Re: Scramble puzzle

["MARK THOMPSON" <markthom@flash.net>]

Er, yes, plurals, of course.  Maybe the whole thing should be shifted a
space to the right and down ...

Mark Thompson


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cilla Clark" <cilla@cillapc.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <pbmserv-users@gamerz.net>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Scramble puzzle


> I'd be surprised if none of the 10(?) words with a gap at the end (with
> nothing afterwards) couldn't be pluralised!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MARK THOMPSON" <markthom@flash.net>
> To: <pbmserv-users@gamerz.net>; "Cameron Browne"
> <browne@research.canon.com.au>
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Scramble puzzle
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> In addition to Stephen Tavener's suggestion, it might be possible with a
> more open arrangement like the one shown below.  If I'm not mistaken, all
> the open spaces that are adjacent to any existing tile are adjacent in
more
> than one direction, or else to a line of more than one tile.
>
>   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E
> 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> 1 . . # . # . # . . . # . # . .
> 2 . # # # # # # # . # # # # # .
> 3 . . # . # . # . . . # . # . .
> 4 . # # . # # # # . # # # # #.
> 5 . . # . # . # . # . # . # . .
> 6 . . . . . . # # # # # # # # .
> 7 . . # . # . . # . . # . # . .
> 8 . # # # # # # # # . . . . . .
> 9 . . # . # . # . # . # . # . .
> A . # # # # # . # # # # . # # .
> B . . # . # . . . # . # . # . .
> C . # # # # # . # # # # # # # .
> D . . # . # . . . # . # . # . .
> E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>
> Mark Thompson
> Chicago, IL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cameron Browne" <browne@research.canon.com.au>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:02 PM
> Subject: Scramble puzzle
>
>
> > Does anyone know if it's possible to fit 99 tiles on the Scramble board,
> > forming legitimate words in accordance with the rules of Scramble, such
> > that the 1 remaining tile *cannont* be placed anywhere on the board?
> >
> > The 1 remaining tile must be treated as a blank, ie if any letter fits
on
> > the saturated board then it becomes that letter.
> >
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