Format: Print 
Format: Print 
Format: Print |
Plaitword is a new type of word puzzle for people tired of old types of word puzzle. Each puzzle in Plaitword is made up of three five-letter words, plaited together. Their letters appear in the correct column, but not necessarily in the correct line. Your goal is to find the three words. Example: S R G E T R I D V E O O L H R Rearranging the letters in each column gives the solution: S O L V E R I G H T O R D E R You now know enough to be able to solve all the puzzles in all the Pocket Plaitword books! Some puzzles may have more than one solution. For example, if your answer is: F E A S T B L A M E L A R G E but the solution given at the back is: F L A M E B A R G E L E A S T don’t worry! It still counts as a win. Puzzles are numbered at random so that when you look up one solution, you don’t accidentally read the next one. Not all English five-letter words appear in Plaitword, to make it fair. Here are the rules we use when setting the puzzles. No -S or -ES plurals. GIRLS — no. WOMEN — yes. No extensions of other words. LYING — no. FLING — yes. GIVER — no. WATER — yes. OPENS — no. MORES — yes. LUCKY — no. PESKY — yes. POKED — no. POKER — yes. ASHEN — no. GREEN — yes. No past tenses. DRANK — no. DRINK — yes. No proper nouns. VENUS — no. EARTH — yes. No prefixes. AUDIO — no. AURAL — yes. No letters. ALPHA — no. FIFTY — yes. No currencies. KRONE — no. POUND — yes. No diminutives. KITTY — no. RAVEN — yes. No antique spellings. TYGER — no. TIGER — yes. No accents. NAÏVE — no. KNAVE — yes. No abbreviations. CHIMP — no. CHUMP — yes. No very uncommon words. YAPOK — no. YACHT — yes. Also, to avoid causing offence: Nothing that demeans physical forms. DWARF — no. TROLL — yes.Nothing mainstream religious. ABBEY — no. FAIRY — yes.Some odd classes of words are allowed that you might think wouldn’t be: Informal but non-slang words. BELLY — yes. CHUCK — yes. Common names of plants. CEDAR — yes. DAISY — yes. Common names of creatures. FINCH — yes. HORSE — yes. Numbers. SEVEN — yes. FORTY — yes. Short forms of musical instruments. PIANO — yes. CELLO — yes. Points of the compass. NORTH — yes. SOUTH — yes. Internationally-known fabrics. NYLON — yes. SATIN — yes. Dances. POLKA — yes. SAMBA — yes. Creature noises with one spelling. QUACK — yes. TWEET — yes. Adjectives made from verbs. BURNT — yes. DRAWN — yes. Finally, Plaitword uses no words that have different spellings in British and American English: FIBRE — no. FIBER — no. Pocket Platword 1 is available here
in print format. Pocket Platword 2 is available here
in print format. Pocket Platword 3 is available here
in print format. You can play Plaitword daily for free at Plaitword.com. |
Pocket Plaitword fits the NotByUs paradigm because it’s a brand-new puzzle format not seen in conventional puzzle books or magazines. |