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Buchstabensalat (logic puzzle)

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Buchstabensalat, commonly referred to as "End View" or "Easy as ABC", is a logic puzzle.

A Buchstabensalat puzzle consists of a set of letters or "alphabet" (for instance, "A-E") and one or more empty cells in the form of a grid, where either end of some columns and rows are labeled with a letter in the alphabet. To solve the puzzle, one must place the letters of the alphabet in the grid such that

  • every row and column contains each letter of the alphabet once and only once
  • "looking in" from the end of a labeled row or column, the first letter "seen" (skipping blank spaces) is the letter specified.
  • Example

    An example of one of this variety of puzzle is as follows:

    The solution to this example would be:

    As this solution meets all the required components.

    References

    Buchstabensalat (logic puzzle) Wikipedia