[Prof. Templeton]

Hopefully all the bugs have been worked out by the first "5 Letter Word Search", so this one should be less prone to error. The rules are the same. I've put together a list of 26 common five letter words (except for X maybe, but I'm sure you'll get it), one for each letter of the alphabet. The letters in each word are not repeated and there are no plural words (no "books" for example). The list below shows you which letters every word shares with the other 25 words. The five letter word that starts with A shares 5 letters in common with the five letter word that starts with B, 3 letters with the word that starts with C, and one with the D word. Your job is to find out what the words are.

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

A . 5 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3

B 5 . 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3

C 3 3 . 2 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 2 2

D 1 1 2 . 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 1

E 1 1 2 2 . 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 4 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1

F 2 2 3 1 1 . 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1

G 1 1 1 1 0 2 . 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1

H 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 . 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0

I 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 . 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 2

J 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 . 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0

K 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 . 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 1 1

L 3 3 5 2 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 . 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 2 2

M 2 2 2 2 4 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 . 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 3 1

N 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 . 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0

O 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 . 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1

P 2 2 3 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 . 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 1

Q 2 2 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 . 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1

R 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 . 1 5 2 2 1 2 1 3

S 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 . 1 0 1 1 1 3 1

T 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 . 2 2 1 2 1 3

U 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 . 2 0 2 0 2

V 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 . 0 1 1 1

W 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 . 2 1 1

X 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 . 1 2

Y 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 . 1

Z 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 .

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Please, when submitting guesses for words, tell me why you think it is the five letter word you have chosen.

[spoiler=Hint]No hint this time, you guys are too smart.[/spoiler]

Edited December 2, 2008 by bonanova
Edited at request of OP

[Guest]

yay

ill start soon, supper first haha

[Jiminy Cricket]

WOO HOO!!

[Guest]

lets start with the unusual ones...

zebra

edit: realised mistake... again <_<

Edited December 2, 2008 by FitzKaos

[Guest]

hmmm....not many 4s and 5s in this one

[Guest]

Howdy? I think that because it can't have any other letters besides dfjmnoswy, the rest are all zeros.

Edited December 2, 2008 by amanda

[Guest]

Howdy? I think that because it can't have any other letters besides dfjmnoswy, the rest are all zeros.

u forgot E

[Guest]

I came up with 8 A-words that contain B but don't have H or N. The only one I can anagram into a B word is

AMBLE --> BLAME

[Guest]

u forgot E

well, if I'm correct with A/B, there's no E in the H word, so I think that one stands.

edit:

AMBLE/BLAME reduces the options for H to djnoswy, so I'll definitely agree with amanda's HOWDY

Edited December 2, 2008 by Cherry Lane

[Guest]

Howdy? I think that because it can't have any other letters besides dfjmnoswy, the rest are all zeros.

Fitz, yeah I was just about to fix that

Hosed or Howdy, the correct letters were

dejmnoswy

Of the two I'd put my bets on hosed.

[Guest]

Awesome, CL

Howdy

Vague because it shares two letters with Amble/Blame and no letters with howdy, none of the 0 letters, DHJKMW. I don't think there are horribly many five lettered words,

Edited December 2, 2008 by amanda

[Jiminy Cricket]

yay

ill start soon, supper first haha

First Pair?

C = Clean

L = Lance

[Guest]

First Pair?

C = Clean

L = Lance

that's the second pair! and I was just coming on to post it!. It agrees with the first pair, too.

Y shares 3 with H

YODEL

Edited December 2, 2008 by Cherry Lane

[Guest]

that's the second pair! and I was just coming on to post it!. It agrees with the first pair, too.

That also agrees with

vague

[Jiminy Cricket]

that's the second pair! and I was just coming on to post it!. It agrees with the first pair, too.

Y shares 3 with H

YODEL

I beg your pardon, CL, but you beat me to the post!

You nailed the first pair.

Alas, I was slow on the keyboard...again. :-)

[HoustonHokie]

xenia - shares 2 with A & B and 3 with C

[Guest]

That also agrees with

vague

I thought I liked that one...but it doesn't work with E/M.

E shares one letter with AMBLE (the E), so there is no M, but M shares 2 letters with AMBLE, so M has an E

M shares 4 letters with E (everything except the M)

E shares one letter with V (vague?), and M shares no letters with V. So there must not be an E in the V-word.

Edited December 2, 2008 by Cherry Lane

[Guest]

Nevermind on the r/s I jumped lines...

Edited December 2, 2008 by amanda

[Jiminy Cricket]

Races/Scares?

Amanda, no word will end in S, as per the rules from the first puzzle.

[Prof. Templeton]

Howdy? I think that because it can't have any other letters besides dfjmnoswy, the rest are all zeros.

Correct!

I came up with 8 A-words that contain B but don't have H or N. The only one I can anagram into a B word is

AMBLE --> BLAME

Both Correct!

First Pair?

C = Clean

L = Lance

Both Correct!

that's the second pair! and I was just coming on to post it!. It agrees with the first pair, too.

Y shares 3 with H

YODEL

Correct!

That also agrees with

vague

Nope.

xenia - shares 2 with A & B and 3 with C

Correct!

[Jiminy Cricket]

Another pair

R = React

T = Trace

[Guest]

Nevermind on the r/s I jumped lines...

how about TRACE/REACT

edit: ooh, too slow! at least we agree....

Edited December 2, 2008 by Cherry Lane

[Jiminy Cricket]

Possibly

F = Flank

P = Plank

[Jiminy Cricket]

edit: ooh, too slow! at least we agree....

how about TRACE/REACT

No worries, CL...GMTA - Now THAT should have been in the initials puzzle! :-)

[HoustonHokie]

VAULT - works with a,b,c,f,h,l,p,x,y,z

[Guest]

VAULT - works with a,b,c,f,h,l,p,x,y,z

Nevermind I skipped lines AGAIN @_@

Edited December 2, 2008 by amanda