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Letters In Boxes #10
Happy birthday to us! Well, sort of. Today we release the tenth installment of our Letters In Boxes series! We're not actually celebrating any birthdays yet, given we've not even been around three whole months yet. We don't have any cake or presents, or even a donkey to pin tails to. But that's not a problem, we can make do with what we've got. (Though we'll gladly take the cake and presents.)
For the tenth time, here's how Letters In Boxes works: Below we've got a puzzle to start you off. Click on it to open it in a new window. When you've worked out a solution, focus your attention on your browser's address bar, which in this case reads "http://images.jayisgames.com/lettersinboxes/starterforten.gif". Change the filename (namely, "starterforten") to your answer, using all lower-case letters and no spaces (be sure you stay in the same directory). If you're right, you're one step closer to winning a fabulous prize! If you're not, you'll get an error message, but you're free to back up and try again.
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 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, August 15th at 11:59 PM (GMT-5:00). Give it a whirl, you might end up with a nice present if you win!
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!
- SirNiko ...First!
- eoyount
- sillyme2
- tigrita
- ThemePark
- LaserGhost
- An Onyx Mouse
- lunalein
- snickerless1
- CurtisFir
- saytn
Walkthrough Guide
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No love for the Easter egg? Ah well. Here are this week's answers:
Puzzle 1
Puzzle 1 Answer
The key to the first puzzle was to figure out what five-letter word could follow the words BOWLING, PUTTING, and SEAFOAM, and precede ACRES, PEACE, and GRASS. That word is GREEN.
Puzzle 2
Puzzle 2 Answer
The string of Vs and Cs at the bottom represented a series of vowels and consonants. Hidden in the grid was one word that had a vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant pattern, and that word is ACCEPT.
Puzzle 3
Puzzle 3 Answer
To solve this puzzle, you needed to take a look at a standard dartboard (as suggested by the caption, "Bullseye!"). If you transpose the numbers around the edge of the dartboard to the twenty boxes on the outside edge of the grid, and read the corresponding letters in numerical order, you find FINAL PUZZLE IS SPRAYED.
Puzzle 4
Puzzle 4 Answer
The goal of the final puzzle was to fill in the grid using the "Across" clues that simply read straight across, and using the "Squares" clues to check your work. The "Squares" clues were four-letter words that fit into the boxes in no particular order.
The answers to the "Squares" clues were:
1. BARE
2. FOND
3. MORE
5. FIRE
6. PEAS
7. COAL
9. SNOB
10. TART
11. EELS
The answers to the "Across" clues were:
1. RANDOM
4. BEFORE
5. REPEAL
8. FIASCO
9. BOTTLE
12. SNARES
Once all the letters were in place, the final step was to heed the puzzle's hint: "Six Across Make One Down". The fifth column in the grid held the puzzle's only vertical word, ORACLE.
Winners will be announced soon!
Posted by: Steve
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August 16, 2011 12:19 AM