I intend to post one Double Wordoku puzzle (as shown below) on a random day, every week. Solve the puzzle and the related anagram.
If you’ve solved the above puzzle, please don’t broadcast it/post it in the comments section. If you feel like shouting it out loud, email it to me at hari at harismind dot com.
Cash Prize
I am planning to give away cash prizes depending on the response I get (no of hits, your comments etc).
For some entertainment, read my piece on anagrams given below.
On Anagrams
“Hmm, Dad, what do you mean by anagram?” my son asked, glancing at my Wordoku puzzle.
“An anagram of a word is another word formed by rearranging the letters of the original word. For example, ‘PARTS’ is an anagram of ‘TRAPS’.”
“Like ‘SPOT’ is an anagram of ‘TOPS’,” my son retorted. He got his pouch of scrabble tiles and spilled them on his table.
“Precisely,” I said.“Or ‘HE, YOUR FART’ is an anagram of ‘YOUR FATHER’,” my wife quipped looking at my son, who gave out a muted chuckle.
“Watch it, okay,” I told my wife in a mock threatening tone, “‘YOUR FATHER’ can also be ‘YEAR OF HURT’”
“Like ‘MY HUSBAND’, can be ‘HANDY BUMS’,” she said coming close and pinching my buttocks.
I grabbed her by the waist and whispered in her ear, “Also like ‘MY HUSBAND’ can be ‘HAD MY BUNS’ and even ‘AND MY BUSH’.”
“Behave yourself! There are kids watching,” she murmured softly, pushing me away.
“Okay, okay. I get the picture. Now, can you two please stop romancing and let me get on with the puzzle,” my son squinted his eyes at the piece of paper in front of him.
“Talking of anagrams, I think I am getting hooked on them,” my wife, who was poring over the Scrabble tiles looked up at us with a mischievous smile.
“Check this one out,” she said.On the table the tiles were arranged to say ‘YOUR FATHER HARI KUMAR’
“Yeah, so what’s so great about that,” I asked her.“Watch,” she said as she started rearranging them. My son let out a burst of laughter as he read: “UH, I MARRY FREAK AUTHOR”.
“Very funny,” I said wryly.
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August 29, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Cherrill
I was just looking at the Wordoko puzzles, but don’t know what to do to try to solve them.
Is there a “how to play’somewhere.
August 30, 2007 at 3:24 am
wordsandwordokus
Hi Cherrill,
Please check Double Wordoku FAQs. The link is shown above. Alternately you may click http://wordsandwordokus.wordpress.com/double-wordoku-faqs/
It tells you how to solve the Double Wordokus.
Regards,
HK
September 4, 2007 at 9:15 am
Josie
Dear Hari,
I tried to solve the puzzles, using your grids, but I was unable to “write” on them. As a result, I had to remake the grids in Excel. This, of course is time-consuming. Is there any way you could make the site more user-friendly?
I have the words, which I won’t reveal here, but as yet I have been unable to solve the anagrams.
Apart from that, I really enjoyed the puzzles! Many thanks
Josie
September 4, 2007 at 10:36 am
wordsandwordokus
Dear Josie,
I am really glad that you enjoyed the puzzle. Stay tuned, there is much more to come
Yes, I agree it is time consuming at the moment. Depending on the response, I do intend to put up a grid for later puzzles.
To solve the anagrams, you can get some help from many of the online anagram solvers out there. But still you would need some clever detective work to choose the right one!
Hari
September 4, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Josie
Dear Hari.
I’ve got the anagrams which I sent to you from my UK address, which I hope you have received. If you haven’t, maybe I’ll try again from my gmail address!
Thanks for the puzzles.
Josie
September 5, 2007 at 1:25 am
wordsandwordokus
Dear Josie,
I got it.
CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE (Applause)!!
You are the first one to send me the right solution!!!
Cheers,
Hari
September 5, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Josie
Dear Hari,
I do hope you get lots of other replies!
Josie
October 1, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Jeff Loeb
This was an educational and rewarding experience. I was able to get it (a few days ago) with a little assistance from Hari. As soon as I found the “secret word” for each Wordoku, I quit on that Wordoku, since there was no point in continuing.
I am good at word games. I am able to “see” puzzle solutions on programs like Wheel of Fortune.
Lastly, I have some Wordoku books by Frank Longo.
October 18, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Josie
What happened Hari? I’m all agog for your next puzzle.