WORDY WEDNESDAY #81
2112 PIXELS (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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 a hint. Here's a list of people who solved it:Edderiofer He **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Jack Lance **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley *
WORDY WEDNESDAY #82
LOGICROSSWORD (hint)
As of this writing, 8 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #83
LOGICROSSWORD 2
Shade in 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.
* No two black cells share an edge. All the white cells are connected through their edges.
* The words CHECKMATE and EDIT read horizontally, as does another 9-letter word.
* The words RES and ZUGZWANG read vertically.
* The word BOZO intersects with the word ZETA.
* One row contains the word GNU and a 5-letter word.
* Row 2 contains the letters I and L.
* Row 4 contains a 2-letter word and a 5-letter word.
* Row 5 contains the word CASA.
* Row 7 contains the letter T.
* Columns C and D contain the same number of black cells.
* The black cell at H5 is the only black cell in column H.
* Cells A7 and G4 contain the same letter.
* Cells F3 and H4 contain the same letter.
WORDY WEDNESDAY #84
LOGICROSSWORD 3
Shade in 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.
* No two black cells share an edge. All the white cells are connected through their edges.
* The word FETTUCINI reading horizontally intersects the word ALFREDO reading vertically.
* Row 1 contains a 9-letter word which ends in D and intersects the word UP.
* Row 6 contains the letter S.
* Some row contains a 3-letter word and a 4-letter word.
* Two consecutive rows contain 6-letter words.
* The only black cell in column A is in row 6.
* Column C contains a 5-letter word ending in Y.
* Some column contains the words ALA and CACHE.
* Some column contains the words ARE and EIKON.
* The words ACT and SHIED read somewhere in the grid.
* Cells A2 and A9 contain the same letter.
* Cells A8 and B9 contain the same letter.
* Cells D8 and G9 contain the same letter.
DORK IS YES!
My second album, Dork Is Yes!, is finally out! It consists of 24 tracks written in the Nintendo game WarioWare DIY. You can download it for free, or you can throw in a few bucks to motivate me to write more music. I might even write a special music track for you which I'll include in my next album. . . .
BATTLE OF LITS!
Some of you may remember that I designed a board game based on the Japanese logic puzzle LITS. Thanks to reader Jack Lance, Battle of LITS is now one of the many games available to play on BoardGameArena! Play for free against people all over the world. Whether you're X or O, use the rules of LITS to your advantage to leave more of your symbol showing than your opponent's symbol!
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Company associated with Clarus the Dogcow"?* Patron Puzzle #8, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a Framelinks. All of the unchecked letters are given to you in a 21x21 crisscross grid; you must supply the rest to form words reading across and down. 136 letters need to be placed; 74 words will be formed.
Until next time, yappy solving!
