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 three bigrams removed. Below are two separate puzzles. Each includes a table to fill out and a set of bigrams with which to fill it up. Using each bigram 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.
| __ | CK | __ | E | __ |
| __ | EY | __ | K | __ |
| __ | PA | __ | M | __ |
| __ | PL | __ | B | __ |
| __ | VO | __ | T | __ |
| __ | GH | __ | I | __ |
| __ | DY | __ | A | __ |
| __ | PE | __ | O | __ |
| __ | NO | __ | M | __ |
| AN | IN | RT |
| CA | IN | SI |
| DI | IR | SS |
| DO | NI | ST |
| EC | NY | SU |
| EY | OK | SY |
| FE | OR | TL |
| IC | RE | UM |
| IC | RI | WA |
| __ | __ | I | __ | NT |
| __ | __ | C | __ | ED |
| __ | __ | I | __ | ON |
| __ | __ | T | __ | SS |
| __ | __ | Y | __ | ED |
| __ | __ | E | __ | EN |
| __ | __ | G | __ | TY |
| __ | __ | D | __ | US |
| __ | __ | R | __ | TS |
| AM | IB | SH |
| AN | IG | SW |
| BE | LA | TH |
| BI | MS | TO |
| CR | NE | TU |
| EM | OR | UI |
| ER | RE | UN |
| ET | RO | UN |
| FO | SH | US |
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 March 1st, 2025. Solutions and solvers will be announced in the next issue.
