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 trigrams removed. Below are two separate puzzles. Each includes a table to fill out and a set of trigrams with which to fill it up. Using each trigram 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.
IR | ___ | ___ | S |
MA | ___ | ___ | D |
PI | ___ | ___ | G |
AM | ___ | ___ | S |
EU | ___ | ___ | S |
UT | ___ | ___ | E |
AH | ___ | ___ | C |
VI | ___ | ___ | S |
IC | ___ | ___ | S |
ABL | NES |
CIN | NYS |
CNI | ORI |
EST | ORM |
ETH | PHO |
IDE | RIA |
ISH | TER |
ISM | VID |
IST | YST |
GL | ___ | ___ | O |
DI | ___ | ___ | D |
DI | ___ | ___ | G |
JA | ___ | ___ | S |
EP | ___ | ___ | E |
MA | ___ | ___ | A |
FL | ___ | ___ | G |
SA | ___ | ___ | L |
PO | ___ | ___ | E |
AMI | ISE |
AND | ISS |
AUN | LAP |
CAD | MEM |
CUL | MWI |
ENO | PHT |
ETI | TIN |
HON | TTE |
ICA | TYR |
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 April 1st, 2023, and you could win a prize. Solutions and winners will be announced in the next issue of SpecGram.