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Full Description
Word Pivot is a game about building words, called "column words", off of each letter of a given five letter word called a "pivot word". In order to be valid, these words must follow three rules:
- The column word must be a valid English five letter word that is not a proper noun.
- The column word must share only one letter with the pivot word that is in the same position as both the pivot word and the column word.
- The column word must share only one letter with its adjacent column word neighbors that is in the same position as the column word.
Examples
CHILL is an invalid word for the column word off of C because the "I" in CHILL is in the same position as the "I" in CLINKS.
This is signified by the "I" in chill being highlighted in red.
If we change the column word to CHAIR instead, then it will appear green, meaning the word was accepted. Notice that the column word still contains an "I" in it, but that the position of that "I" has changed.
It is now in position 4 of the column word, where as the "I" in the pivot word, CHILL, is in position 3, thus there is no violation.
Putting CLAMP as the column word for "L" will raise three rule violations. Firstly, the "C" in CLAMP is overlapping with the position of the "C" in the pivot word. Secondly, the "A" in CLAMP is in the 3rd position, but the column word CHAIR also has an "A" in the 3rd position leading to a violation, thus making both words invalid.
Changing CLAMP to SLEEP resolves the conflict resulting in a second green column.
For the third column word, trying STILT is invalid due to both column words 2 and 3 having an "S" entered in the first position.
Changing the STILT to DRILL resolves the conflict.
We continue this until all columns appear in green meaning that the puzzle was completed. Take note of column words 2 (SLEEP) and 4 (SCANT). Notice how they both start with an "S", but there is no rule violation.
This is because letter restrictions only apply to adjacent column words and the pivot word.
