Word
Squares
What
is a WordSquare?
This is a
block of characters
that spell words both horizontally and vertically.
The empty grid
is a challenging
word puzzle for the most discerning logophile.
The simplest
puzzle is the
two square consisting of only four letters, increasing in size and
complexity
to the pinnacle of achievment so far: the Ten Square.
The
Ten Square
One order 10
Wordsquare
is the well-known creation of the late Dmitri Borgmann. It
contains
three duplicate words, whereas the lower order ones each contain words
that are all different. Furthermore, the words in the
Borgmann
Tensquare
are quite abstruse, being extracted from seven different sources of
reference.
The current
objective in
the search for a generally-accepted Tensquare, which has thwarted
formists
for more than a century, is to employ words found only in Standard
English
Dictionaries.
Can you
improve on Ted's
effort, shown at below? Though it satisfies the dictionary
criteria,
not all words used consist of ten letters. Some
ten-letter
sets are two-word phrases; SATIN WEAVE, however, is a dictionary
listing.
The
completed 10 Square
More
references to Word Squares
can be found in Ted Clarke's new book "HOW THICK IS A SHADOW?"
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