to the narcissus
12 LETTERS
The second First Lady to be born outside the USA (Louisa Catherine Adams being the first): 2 wds.
13 LETTERS
Certain quadrilateral
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "'____ and Nail' (Foreigner song)"?* Patron Puzzle #71, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a crossword called "Party Time".
Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Contest: Let's Guess Two Words! (Week 3 update!)
For full rules, see here.
Week 0:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Week 1:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words that use one or more of J, Q, X, and Z: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of length at most 10: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words beginning with a letter on the home row of a QWERTY keyboard (ASDFGHJKL): ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter alphabetically between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words containing at least one of the letters U, V, W, X, Y, or Z: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words where the number of letters in the word is at least two greater than the number of distinct letters: NEITHER
[Roger Strain] The set of all words in which all instances of A, E, I, O, and U appear in alphabetical order (examples: ANIMUS, FED, FEED, RHYTHM): BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 7 or more: NEITHER
Week 2:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words where are least three of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words in which the second letter is A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words in which the second-to-last letter is A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word GHOST: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words which both start and end with consonants (letters other than A, E, I, O, or U): ONE
[Roger Strain] The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words where exactly two of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[Stephen Potter] The set of all words that start with A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
Week 3:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words alphabetically after RANDOM: ONE
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words containing R or L: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] [private guess of a set of 9 words]: NEITHER
[John Bulten] The set of all words containing C or L: BOTH
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word MISBEHAVING: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word DAFT: NEITHER
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length exactly 4: ONE
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $36.
Submit more guesses!
Week 0:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Week 1:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words that use one or more of J, Q, X, and Z: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of length at most 10: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words beginning with a letter on the home row of a QWERTY keyboard (ASDFGHJKL): ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter alphabetically between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words containing at least one of the letters U, V, W, X, Y, or Z: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words where the number of letters in the word is at least two greater than the number of distinct letters: NEITHER
[Roger Strain] The set of all words in which all instances of A, E, I, O, and U appear in alphabetical order (examples: ANIMUS, FED, FEED, RHYTHM): BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 7 or more: NEITHER
Week 2:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words where are least three of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words in which the second letter is A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words in which the second-to-last letter is A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word GHOST: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words which both start and end with consonants (letters other than A, E, I, O, or U): ONE
[Roger Strain] The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words where exactly two of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[Stephen Potter] The set of all words that start with A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
Week 3:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words alphabetically after RANDOM: ONE
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words containing R or L: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] [private guess of a set of 9 words]: NEITHER
[John Bulten] The set of all words containing C or L: BOTH
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word MISBEHAVING: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word DAFT: NEITHER
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length exactly 4: ONE
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $36.
Submit more guesses!
Wordy Wednesday 338: Pathfinder 19
WORDY WEDNESDAY #336
SECTION SIX 33 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad *
Joe Bernard **
Mark Ballinger **
Bryce Herdt **
Eric Maddy **
Izak Bulten **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Stephen Potter **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #337
ANACROSSWORD 20 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #338
PATHFINDER 19
In this puzzle, each answer starts in the correspondingly numbered square, goes in some direction, and makes one or more right-angled turns as it winds through the grid. When you have finished, every letter will be used in exactly two entries.Rearrange the letters in the shaded spaces to get the final answer, an 8-letter word.
2 Pigpens (5)
3 Poem in which the first letter of each line spells something (8)
4 Bacterial disease in the small intestine (7)
5 Rough drawing (6)
6 Willy of Free Willy, for one (4)
7 Put up with (8)
8 Hairstyle associated with Bob Marley (10)
9 A detergent brand (4)
10 Tug-of-war need (4)
11 Wool grease (7)
12 The Red Sea, to the Indian Ocean (5)
13 Gives up (8)
14 Doglike (6)
15 Prejudicial ill will (6)
16 According to him, the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I'm from the government and I'm here to help” (6 6)
17 ____ of the doubt (7)
18 “Tyrannosaurus ____” (Schoolhouse Rock! song about the money the U.S. government owes) (4)
18 A person’s head, slangily (4)
19 Alanis Morissette hit (6)
20 “Detroit Rock ____” (Kiss song) (4)
21 Robin, for one (6)
21 Navel-shaped stuffed pasta (10)
22 ____ hippopotamus (5)
23 Word following “magic” or “button” (8)
23 2002 sci-fi flick about a police unit that arrests future murderers (8 6)
24 Nursery ____ (5)
25 Drywall mineral (6)
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Beverage brand originally known as Brad's Drink"?Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Contest: Let's Guess Two Words! (Week 2 update!)
For full rules, see here.
Week 0:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Week 1:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words that use one or more of J, Q, X, and Z: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of length at most 10: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words beginning with a letter on the home row of a QWERTY keyboard (ASDFGHJKL): ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter alphabetically between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words containing at least one of the letters U, V, W, X, Y, or Z: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words where the number of letters in the word is at least two greater than the number of distinct letters: NEITHER
[Roger Strain] The set of all words in which all instances of A, E, I, O, and U appear in alphabetical order (examples: ANIMUS, FED, FEED, RHYTHM): BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 7 or more: NEITHER
Week 2:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words where are least three of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words in which the second letter is A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words in which the second-to-last letter is A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word GHOST: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words which both start and end with consonants (letters other than A, E, I, O, or U): ONE
[Roger Strain] The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words where exactly two of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[Stephen Potter] The set of all words that start with A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $39.
Submit more guesses!
Week 0:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Week 1:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words that use one or more of J, Q, X, and Z: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of length at most 10: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words beginning with a letter on the home row of a QWERTY keyboard (ASDFGHJKL): ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter alphabetically between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words containing at least one of the letters U, V, W, X, Y, or Z: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words where the number of letters in the word is at least two greater than the number of distinct letters: NEITHER
[Roger Strain] The set of all words in which all instances of A, E, I, O, and U appear in alphabetical order (examples: ANIMUS, FED, FEED, RHYTHM): BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 7 or more: NEITHER
Week 2:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words composed only of letters (with possible repeats) from ETAOIN SHRDLU: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words where are least three of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words in which the second letter is A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words in which the second-to-last letter is A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words beginning with a letter in the word GHOST: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words which both start and end with consonants (letters other than A, E, I, O, or U): ONE
[Roger Strain] The set of all words containing at least one of "R", "S", "T", "L", "N" or "E": BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words where exactly two of the letters are A, E, I, O, or U: ONE
[Stephen Potter] The set of all words that start with A, E, I, O, or U: NEITHER
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $39.
Submit more guesses!
Wordy Wednesday 337: Anacrossword 20
WORDY WEDNESDAY #334
PATHFINDER 18 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Cindy Heisler **
Gordon Glenn **
Joe Bernard **
Mark Ballinger **
Bryce Herdt **
Eric Maddy *
Izak Bulten *
James Haddad **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Stephen Potter **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #335
PENT WORDS 67 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Cindy Heisler **
Joe Bernard **
Mark Ballinger **
Bryce Herdt **
Eric Maddy *
Izak Bulten *
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Stephen Potter **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #336
SECTION SIX 33 (hint)
As of this writing, 11 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #337
ANACROSSWORD 20
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!
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Initial poker stake
Feature between the front seats of a car, often
Bathroom fixture that increased in popularity in 2020 after toilet paper became scarce
Pattern applied to military equipment to make it blend in with its surroundings
Clergy
Anal injection
Ranked structure
Ungulate feature
The ____ Letters (1942 C. S. Lewis work)
“Children should be ____ and not heard”
A religious belief
Melt
____ compactor
Cautionary statement that accompanies content that might disturb certain readers: 2 wds.
Marine vessel for towing things
Relieve one’s anger, perhaps
Jon Talbain of Darkstalkers, for one
Laughing cartoon bird created by Walter Lantz: 2 wds.
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 10-letter word for "Hairstyle associated with Bob Marley"?Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Contest: Let's Guess Two Words! (Week 1 update!)
For full rules, see here.
Week 0:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Week 1:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words that use one or more of J, Q, X, and Z: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of length at most 10: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words beginning with a letter on the home row of a QWERTY keyboard (ASDFGHJKL): ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter alphabetically between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words containing at least one of the letters U, V, W, X, Y, or Z: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words where the number of letters in the word is at least two greater than the number of distinct letters: NEITHER
[Roger Strain] The set of all words in which all instances of A, E, I, O, and U appear in alphabetical order (examples: ANIMUS, FED, FEED, RHYTHM): BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 7 or more: NEITHER
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $42.
Submit more guesses!
Week 0:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Week 1:
[Bryce Herdt] The set of all words that use one or more of J, Q, X, and Z: NEITHER
[Daniel Levitin] The set of all words of length at most 10: BOTH
[Jason Boomer] The set of all words beginning with a letter on the home row of a QWERTY keyboard (ASDFGHJKL): ONE
[John Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter alphabetically between Q and Z inclusive: NEITHER
[Kenneth Wilson] The set of all words containing at least one of the letters U, V, W, X, Y, or Z: ONE
[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words where the number of letters in the word is at least two greater than the number of distinct letters: NEITHER
[Roger Strain] The set of all words in which all instances of A, E, I, O, and U appear in alphabetical order (examples: ANIMUS, FED, FEED, RHYTHM): BOTH
[Sam Levitin] The set of all words of length 7 or more: NEITHER
The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $42.
Submit more guesses!
Wordy Wednesday 336: Section Six 33
WORDY WEDNESDAY #333
HEX PATHFINDER 21 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Cindy Heisler **
Joe Bernard **
M. Sean Molley **
Mark Ballinger **
Bryce Herdt **
James Haddad **
Kevin Orfield **
Michael Avanessian **
Patrick Jordan *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Stephen Potter **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #334
PATHFINDER 18 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #335
PENT WORDS 67 (hint)
As of this writing, 8 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #336
SECTION SIX 33
This puzzle's grid has six rings and six sections. Each ring contains a series of words placed end to end, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise; all the words in a given ring will read in the same direction. Ring 1 (the outer ring) contains six answers that read clockwise; the starting spaces are numbered in the grid. Clues for the answers in the remaining rings are given in order, but their starting points and direction are for you to determine. The sections (separated by the heavy lines radiating from the center) will help you place the inner rings: in a given section, each ring segment contains all but one of the letters in the next segment outward. In other words, a section's outermost segment contains six letters; the next segment inward contains five of those six letters in some order; and so on, until only one of the original six letters remains.Arrange the letters in the six starred spaces to form the final answer, a 6-letter word.
Ring 1
1 Country in which the world's deepest lake, Lake Baikal, is located
2 "You ____ with Me" (Taylor Swift song)
3 Pig saved by Charlotte in Charlotte's Web
4 Home of the NFL's Broncos
5 Fox of the WWE
6 Absolutely anger
Ring 2
* Bob of This Old House
* Recoil in response to something truly awful
* Atmosphere
* Brother or sister
* Women's undergarment brand
Ring 3
* Pen points
* Dispute
* Big international cruise line
* City in Victoria, Australia that shares its name with a boxer
Ring 4
* An assertion that something is false
* The Himalayas, for one
* ____ Cane's (chicken restaurant chain)
Ring 5
* ____ alcohol (ethanol)
* ____ Jones and the Last Crusade
Ring 6
* One of 33 in the longest game in professional baseball history, played in 1981 between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What laughing cartoon bird was created by Walter Lantz?Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Contest: Let's Guess Two Words!
I am thinking of two English words that are at least 2 letters long and no more than 15 letters long. Both words are valid in Scrabble according to https://scrabble.merriam.com/. Your goal is to guess them. Everyone who guesses the pair of words correctly by the time the contest is over will be entered for a chance to win a copy of my board game Mammalath (with the Mammalath Plus expansion).
Once per week, each and every single person reading this blog post is allowed to e-mail a set of words to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. If it is a set of at least 10 words, I will publicly post on this blog (on the following Monday at 12:01 AM Central time) whether NEITHER of my words, ONE of my words, or BOTH of my words are in that set. If it is a set of 9 words or fewer, I will privately give you the same information. If I can't easily verify whether a set of words has at least 10 words in it, I will assume it does, so if you want your information kept private, submit your set of words in the form "{CINQ, QADI, QAID, QATS, QOPH}" rather than "the set of all Scrabble-legal 4-letter words with a Q and not a U".
Once someone has guessed the pair of words (that is, submitted to me a set of exactly two words and gotten a result of BOTH), one last weekly update will be posted on this blog, and then people who haven't guessed the words yet will have one more week to try to do so and be entered in the prize drawing.
To encourage people to make public guesses rather than private guesses (and thereby hopefully finish the contest faster), this contest will also benefit the Food Bank of West Central Texas. The money pool which I will donate to them will start at $45, and then go down $3 for every weekly update that has gone by without someone guessing the pair of words. If the money pool would hit $0, I will instead withdraw the prize drawing (and note to myself for future reference to give you guys more time next time). So even if you aren't interested in the prize drawing, your participation may help someone else solve the words faster and thus help charity!
To kick things off, I'll make three guesses for you:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Good luck, and yappy guessing!
Once per week, each and every single person reading this blog post is allowed to e-mail a set of words to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. If it is a set of at least 10 words, I will publicly post on this blog (on the following Monday at 12:01 AM Central time) whether NEITHER of my words, ONE of my words, or BOTH of my words are in that set. If it is a set of 9 words or fewer, I will privately give you the same information. If I can't easily verify whether a set of words has at least 10 words in it, I will assume it does, so if you want your information kept private, submit your set of words in the form "{CINQ, QADI, QAID, QATS, QOPH}" rather than "the set of all Scrabble-legal 4-letter words with a Q and not a U".
Once someone has guessed the pair of words (that is, submitted to me a set of exactly two words and gotten a result of BOTH), one last weekly update will be posted on this blog, and then people who haven't guessed the words yet will have one more week to try to do so and be entered in the prize drawing.
To encourage people to make public guesses rather than private guesses (and thereby hopefully finish the contest faster), this contest will also benefit the Food Bank of West Central Texas. The money pool which I will donate to them will start at $45, and then go down $3 for every weekly update that has gone by without someone guessing the pair of words. If the money pool would hit $0, I will instead withdraw the prize drawing (and note to myself for future reference to give you guys more time next time). So even if you aren't interested in the prize drawing, your participation may help someone else solve the words faster and thus help charity!
To kick things off, I'll make three guesses for you:
The set of all words starting with a letter in the word PRIME: NEITHER
The set of all words with a prime number of letters: ONE
The set of all words with a prime number of distinct letters: BOTH
Good luck, and yappy guessing!
Wordy Wednesday 334: Pathfinder 18 & Wordy Wednesday 335: Pent Words 67
WORDY WEDNESDAY #332
TOUCHWORD 15 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Cindy Heisler **
Joe Bernard **
Mark Ballinger **
Bryce Herdt *
Eric Maddy **
James Haddad **
Kevin Orfield **
Michael Avanessian *
Patrick Jordan **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Stephen Potter **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #333
HEX PATHFINDER 21 (hint)
As of this writing, 11 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
FIFTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH = DOUBLE WORDY WEDNESDAYS!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #334
PATHFINDER 18
In this puzzle, each answer starts in the correspondingly numbered square, goes in some direction, and makes one or more right-angled turns as it winds through the grid. When you have finished, every letter will be used in exactly two entries.Rearrange the letters in the shaded spaces to get the final answer, an 8-letter word.
2 Philosopher who’s the namesake of Pugsley's pet octopus in The Addams Family (9)
3 Multi-storied Asian temple (6)
3 Declined to bid, as in a card game (6)
4 “____ (Not Constantinople)” (1953 song by The Four Lads famously covered by They Might Be Giants) (8)
5 1984-1994 Ford compact car (5)
6 Athena, for one (7)
7 “____ Falls” (Chicago song) (7)
8 Carved pillars made by some Native Americans (5 5)
9 Step in a flight (5)
10 National song (6)
11 Reduced friction, in a way (5)
12 2000 Broadway play based loosely on Horton Hears a Who! (9)
13 Military pilot (6)
14 Make a choice (6)
15 Physicist Hall (5)
16 “Blue ____ Shoes” (5)
17 Structure on which religious offerings are made (5)
18 “____ Ways” (Journey song) (8)
19 County seat in New York’s Oneida County (5)
20 ____ Mack (2017-2019 Disney Channel show) (4)
21 2004-2007 Comedy Central series parodying reality television (5 8)
22 Fortune-telling deck (5)
23 Exchange ____ (4)
24 Away from the outside (6)
25 Obligation (4)
26 The main character in The Emoji Movie (2017) (4)
27 Curative (11)
WORDY WEDNESDAY #335
PENT WORDS 67
1 Kissing to Be ____ (Culture Club album) / Yes, ____ (2000-2006 sitcom)
2 Toto song being played on infinite loop by a solar-powered speaker in the Namib Desert / "____ Sides, Now" (Joni Mitchell song)
3 Sega console also known as the Mega Drive / Tear
4 Certain Toyota sedan / ____ and for all
5 Prevent enactment of, as a bill / Uprights and grands
6 Dutch Renaissance figure / Juvenile newt
7 Ancient Greek harp / Actor Estevez
8 Olive Garden offering / Children's poet Michael often featured in YouTube Poop videos
9 Do again / Group of whales
10 Elect / "She Thinks My Tractor's ____" (Kenny Chesney song)
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Adhesive resin
* Word following "horse" or "common"
* Daub
* Mythical Greek hunter
* Devil
* American buffalo
* Baking need
* Auctioneer's item
* Buildings for storing grain
* Walking sticks
* Falstaff composer
* Battlefield ___ (2000 film starring John Travolta)
* Raised structure for sacrifices
* Certain narcotic
* Green sauce made with basil
* Narrow boat propelled by a paddle
* Greek Muse of love poetry
* ____ and Present Danger (1994 film)
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 6-letter word for "Country in which the world's deepest lake, Lake Baikal, is located"?* Patron Puzzle #70, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a diagramless crossword.
Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
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