You Are Games:
Letters In Boxes #5
This week, we're dedicating our Letters In Boxes challenge to an event that occurred on July 4th, this week's contest deadline. Many Americans mark this historical date by remembering spacious skies, amber waves of grain, and purple mountain majesties above fruited plains. Of course, we all know July 4th as the day we mourn the passing of Bob Ross, who taught us all how to paint beautiful landscapes in the comfort of our own homes. We will always remember Mr. Ross and his contributions to society, including his delightfully fluffy afro. Thanks, Bob.
Right then, who's ready for this week's puzzles? Take a look at this week's sliver of a starting puzzle. If you click on the image, you can open it up in a new window. Once you think you've got the answer sorted out, redirect your attention to your browser's address bar (which in this case reads "http://images.jayisgames.com/lettersinboxes/fivealive.gif"). Change the filename (namely, "fivealive") to your answer, using all lower-case letters and no spaces (make sure you use the same extension and directory). If you're right, it's a happy cloud for you and you're off to the next puzzle! If you're wrong, you'll have to cover up some of that excess burnt sienna by going back and trying again.
This batch of puzzles contains the standard 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 ten additional randomly-selected correct entries. Please include your Casual Gameplay account display name with your entry. 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, July 4th at 11:59 PM (GMT-5:00). If you're fast or lucky, you could be celebrating with a prize, so good luck!
Update: Congratulations to these 11 winners! :D
All eleven winners were given a choice of prizes or an entry into a GRAND PRIZE drawing to be held at the end of August! Congratulations and thanks for playing with us! Look for another Letters in Boxes again soon!
- MisterThou ...First!
- wulph
- m5rammy
- dhaisud
- sillyme2
- Vespert
- Nigma
- MikuJess
- HopefulNebula
- bluemoose19
- DragonDame
Walkthrough Guide
(Please allow page to fully load for spoiler tags to be functional.)
I remembered Bob Ross today. Did you? Here are this week's answers:
Puzzle 1
Puzzle 1 Answer
You might have noticed in this first puzzle that if you take one letter from each column, you can spell the word "backwards" from left to right. But that's not the answer. So what do you do with this? Read the unused letters backwards. There, you'll find the word DISREGARD, which you use to find your next puzzle.
Puzzle 2
Puzzle 2 Answer
As you worked from the outermost clues toward the center, you might have noticed that each word contained all the letters of the words above or below it, plus or minus one letter. The middle word, the "upcoming destination", would be found by taking the two seven-letter words and merging the letters in those words together and finding the only possible anagram, CLEANEST. The entire word list, from top to bottom, was SEA, SANE, CANES, SEANCE, SCALENE, CLEANEST, LANCETS, CASTLE, SCALE, SEAL, ALE. (As a note for those who tried to use SCALPEL in place of LANCETS, the pluralization of the word "tools" in the clue was deliberate, to make sure you were lead to the proper answer.)
Puzzle 3
Puzzle 3 Answer
The numbers in the grid indicated the sizes of squares to be made, with the number in the top-left corner of the square. (As some of you noted, this is similar to the Nikoli puzzle Shikaku, but not quite the same.) The letters not covered by the squares spelled out NEXT CLUE TART.
Puzzle 4
Puzzle 4 Answer
For the fourth puzzle, the object was to find a word within each box, whose path traced out the shape of a letter. In the first box, you could slither around to find the word BLISTERED to make the letter S. In the second box, you could spell HORSESHOE by starting in the top-right corner and making an E (note that this requires you to backtrack onto the first S in the word). In the third box, you could spell INVITATIONS, resulting in the letter W (this also required you to backtrack over the I and T in the middle of the word). So, the final answer was SEW.
Winners will be announced soon!
Posted by: Steve
|
July 5, 2011 12:07 AM