ABC View (BrainBashers)
Rate itPlace one A, one B and one C in every line, guided by which letter is seen first from each edge.
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ABC View on BrainBashers is a small letter-placement puzzle. Every row and column of the 5x5 grid holds one A, one B, one C and two blanks, and the letters around the edge tell you which letter you meet first when looking in from that side.
About ABC View (BrainBashers)
ABC View is BrainBashers' version of the puzzle known elsewhere as Easy as ABC. The grid is 5x5, and every row and every column must contain exactly one A, one B and one C, with the other two squares left blank. Around the outside are clue letters with arrows. Each one names the first letter you would come to looking into the grid from that point along the row or column, skipping over blanks. Not every line has a clue at both ends.
Kevin Stone's site posts six of these a day, numbered 1 to 6, and the page says they all have a similar difficulty level. Each has its own dated page with check, pencil marks, answer, print and restart buttons, an option to show mistakes, an optional clock, and edge clues that turn grey once their letter is placed. A help page walks through a solve.
The puzzles change at midnight GMT or at the time zone you set, and the date list keeps about four weeks of earlier days. Random easy, medium and hard buttons give more puzzles beyond the daily six. BrainBashers shows no adverts and asks for no account.
At a few minutes each, the six puzzles suit a short break, and the edge clues work much like those in Skyscrapers, so players of one tend to enjoy the other.
How to play ABC View (BrainBashers)
- Open the Daily ABC View page and pick one of today's six puzzles.
- Click a square and type A, B or C; leave a square empty for a blank.
- Fill each row and column with one A, one B, one C and two blank squares.
- Match every edge clue: it is the first letter met looking into the grid from that side.
- Use pencil marks for letters a square might hold, and press check when you are done; six new puzzles arrive after midnight GMT.
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Tips
- With only two blanks in each line, a clued letter must be in one of the three squares nearest its clue.
- Each line has three letters, so the letters clued at its two ends are always different, and the third letter sits between them.
- Mark blanks as carefully as letters: each line has exactly two.
- Once a letter is placed, cross it out of every other square in that row and column.
Questions
Is ABC View the same as Easy as ABC?
It is the same kind of puzzle, under BrainBashers' own name.
What does an edge letter mean?
The first letter you come to looking into the grid from that point, ignoring blank squares.
How many puzzles are there each day?
Six 5x5 puzzles, all of a similar difficulty.
Is it free?
Yes. BrainBashers shows no adverts and needs no account; it runs on support from its players.
Can I play earlier days?
Yes. The date list on the page keeps about four weeks of earlier puzzles, and the Random buttons serve an easy, medium or hard puzzle at any time.
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