April 2026
Problem of the Month

One2Nine
by Rodulfo Kurchan & Esteban Grinbank in GAMES

In the following puzzles, you are to arrange the names of the numbers from ONE to NINE within the 6x6 grid, one letter per square, so that all the squares are filled.

Here are the rules:

• The words do not cross.
• When all the words are arranged, no squares remain empty.
• Words are always written in a straight line and in consecutive squares, from left to right and top to bottom.

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Solution to the Problem:

In Puzzle #1, THREE and FOUR can be reversed

Correctly solved by:

1. Colin (Yowie) Bowey	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
2. Kamal Lohia	Hisar, Haryana, India
3. Dr. Hari Kishan	D.N. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
4. Max Long	Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA
5. Davit Banana	Istanbul, Turkey
6. Ivy Joseph	Pune, Maharashtra, India
7. Kelly Stubblefield	Mobile, Alabama, USA
8. Sage Siegrist	Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA

Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher