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Calendar Cubes
Assign letters to each face of three cubes so that you can use the cubes to spell each of the 12 months of the year. Use lowercase three-letter English abbreviations for the names of all twelve months (e.g., "jan", "feb", "mar").
Hint
Only lowercase letters will work.Answer
The lower case is vital because in order to spell out every month, you'll need 19 different letters (abcdefgjlmnoprstuvy) but you only have 18 faces to put the letters on. However, the "n" can be turned upside down to become a "u". The same goes for "d" and "p".With these at hand, the blocks can be assigned:
Block 1: a, c, f, n/u, s, v
Block 2: b, d/p, l, m, n/u, t
Block 3: e, g, j, o, r, y
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clever
good one, I didn't take the time to figure it out, but it was quite clever.
Excellent, although the answer was even more confusing than the question but besides that I'll give it two humbs up.(I'd put three thumbs up but I don't have three hands!)
there's more than one answer: block 1: j,b,m,p/d,g,o block 2:a,f,n/u,l,s,c block 3:n/u,e,r,y,t,v
This also works. Very good teaser.
This also works. Very good teaser.
Superb teaser. I got it but I needed the hint. Enjoyed it a lot.
Neat!
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