Spiral puzzle
A spiral puzzle is a word puzzle in the shape of a spiral . It's essentially a long string of words going in two directions: counterclockwise inward and clockwise outward. The solutions on the left are entered into boxes from 1 to 100. The answers on the right have another set of words to be entered from 100 to 1. The final solution can consist of a series of boxes, sometimes colored horizontally , vertical, or diagonal rows.
Hints
A description like 20-26 means that the first letter must be entered in field 20 and the last letter in field 26. The requested answer in this example therefore has 7 letters. The next clue then begins in field 27 and so on in the middle of the spiral. Each square of a spiral puzzle is used twice: once in and once out. The solution can be worked in two directions. The lack of crosswords makes it difficult to solve spiral puzzles. In more difficult spiral puzzles, the numbering in the spiral is missing.
One-way spiral puzzle
There are also spiral puzzles in which words only have to be entered in one direction. The last letter of a word is also the first letter of the next word. With no overlapping letters, this puzzle is just a quiz with the appearance of a spiral.
variants
- There are also puzzles in which a spiral with puzzle pieces must be placed.
- Three-dimensional spiral puzzles can be taken apart. The individual parts then have to be reassembled. The right way to rotate and slide slides is related to the spiral in these 3D puzzles.
Web links
- Spiral puzzle by Will Shortz in the New York Times , December 16, 2017