Re: Mangled Message Matrix

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <[email protected]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:14:00 GMT
Newsgroups rec.puzzles,alt.brain.teasers,sci.lang,alt.usage.english
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"Carl G." <[email protected]> posted:

> Your goal is to figure out the message hidden in the grid shown below.  The
> message was written row by row into the grid (wrapping the text at the end
> of each row) and then the letters in each of the columns were sorted into
> alphabetical order.
> 
> (This grid is best viewed using a fixed-width font)
> 
> E F H A C C D A D B
> G T I E N D E E D N
> I U R K S N E E I S
> O _ S O T P F I N Y
> T _ S S U _ I O R '
> T _ Y U Y _ M T Y ,
> _ _ _ _ _ _ O V _ .
> 
> The underscore characters represent spaces.  The grid consists of seven rows
> and ten columns.
> 
> Carl G.
> 
> 
> 

      As it is...         not really inviting or tempting.


       I think I'd like to see  a few  easier, smaller  examples.