WedgoLogic Game Play - How to Solve the Puzzles

1) At the top of the page are blanks, each blank represents one letter within the word, name, or phrase to be solved.

2) To solve the puzzle use the list of clue words below. This list of words, known as the Word Wedge, shows each clue word with a number (0, 1, 2, 3, or 4). This number indicates the number of letters in the clue word that are incorrect.

3) Letter order is key.  The correct letters within the clue words are present in the answer in the same order as seen in the clue word.

4) Word Wedges are composed of clue words listed in ascending order by word length (i.e. fewest number of letters first, followed by longer and longer words) and alphabetized forming the Word Wedge. Note that the order the word clues are provided in the Word Wedge is not a clue. Capital letters also are not a clue and may not remain capital in the puzzle solution. Dashes are not present in solutions and should be ignored like spaces and not treated as letters.

Here is a simplified example:

__ __ __ __

0 are

0 car

These clue words tell you:

- The answer includes at least one a, c, e and r.

- There is an a before the r in the answer.

- There is a c before the a in the answer.

- There is an e after the r in the answer.

The four blanks indicate the answer is a 4 letter word.

Knowing this, solving this WedgoLogic puzzle is easy:

c a r e

Note: The answer is not race, even though this word also contains the same letters, the letter order provided in the clues is inconsistent with this answer. The letter order provided in the clues is one important difference that separates WedgoLogic puzzles from word scramble puzzles.  The Word Wedge clues add an extra dimension of logic and reasoning required to derive the answer.

Let’s see what happens with a longer answer word and a few more clues:

__ __ __ __ __ __

0 are

0 car

1 reed

1 tree

These two new clues each contain one incorrect letter, as designated by the number 1 in front of the words.  However, one may notice they both contain ree, making it likely that there is a second e following the known re. So far using all of these clues, we’ve deduced: caree

Although another clue may not be needed to guess the answer: career, a final clue will verify our guess is correct:

2 steer

This clue contains two wrong letters.  We know ee is correct and that s and t must be incorrect because we cannot create a word using an s or a t before the ee:

scaree, csaree, casree, carsee, nor tcaree, ctaree, catree, cartee, all don’t make a word.

Only using the r after the ee works. Answer is: career

More WedgoLogic puzzle examples:

0 ton is a valid clue for the answers: stone, tones, tony, cotton, town, thorn, but would not work for the answers: knot, north, or Ontario because letter order is not preserved.

 

1 cap is a valid clue for the answers: sap, cat, cop, apple, except, mocha, but would not work for the answers:

recap, caps, capital (the clue 0 cap not 1 cap would be correct);

nor for pact, patch, pal, act (the letter order provided in the clue 1 cap is not consistent with these answers).

 

2 ample is a valid clue for the answers: steeple, lamp, people, marble, came and please, but would not work for the answers:

apple, grapple, staple, campers nor maple, (the clue 1 ample not 2 ample would be correct);

nor for example (the clue 0 ample would be correct not 2 ample);

nor for leap, mop, apt, pool, meat, lumber (the clue 3 ample would be correct not the clue 2 ample);

nor for elms, lop, help (the letter order provided in the clue 2 ample is not consistent with these answers).

Tips:

To solve WedgoLogic puzzles using Word Wedge clues, logic and pattern recognition to deduce which letters are correct and incorrect from the clues is the key. Being meticulous in keeping track of the order the letters are presented to help solve the word or phrase is also an important tool.  Finally, using a bit of intuition and guessing to fill in the blanks may help solve some puzzles faster as you gain more experience playing the game.

Enough examples and tips! The best way to learn a new game is to try it. If needed, the answers are provided in the back of the puzzle books.

Good luck and have fun!