Create you own crossword

Airhog · 03-06-2003, 04:38 PM

I thought this puzzle up last when I was bored. Its a take-off of Quiksands number puzzle, but its also signifigantly different.

The goal of the puzzle is to create a crossword puzzle in a 4x4 grid.

Only standard words found in the Webster Dictionary
will be used. No abbreviations, or proper nouns are allowed.

You cannot leave any blank spaces in your puzzle. that means every letter must be used to form at least one word.

Any letter may only appear once in a puzzle, however you can use that one letter to form serveral words.

Hopefully this clarifies it. A word like Beans, can form all of these words
BE AN BEAN BEANS

www.webster.com

you get points based on the scoring system in scrabble.
Add up each word individually. meaning that if a letter is used twice, then it is scored twice, just like in scrabble.

A=1
B=3
C=3
D=2
E=1
F=4
G=2
H=4
I=1
J=8
K=5
L=1
M=3
N=1
O=1
P=3
Q=10
R=1
S=1
T=1
U=1
V=4
W=4
X=8
Y=4
Z=10

Airhog · 03-06-2003, 04:41 PM

Here is the first one I did, Im sure you can beat it.

Code:

TMGS
NAEB
PIOU
DLFC

BEAN=6
MAIL=6
CUBS=8
COAT=6
DIES=5
CUB=7
DIE=4
GAP=6
FIN=6
BID=6
FOE=6
LOB=5
BO=4
IF=5
IN=2
OF=5
AT=2
AN=2
BE=4

6+6+8+6+5+7+4+6+6+6+6+5+4+5+2+5+2+2+4=81 points

digamma · 03-06-2003, 04:45 PM

You have more words:

FOE
LOB

(and more if you can count two letter words and words that are part of others)

Airhog · 03-06-2003, 04:47 PM

thanks for pointing those out. I made some changes to the rules to clarify I hope.

Airhog · 03-06-2003, 07:37 PM

I guess I just dont have what it takes to create a good puzzle

03-06-2003, 04:41 PM	#2
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	Here is the first one I did, Im sure you can beat it. Code: TMGS NAEB PIOU DLFC BEAN=6 MAIL=6 CUBS=8 COAT=6 DIES=5 CUB=7 DIE=4 GAP=6 FIN=6 BID=6 FOE=6 LOB=5 BO=4 IF=5 IN=2 OF=5 AT=2 AN=2 BE=4 6+6+8+6+5+7+4+6+6+6+6+5+4+5+2+5+2+2+4=81 points __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again! Last edited by Airhog : 03-06-2003 at 05:00 PM.

03-06-2003, 04:47 PM	#4
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	thanks for pointing those out. I made some changes to the rules to clarify I hope. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again! Last edited by Airhog : 03-06-2003 at 04:55 PM.

03-06-2003, 07:37 PM	#5
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	I guess I just dont have what it takes to create a good puzzle __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

03-06-2003, 04:45 PM	#3
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	You have more words: FOE LOB (and more if you can count two letter words and words that are part of others)

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