[Prof. Templeton]

I've resurrected this one. Here's one of the previous ones I did. The rules are the same. I've put together a list of 26 common six 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 "banjos" for example). The list below shows you which letters every word shares with the other 25 words. The six letter word that starts with A shares 3 letters in common with the six letter word that starts with B, 1 letter with the word that starts with C, and 2 with the D word and so on. 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 X 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 0

B 3 X 0 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 3 2

C 1 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 2 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 1

D 2 2 1 X 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 3 2

E 1 3 1 1 X 3 4 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 4 2 3

F 1 2 1 1 3 X 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 0 2 4 2 2

G 2 3 1 2 4 4 X 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3

H 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 X 2 2 1 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 1

I 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 X 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 0 3 2 2

J 0 3 2 1 4 4 3 2 2 X 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 3

K 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 X 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 2

L 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 2 2 1 X 5 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 1

M 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 1 5 X 5 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 1

N 2 1 4 1 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 4 5 X 1 2 1 3 5 1 4 2 4 3 3 1

O 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 1 X 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 2

P 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 X 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 1

Q 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 X 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1

R 3 3 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 0 2 2 X 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2

S 2 0 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 5 2 1 1 2 X 0 4 1 3 3 2 1

T 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 0 X 0 4 1 2 2 4

U 3 1 4 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 4 0 X 1 2 3 3 1

V 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 4 1 X 1 1 2 2

W 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 4 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 X 2 2 0

X 1 2 2 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 X 2 3

Y 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 X 1

Z 0 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 0 3 1 X

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[CaptainEd]

VICTOR

[Prof. Templeton]

VICTOR

Correct!

[CaptainEd]

FLANGE

[Prof. Templeton]

FLANGE

Correct!

A- ABSURD

B-

C-

D-

E-

F- FLANGE

G-

H-

I- ICEBOX

J- JINGLE

K-

L-

M-

N- NORMAL

O- OBTUSE

P-

Q- QUAKED

R-

S- SALMON

T-

U-

V- VICTOR

W- WARMLY

X- XENIAL

Y- YONDER

Z- ZENITH

[CaptainEd]

BRIDGE

[Prof. Templeton]

BRIDGE

Correct! I have to take off for a bit, but I'll check back later. Good work so far.

[CaptainEd]

DESPOT

[CaptainEd]

THRICE

[CaptainEd]

UNLOAD

[Guest]

Is K/S right?

KINDLY seems to fit well for K except for SALMON = 2 not 1

COLUMN

RANCID

[Prof. Templeton]

DESPOT

Correct!

THRICE

Correct!

UNLOAD

Correct!

Is K/S right?

KINDLY seems to fit well for K except for SALMON = 2 not 1

COLUMN

RANCID

Your K is correct, looks like I have a mistake.

Both C and R correct!

[Guest]

LOAFER

MORALE

Also, could you double check E? I think it may have an issue somewhere.

Edited March 20, 2009 by jb_riddler

[Prof. Templeton]

Also, could you double check E? I think it may have an issue somewhere.

LOAFER

MORALE

Both correct! It's possible, where do you see an issue?

[Guest]

Was away for a while, so much progress! What's the latest completed board so far?

[Prof. Templeton]

A- ABSURD

B- BRIDGE

C- COLUMN

D- DESPOT

E-

F- FLANGE

G-

H-

I- ICEBOX

J- JINGLE

K- KINDLY

L- LOAFER

M- MORALE

N- NORMAL

O- OBTUSE

P-

Q- QUAKED

R- RANCID

S- SALMON

T- THRICE

U- UNLOAD

V- VICTOR

W- WARMLY

X- XENIAL

Y- YONDER

Z- ZENITH

[Guest]

Sign that I've been away from the Den too long: I missed most of the Word Search! At least I made it here for the end:

ENIGMA (if C and E share 2)

GARNET

HERBAL (if Z and H share 2)

POWDER

[Prof. Templeton]

Sign that I've been away from the Den too long: I missed most of the Word Search! At least I made it here for the end:

ENIGMA (if C and E share 2)

GARNET

HERBAL (if Z and H share 2)

POWDER

You know I can't make these without a few mistakes.

Those are the ones.

[Guest]

You know I can't make these without a few mistakes.

Those are the ones.

No need to blush, I've shown that I can't create a perfect search either. Thanks for bringing this back!

[CaptainEd]

Prof.Templeton,

Here is the Excel Spreadsheet I was telling you about, that can automatically compute the word search matrix, once you fill in the words themselves (in the pink area).

If you have any questions, please ask,

CaptainEd

[Prof. Templeton]

Prof.Templeton,

Here is the Excel Spreadsheet I was telling you about, that can automatically compute the word search matrix, once you fill in the words themselves (in the pink area).

If you have any questions, please ask,

CaptainEd

[Guest]

Prof.Templeton,

Here is the Excel Spreadsheet I was telling you about, that can automatically compute the word search matrix, once you fill in the words themselves (in the pink area).

If you have any questions, please ask,

Captain Ed

Nifty! I hope this encourages the creation of more word searches!