Forgotten letters
Add the letters to the scrabble grid
Place the forgotten letters into the 5x5 grid in a valid bananagrams/scrabble formation while minimizing the number of needed swaps. A “swap” swaps two elements on the grid——2 letters or a letter and a space. Note that the swaps should be performed prior to the insertion of the forgotten letters.
Each puzzle comes with two terms:
- The maximum number of swaps needed in the optimal solution
- A list of forgotten letters Each puzzle may have multiple solutions, though just one is given.
Finally, all words involved in this puzzle are common——none of those obscure 2 letter scrabble words.
Puzzle 1:
1 swaps
letters: a, t
t
w
i
n
e
i
s
l
o
t
t
h
s
e
Solution:
t
w
i
n
e
i
l
o
t
t
h
a
s
s
e
t
Puzzle 2:
1 swaps
letters: h
a
m
b
l
e
n
d
e
c
o
y
e
s
w
e
e
t
Solution:
a
m
b
l
e
n
d
e
c
o
y
w
e
s
h
e
e
t
Puzzle 3:
0 swaps
letters: s, k, i, n
l
g
o
a
v
s
u
p
e
r
Solution:
s
i
l
k
g
n
o
a
v
s
u
p
e
r
Puzzle 4:
1 swaps
letters: e, t
w
d
a
r
e
s
a
m
s
p
a
r
e
l
Solution:
w
p
d
a
r
e
s
a
m
s
t
a
r
e
e
l
Puzzle 5:
2 swaps
letters: z
q
p
u
w
a
y
i
t
t
i
e
s
Solution:
q
e
u
w
a
y
i
t
z
i
p
s
t
Puzzle 6:
0 swaps
letters: e, w, h, i, t, e
b
g
o
l
d
u
g
r
e
e
n
Solution:
t
w
h
i
b
e
g
o
l
d
e
u
g
r
e
e
n
Puzzle 7:
1 swaps
letters: m, y
b
a
r
h
i
p
i
n
t
d
Solution:
b
a
r
h
i
p
m
i
n
t
y
d