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.
| __ | __ | THA | __ |
| __ | __ | LLI | __ |
| __ | __ | FEU | __ |
| __ | __ | NTO | __ |
| __ | __ | ETT | __ |
| __ | __ | ARI | __ |
| __ | __ | IST | __ |
| __ | __ | OTT | __ |
| __ | __ | LLI | __ |
| AN | IN | OR |
| AN | LI | OR |
| AS | NC | RS |
| CO | ND | RY |
| DE | NE | SH |
| ER | NG | TY |
| GU | ON | VE |
| IC | ON | WE |
| IF | OP | YO |
| __ | __ | ENÇ | __ |
| __ | __ | CAL | __ |
| __ | __ | ABB | __ |
| __ | __ | AIS | __ |
| __ | __ | LLO | __ |
| __ | __ | ALP | __ |
| __ | __ | LAT | __ |
| __ | __ | LVE | __ |
| __ | __ | GST | __ |
| AL | LI | PE |
| AN | LY | PR |
| BI | NI | PS |
| CA | NT | RU |
| ER | NT | SI |
| ES | ON | SL |
| HA | OR | SO |
| IN | OU | TB |
| LE | OV | VR |
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 December 15th, 2025. Solutions and solvers will be announced in the next issue.
