Can you place 9 letters in a 3x3 grid such that each row and column forms a distinct 3-letter word? Rows are read left to right, while columns are read top to bottom. I will accept words that are found in this Scrabble dictionary.
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asked Dec 6, 2020 at 8:21
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1$\begingroup$ We... Have a lot of word-square puzzles, and I'm really sure you can find a lot of possible answers... Sorry, I'm downvoting this as I personally consider this as low-effort. $\endgroup$– athinCommented Dec 6, 2020 at 8:33
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4$\begingroup$ This is not exactly a repeat, but there are puzzles which are using 3x3 grid (or maybe larger) and acts like a crossword (with some given clues for example.) So simply asking the existence of it seems off. Anyway, if you are interested, here is a great 3x3 word puzzle: puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/75268/28719 :) $\endgroup$– athinCommented Dec 6, 2020 at 8:38
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4$\begingroup$ Wikipedia: Word square. See variant forms/double word squares. $\endgroup$– Daniel MathiasCommented Dec 6, 2020 at 11:25
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6$\begingroup$ guys come on stop minusing me!!! I've learned my lesson already! $\endgroup$– Dmitry KamenetskyCommented Dec 6, 2020 at 18:53
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4$\begingroup$ I’m voting to close this question to prevent it from turning into an open-ended list of all possible 3x3 word squares $\endgroup$– bobbleCommented Dec 7, 2021 at 14:59
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Z Z Z
Z Z Z
Z Z Z
You didn't say "distinct" and zzz is on the list.
Update:
T O O
U R N
B E E
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1$\begingroup$ Ah sorry, yes should be distinct. Will fix! $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 6, 2020 at 8:32
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$\begingroup$ Amazingly the secondary diagonal also makes a word (orb or bro). Can we make the primary diagonal also a word? $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 6, 2020 at 9:02
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4$\begingroup$ It would have been appropriate to include the fact that your update was taken directly from Wikipedia $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 6, 2020 at 11:26
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O A R
D R Y
works in 8 directions (left to right, top to bottom and both diagonals). One of many solutions I imagine :)
