Re: Mangled Message Matrix

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <[email protected]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:52:21 GMT
Newsgroups rec.puzzles,alt.brain.teasers,sci.lang,alt.usage.english
Message-ID <[email protected]>
HenHanna@NewsGrouper <[email protected]> posted:

> 
> 
> "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.  --like....




I_.___
_a_are
amhdve

           Un-sort each Column,  to  restore  [.............]
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To__b_
_r_bee
otonot
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A_e!!!
a_of_c
ekpiec
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Be_!!!
hetb_l
liteut
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