Re: iXML puzzle

Prompted by Fredrik's solution, I've now written the code to check for possible ambiguities. It turns out that the puzzle is ambiguous in some places, because a few words taken together can overlap on multiple different characters. So now I have to work out how to refine the rules to eliminate those ambiguities. (I say "I have to" as though my life depends on it in some way. But you know what I mean.)

Thanks to Fredrik and Norm for the playtesting!

BTW
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Dr. Bethan Tovey-Walsh 

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> On 7 May 2026, at 09:45, Fredrik Öhrström <oehrstroem@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Very nice puzzle! Sent a solution to Bethan for verification so as to not spoil it for everyone else.
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> I was so hoping that the 5 letter word with only consonants would be the welsh musical instrument crwth. Alas it was not.
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> //Fredrik
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> On Wed, 6 May 2026, 07:47 Alan Painter, <alan.painter@gmail.com> wrote:
> Android Gmail proposes to translate.
> 
> Mae Google yn wirion ffôl.
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> <Screenshot_20260506_074223_Gmail.jpg>
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> On Wed, May 6, 2026, 00:03 Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie> wrote:
> On 05/05/2026 23:00, Peter Flynn wrote:
> > Talk to you all next week.
> 
> Sorry, this was not for this group.
> 
> P
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Received on Thursday, 7 May 2026 11:46:46 UTC