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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:


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
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What were the words?

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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:


     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.

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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

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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.

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