Squaring Off

By Rosie Centrone

How many words with three, four, or five letters can you make by following the lines from letter to letter? Example: From R you can go to I but not to G. Do not include any words ending in s, or abbreviations.

Answers:

• again, agate, air, aria, ate, babe, bag, ban, bang, bar, barb, baste, bat, bear, beast, beat, bet, brag, brain, bran, brat, briar, bring, ear, east, eat, gab, gag, gain, gang, garb, gas, gate, gnat, irate, nab, nag, rag, rain, rat, rate, ring, sag, sang, sat, stab, stag, stain, stair, star, state, tab, tag, tan, tang, taste, tat, tea, tear (other answers are possible).