This type of word puzzle is a featured regularly in “The Enigmaâ€, the NPL’s monthly puzzle book. It is generally a thoughtful, witty or downright funny quote.
HOW TO PLAY:
A quotation is divided into trigrams, which are presented in alphabetical order. A leftover letter or bigram goes at the end, not alphabetically. All words and punctuation are shown in the enumeration, with capitalization indicated by *, as in this example:
(4 10 2 6 3 3’1 5 12 6 3 3’1 4 3 6 3 3’1 4. 5* 6*)
adf ali alk can ein ewh ewh for gpe kjo kza ntt ntw oca oca opl opl peo ple ppa ran rit roc smi spe ter tre urn vie who win
Solvers arrange the trigrams, using the given word lengths, to find the quotation and author, whose name is usually included after the quotation. In the example:
Answer: Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read. Frank Zappa
So, using the example, here is an anaquote to try your hand at:
THE PUZZLE:
“Energized†Anaquote
arg bat bun dch ene edw ith nya rgi rre ste ter zer y
Answer: [spoiler] Energizer Bunny arrested, charged with battery. [/spoiler]
