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Boggle, Boggle Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/26/2020
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache container is not at the listed coordinates.

Another Thanksgiving treat. A friend has been doing Nylimb puzzles (I highly recommend them all. Classics) and I fondly recalled his Reverse Boggle puzzle, which has, sadly, been archived. This puzzle is a tribute to him.

You'll need to figure out the Boggle square of letters I used. Boggle is a game in which players make words from a random 4x4 grid of letters. Letters in the word must be horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent, and the line connecting the letters of a word can cross over itself, but letters cannot be reused. So, for example, in the image below, you could make FIZZYMAGIC but not CACHE, which would require re-use of the C.

boggle example

Once you have figured out the square of letters, then you will need to find three words in it that can be used to obtain the coordinates of the final container.

In the square, you can make the following words:

    anemosis
    asinine 
    erasing 
    isomer  
    jinnis  
    joist   
    pastries
    panniers
    seminars
    strewing
    trisomes

Once you have the square, you will need to find the three words for the final container position. The words are in reverse alphabetic order. They have lengths of 9, 4, and 7 letters, respectively. The digital roots of the sums of the letter values (A=1..Z=26) are 3, 4, and 6. That should be enough information to find the location! Have fun!


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgneg jvgu gur pbearef.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)