Post by Evan on Oct 11, 2013 14:51:28 GMT -8
With free speech on its way out, words are going to get quite pricey. In preparation, I have been investing in letters from the alphabet. They actually cost nothing, which means my ROI is destined to be infinity (percent).
I have already acquired a set of letters for the word MILDVILLE. I need to put them in our empty boxcar, which for puzzle purposes is shaped like a diamond.
HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
Take the nine letters in the word mildville.
Place them into a diamond pattern diagram as follows.
..M
.I...L
D.V.I
.L...L
...E
(ignore the periods, they are for formatting purposes.)
The letters can be in any order you want, but you have to use those 9 exact letters.
Next, make chains of letters to spell as many english words as possible. Look at the paths chains of letters can take:
.........M
....... / \
.......I----L
....../ \ / .\
....D---V---I
......\./...\./
.......L----L
.........\.../
...........E
Lines indicated approved paths. Note the L on the second row can't connect directly with the D on the third.
Chain together letters to make as many words as possible. One example from above word be the word "LIVID" but not the word "LIVE" because the V and E aren't directly connected. You can return to a letter you've used before, but you can't "stand" on the same letter to use it more than once.
List all the words you can make this way, and give me them in a pm along with their total.
The living person with the highest score wins immunity.
Dead people can play. If a dead person gets the highest score, they get to secretly nullify a vote. But the living person with the highest score still gets immunity.
AS USUAL IF TWO PEOPLE TIE FOR THE HIGHEST SCORE, BOTH THEIR SCORES ARE THROWN OUT! FYI this is to prevent a lot of shenanigans like "every spy ties for the lead" and such.
Whew that came out longer than I thought it would. Any questions? Deadline is Monday at 5 PM PST.
I have already acquired a set of letters for the word MILDVILLE. I need to put them in our empty boxcar, which for puzzle purposes is shaped like a diamond.
HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
Take the nine letters in the word mildville.
Place them into a diamond pattern diagram as follows.
..M
.I...L
D.V.I
.L...L
...E
(ignore the periods, they are for formatting purposes.)
The letters can be in any order you want, but you have to use those 9 exact letters.
Next, make chains of letters to spell as many english words as possible. Look at the paths chains of letters can take:
.........M
....... / \
.......I----L
....../ \ / .\
....D---V---I
......\./...\./
.......L----L
.........\.../
...........E
Lines indicated approved paths. Note the L on the second row can't connect directly with the D on the third.
Chain together letters to make as many words as possible. One example from above word be the word "LIVID" but not the word "LIVE" because the V and E aren't directly connected. You can return to a letter you've used before, but you can't "stand" on the same letter to use it more than once.
List all the words you can make this way, and give me them in a pm along with their total.
The living person with the highest score wins immunity.
Dead people can play. If a dead person gets the highest score, they get to secretly nullify a vote. But the living person with the highest score still gets immunity.
AS USUAL IF TWO PEOPLE TIE FOR THE HIGHEST SCORE, BOTH THEIR SCORES ARE THROWN OUT! FYI this is to prevent a lot of shenanigans like "every spy ties for the lead" and such.
Whew that came out longer than I thought it would. Any questions? Deadline is Monday at 5 PM PST.