bonanova Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Place letters in a 3x3 grid in a way that permits spelling the greatest number of three-letter English words. The same letter can be used twice in a word. Letters adjacent in the word must touch, in any of eight directions, on the grid Example: T R E Y D Z U N G Permits [among possibly other words] ere try gnu red zed dun dry ... Entries must contain a minimum of ten words. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TimeSpaceLightForce Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 lets use MM's entry:24 words p e r o a t t r y PER REP OAT TAO TRY POT TOP EAR RAE PAY TAR RAT pet oar era pea ray toe pat tap art rap par are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 superprismatic Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I downloaded a list of 1012 Scrabble words from the interwebs. I used them for my word list. The best 3X3 array I made was: BOM RAP GET which contains the 85 3-letter words: BOB BOA BOP BRO BRA BAM BAR BAP BAG BAT OBA ORB ORA ORE OAR OAT OPE OPT MOB MOM MOR MOA MOP MAR MAP MAG MAE MAT ROB ROM RAM RAP RAG RAT REP REG RET ABO ABA AMA AMP ARB ARE APO APE APT AGA AGE ATE POM POP PAM PAR PAP PAT PER PEA PEP PEG PET GAB GAM GAR GAP GAG GAE GAT GET ERA ERG ERE EAR EAT ETA TAB TAO TAM TAR TAP TAG TAE TAT TEA TEG TET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I downloaded a list of 1012 Scrabble words from the interwebs. I used them for my word list. The best 3X3 array I made was: BOM RAP GET which contains the 85 3-letter words: BOB BOA BOP BRO BRA BAM BAR BAP BAG BAT OBA ORB ORA ORE OAR OAT OPE OPT MOB MOM MOR MOA MOP MAR MAP MAG MAE MAT ROB ROM RAM RAP RAG RAT REP REG RET ABO ABA AMA AMP ARB ARE APO APE APT AGA AGE ATE POM POP PAM PAR PAP PAT PER PEA PEP PEG PET GAB GAM GAR GAP GAG GAE GAT GET ERA ERG ERE EAR EAT ETA TAB TAO TAM TAR TAP TAG TAE TAT TEA TEG TET For a score of 42.5%. Not bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Place letters in a 3x3 grid in a way that permits spelling
the greatest number of three-letter English words.
The same letter can be used twice in a word.
Letters adjacent in the word must touch, in any of eight directions, on the grid
Example:
T R E
Y D Z
U N G
Permits [among possibly other words]
Entries must contain a minimum of ten words.
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