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Mix & Match #

by Max & Mitch Ninelette

The goal of this Mix & Match puzzle is to reconstitute a set of nine 9-letter words that have each had two quadgrams removed. Below are two separate puzzles. Each includes a table to fill out and a set of quadgrams with which to fill it up. Using each quadgram once, fill the blanks in the table to form various nine-letter words. When you are done, three additional words will be revealed in the vertical direction for each puzzle.

________E
________N
________C
________S
________R
________Y
________S
________S
________T
ANALINTR
ANTOMARI
CTIVMBIS
DIRENYMI
EMICOGIE
FULLPHON
GOVEREST
HUMDRNES
INGEUSIO
 
________L
________D
________S
________Y
________D
________Y
________S
________D
________T
ALOUKICK
ANOMLECH
ATICNETR
BILAREBI
CABIRTHE
DIFFSTAN
EGYPTAGM
ENTETERA
ERENTIZE

If you think you’ve figured out all the answers—that’s 24 nine-letter words!—submit your solution to the editors of SpecGram by January 15, 2020, and you could win a prize. Solutions and winners will be announced in the upcoming February issue.


The solutions to last month’s domino puzzles—Domiphones II—are shown below.

Domiphones

ɶ o ʂ u j ʋ
ɲ ɔ ɑ ɰ ɳ ç
ɱ i ʌ ð ɴ ɬ
ɻ æ ɹ ɤ ø ʁ
ʎ θ y ɛ n m

Domiphones

ɰ p ʙ ɢ b ɣ
ɲ ɟ q ɴ χ ɹ
ɬ m ʎ z k ɾ
j x ŋ ʀ ʁ β
c ɸ ç l ʟ t

Each of the puzzlemeisters below will receive some moderately desirable SpecGram merch of their choosing:

Vincent Fish • Eemil Pölönen • Doan Qui Thanh • Bryan Allen

Congrats to all!

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