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Letters In Boxes #1
Need a little puzzle diversion? Hop in line and get ready to strain your brain! Welcome to Letters In Boxes, a new puzzle series from us here at JIG that's black and white and read all over! [Let's not make that a catchphrase, thanks. -Ed.] If you can work your way through the wordy woes, you could win a wonderful prize!
Here's how to play: Below, you'll find a small word puzzle. If you click on the puzzle, you can bring up the image in its own window. Follow the directions in the puzzle, and with a bit of mental knowhow, you should come up with an answer. To see if you're right, move up to the address bar (for example, this first puzzle's filename is http://images.jayisgames.com/lib1start.jpg) and change the name of the file to the answer you've found (make sure you keep it as a .jpg filename). If you're right, you've found the next puzzle! If not, you'll probably get an error message. Sorry, we only wish we could put a picture of a sorrowful walrus on every possible incorrect filename.
This batch of puzzles contains four puzzles to solve. On the fourth puzzle, you'll find the email address for sending your final answer. We'll hand out a prize to the first correct entry we receive, plus four additional randomly-selected correct entries. You must be at least 13 years of age to enter. Only one submission per participant, please. Offer void where prohibited. Your deadline for submitting your answers is Monday, May 30th at 11:59 PM (GMT-5:00). Good luck on cracking these devious ticklers, it could pay off for you in the end!
Update: Congratulations to these five winners! :DAll five winners were given a choice of prizes, and all prizes have been delivered. Congratulations and thanks for playing with us! Look for another Letters in Boxes again soon!
- phatjak69 ...First!
- majack
- Pirho Tau
- Grizix
- Ryan
Walkthrough Guide
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Since the contest deadline has passed, here are the answers for this set of puzzles:
Puzzle 1
Puzzle 1 Answer
The challenge here was to find a word that could be placed in that empty row so that all of the columns spelled out words. The tricky bit was that each vertical word had multiple possibilities (ANTICS/ATTICS, BATTER/BETTER/BITTER/BUTTER, etc.). With a bit of trial and error, you hopefully came up with the animal answer, TURTLE (spelling ATTICS, BUTTER, CROWNS, STITCH, FLIGHT, MEDDLE).
Puzzle 2
Puzzle 2 Answer
The trick to this puzzle was to realize that the same letter appeared throughout its column, with black spaces representing times when the letter didn't occur in a clue word. The answers to the clues were PIE, SIN, PINE, SPIN, and SINE, which lead to the final answer at the top, SPINE.
Puzzle 3
Puzzle 3 Answer
This puzzle featured a double word search. There were plenty of six letter words hidden in the grid on the right, but you had to find the one that was in the same position as the word ANSWER in the left-hand grid... and believe it or not, it appears only once! The word in the corresponding position on the right-hand grid was RECORD.
Puzzle 4
Puzzle 4 Answer
The final puzzle in this series was a word ladder, where you change one letter in the previous word to get a new word. The message on the left indicated that every letter in either the first or last word (CRASH and BRAIN, respectively) had changed by the middle clue. This caveat was necessary, otherwise FLAWN might have been an answer to this puzzle! The solved word ladder was CRASH, CLASH, CLASS, CLAWS, FLAWS, FLOWS, FLOWN, FROWN, BROWN, BRAWN, BRAIN. The middle word, FLOWS, was the final answer. (Also, apologies to our international participants who might have struggled with the "bear CLAWS" clue.)
Winners will be announced soon!
Posted by: Steve
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May 31, 2011 12:34 PM