Pooled-letter word puzzle with customizable difficulty
OwnerThomas Cross Richardsoninventor
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Abstract
A word puzzle having a customizable difficulty is provided. The puzzle has multiple letter pools to which the letters of the alphabet are assigned. The puzzle has multiple answer slots that are arranged along a horizontal line and correspond to the different letters of a desired multi-word solution to the puzzle. The puzzle has indicator icons aligned with the answer slots to indicate from which letter pool the puzzle solver should select the letter to fill that answer slot of the solution. The solution of the puzzle will reveal a passage, adage, saying or saw when the puzzle solver has correctly entered the letters into the answer slots of the puzzle.
Claims19
A word puzzle comprising:
- a display tableau;
- a puzzle-key field displayed on the display tableau, the puzzle-key field comprising a plurality of letter pools, each letter pool being identified by an indicator icon, each letter pool comprising a letter set of at least one alphabetic letter;
- a puzzle-solution field comprising a plurality of answer slots, the plurality of answer slots aligned horizontally to form a string;
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- a plurality of indicator icons, each indicator icon associated with a one answer slot, each indicator icon indicating for the one answer slot the letter pool from which to select a correct letter for the one answer slot.
A method of displaying a word puzzle, the method comprising:
- displaying on a display tableau a puzzle-key field comprising a plurality of letter pools, each letter pool being identified by an indicator icon, each letter pool comprising a letter set of at least one alphabetic letter;
- displaying on the display tableau a puzzle-solution field comprising a plurality of answer slots, the plurality of answer slots aligned horizontally to form a string;
- displaying on the display tableau a plurality of indicator icons, each indicator icon associated with a one answer slot, each indicator icon indicating for the one answer slot the letter pool from which to select a correct letter for the one answer slot.
A method of creating a word puzzle, the method comprising:
- defining a plurality of letter pools, each letter pool being identified by an indicator icon, each letter pool comprising a letter set of at least two alphabetic letters;
- providing a puzzle-solution field comprising a plurality of answer slots and one or more blank spaces to form a string of words;
- associating with each answer slot an appropriate indicator icon, wherein the appropriate indicator icon for each answer slot is the indicator icon that indicates the letter pool containing a correct alphabetic character for the answer slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.