Wordsearch 1 [finished]

[mullardo]

Below is a wordsearch with a unknown number of tube stations in it. Points will be awarded on the most right answers, however every wrong answer will deduct a point (To stop someone posting a list of all tube stations).

PM Me your answers. Quiz ends next Monday

[Soup Dragon]

Nice one, I enjoyed having a go of this whilst munching my sandwiches this afternoon. I will just double check my answers before PM'ing you.

[Dr Who]

Sadley I can't just fill out any old words like I do with Sudoku Puzzles!
So far I have found just 6 very poor!

[Soup Dragon]

21 for me so far, but I'm convinced there are more to find.

[perkyperky]

I'm stuck at 23. I think that's it.

[mullardo]

3 people have posted their answers, people have till monday.

[Soup Dragon]

Do we have the answers yet?

[mullardo]

Answers are:

Aldgate East, Tower Hill, Barbican, Victoria,
Borough, Paddington, Chalk Farm, Paddington,
Colindale, Tooting Bec, Debden, Wimbledon,
Elm Park, Gants Hill, Highgate, Hornchurch,
Kingsbury, Ickenham, Leyton, Leytonstone,
Mill Hill East, North Wembley, Park Royal, Russell Square

24 Total points available each

Points:

Jonny: 7
perkyperky: 23
Soup Dragon: 23
hwolge: 23 (hmmm)
nozzacook: 23
tubelover1706: 14

So no-one got all 24

[hwolge]

So how come you count Paddington twice? And why isn't Aldgate allowed if Leyton is allowed?

[Starkey7]

Wembley Park is also there. Although it involves jumping a few letters and then going back on yourself.

[mullardo]

Paddington is counted twice because it is in there twice (representing both paddingtons)

Leyton and Leytonstone are both in the wordsearch uniquely (not sharing the word Leyton) whereas Aldgate would be sharing the word Aldgate. (If someone got Aldgate but not Aldgate East, they would get a 1/2 mark for finding a station)

[hwolge]

Wembley Park is also there. Although it involves jumping a few letters and then going back on yourself.

This was my response to Mullardo...

The answer wanted is probably 24, however, by strething the interpretation of the rules, it could be 26 or even 62 (very stretched).

Below are all names I found in the puzzle (and their origin [row,col]) :

Horizontal/Vertical/Forward: (8)
[6,7]: NORTHWEMBLEY
[13,8]: PADDINGTON
[17,1]: PARKROYAL
[3,9]: RUSSELLSQUARE
[8,13]: TOOTINGBEC
[7,12]: TOWERHILL
[18,1]: VICTORIA
[16,2]: WIMBLEDON

Horizontal/Vertical/Backward: (7)
[14,1]: BARBICAN
[18,15]: BOROUGH
[15,8]: ELMPARK
[13,2]: GANTSHILL
[2,15]: HORNCHURCH
[15,17]: KINGSBURY
[1,6]: LEYTON

Diagonal: (9)
2 [14,2]: ALDGATE
2 [14,2]: ALDGATEEAST
2 [9,1]: CHALKFARM
2 [10,11]: COLINDALE
2 [8,3]: DEBDEN
2 [8,10]: HIGHGATE
2 [17,17]: ICKENHAM
2 [11,3]: LEYTONSTONE
2 [14,3]: MILLHILLEAST

Furthermore, slightly stretched rules, we can find the following by moving one step at a time in all directions: (2)
[7,3]: ANGEL
[15,15]: KENNINGTON

And, having played chess in my past, by also allowing "knight moves" we can actually also find all these stations: (36)
[10,6]: ARSENAL
[6,5]: BANK
[5,6]: DOLLISHILL
[10,12]: EASTACTON
[4,7]: EASTCOTE
[6,11]: EASTHAM
[16,13]: EDGWARE
[4,4]: GRANGEHILL
[2,6]: HANGERLANE
[2,6]: HARLESDEN
[2,2]: HILLINGDON
[2,10]: HOUNSLOWEAST
[5,5]: KENSALGREEN
[5,5]: KENTON
[7,10]: LOUGHTON
[1,16]: MANORHOUSE
[10,10]: MILEEND
[1,16]: MOORGATE
[16,4]: MOORPARK
[3,5]: NEASDEN
[9,15]: NORTHACTON
[1,14]: NORTHOLT
[9,15]: NORTHWOOD
[9,15]: NORTHWOODHILLS
[1,14]: NOTTINGHILLGATE
[9,6]: PINNER
[13,8]: PLAISTOW
[9,6]: PRESTONROAD
[14,9]: REDBRIDGE
[9,2]: SHEPHERDSBUSH
[4,13]: SOUTHGATE
[10,9]: STPAULS
[3,10]: TOTTENHAMHALE
[17,12]: UPMINSTER
[11,7]: WATERLOO
[9,12]: WESTHAM

[tubeguru]

Some of you people have way too much time on your hands.

[nozzacook]

Ive eventully found Ickenham thanks great word search

[Starkey7]

HÃ¥kan you're one of a kind.