Thoughts on Puzzle 39: Programming Ambiguities

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Made a thread so you all can provide your thoughts.

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I donā€™t understandā€¦are all of the words supposed to be connected to the next set of squares?

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no you read the yellow squares like a book left to right top to bottom.

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some of the yellow squares have multiple combinations. so you may need to chose which one best fits the answer

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solved it. no confirmation email again

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I dont mean for the answer. I mean do all of the letters of one word have to make a word with the others that are connected each way?

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not sure what you are asking but i guess, yes at the place that they intersect they should be identical.

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if you are referring to the bulbs with given letters (3 or 4 letters), those are where you use ether one or the other, they are the difference between two words that share same space.

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Iā€™m initially slightly confused by the grid layoutā€¦ e.g. where the letters YN/PE are at the top, thatā€™s two 4 letter words, -YN- and -PE-? So, itā€™s basically a standard crossword grid but for the bulbs giving extra words?

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Oh btw, the good news for anyone struggling with this one is that you have the whole weekend to solve it!

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Just wanted to make sure- when they say ā€œfrom left to rightā€™ top to bottomā€-
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they mean this?

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Yes, those are two words, of which first and last letters match.

No, swap your 8 and 9.

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Still very confused lol

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And are the words supposed to be related to programming or something or what does this puzzle have to do with programming otherwise?
I just canā€™t really find a starting point.

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So thatā€™s a no, got started on some smaller words, but damn do I need a dictionary for this one.

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yeah, its a bit odd, wrote a script to show me possibilities for each row and there are so many options for some of them, quite a pain!

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Iā€™m progressing, but slowly. I can;t find words that could match the long one with the [ECP] bulge.

Edit: nevermind, i have to learn how to count to 7.

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So many ambiguitiesā€¦

  1. Should the words only be filled left-to-right and top-to-bottom?
  2. Are there only words, or also phrases with multiple words?
  3. Do the words have a common theme?
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Iā€™m not sure as I donā€™t have the correct answer yet.
However from the part that Iā€™ve done:

  1. YES. Left to Right / Top to bottom
  2. PROBABLY: single words
  3. NO: seem to be random category. Few can be connected with programming.
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I solved the left half and could already see the answer. Iā€™ll do the other half later.

And yes, itā€™s left-right top-bottom like a crossword, no theme, no phrases