superprismatic Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 Six words were written one below the other in a 6x6 square. The numbers 0 through 5 were written in scrambled order down the side and the words shifted to the right (cyclically) these amounts. The same sequence of numbers was written across the top of the resulting square and the various columns shifted down (cyclically) these amounts. The result was: Y R O O N Y O L A O P O A S T N T C E S T U R M I E N E S G B S P E R R [/code] What were the words? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bushindo Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 Six words were written one below the other in a 6x6 square. The numbers 0 through 5 were written in scrambled order down the side and the words shifted to the right (cyclically) these amounts. The same sequence of numbers was written across the top of the resulting square and the various columns shifted down (cyclically) these amounts. The result was: Y R O O N Y O L A O P O A S T N T C E S T U R M I E N E S G B S P E R R What were the words? Excellent puzzle. I resisted the urge to brute force this puzzle. The paper-and-pencil method, surprisingly, is faster and a lot more satisfying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 the words are ESCORT NORMAL SPONGE PRISON BEAUTY OYSTER The column shift is 3, 2, 5, 1, 0, 4. The row shift is 3, 2, 1, 4, 0, 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 I thought the row and column sequence had to be the same? ..this doesn't fit in that case. the words are ESCORT NORMAL SPONGE PRISON BEAUTY OYSTER The column shift is 3, 2, 5, 1, 0, 4. The row shift is 3, 2, 1, 4, 0, 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 you are right Matthew... based on the wording of the puzzle, i am wrong. curious that i got all words the way i did it. kind of strange that there would be 2 possible answers, though. either i'm totally wrong, lucky, or the wording in the puzzle is incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 try this... 2 1 4 0 5 3 across and down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 right you are ljb... i got the words, but didn't get the number sequence. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Six words were written one below the
other in a 6x6 square. The numbers
0 through 5 were written in scrambled
order down the side and the words
shifted to the right (cyclically)
these amounts. The same sequence of
numbers was written across the top
of the resulting square and the
various columns shifted down
(cyclically) these amounts. The
result was:
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