Mix & Match §§

by Max & Mitch Ninelette

The goal of a Mix & Match puzzle is to reconstitute a set of nine 9-letter words. Below are two separate puzzles. In one, each word has had three bigrams removed; in the other, each word has had two quadgrams removed. Each includes a table to fill out and a set of n-grams with which to fill it up. Using each n-gram 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.

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 15, 2021, and you could win a prize. Solutions and winners will be announced in the next issue of SpecGram.

Each of the puzzlemeisters below will receive some moderately desirable SpecGram merch:

Misa Gonzalez • Vincent Fish • Pete Bleackley

In addition, the following puzzlers have achieved the everlasting glory that comes with an honorable mention:

Annegien Wilms • Aoife Ó Briain • Rowena Bautista

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