Redhead64's Obscure Puzzle Blog!: ANSWERS: Section Six 12

Sunday, August 23, 2026

ANSWERS: Section Six 12

It's been roughly two weeks since "Section Six 12" was posted on this blog, and seventeen people have solved it since then, as you can see by the following list:

Marie desJardins
Grant Fikes
Cindy Heisler
Cathy Bowen
Pavel Curtis
Joe Bernard
Kevin Orfield
Okieboy2008
SquishmallowsUnited
Sam Levitin
Michael Lebowitz
Wendy Walker
Chris Kochmanski
Derek Allen
Steve Gunter
Mom
Lynn Sweeney

Now head below the break for the answers as well as a solver's comment!

And here are the answers in text format, in case you can't read what's in the grid:

RING 1: OUCH, FUSED, FATONE, FUMBLE, PHARMACY, EXTINCT
RING 2: AMPERE, BLUFF, DONAHUE, SCOUT, INEXACT
RING 3: NOTICES, HANDFUL, BEAM, PRETAX
RING 4: NASH, CONTEXT, RAMBLED
RING 5: SHADE, BRAXTON
RING 6: RED SOX

The letters in the starred tiles (highlighted above in yellow) unscramble to spell out CLIMAX

Solver Sam Levitin said "Great construction. I was pleasantly surprised to see no abundance of common letters like SPRT, and happy to see you use (and preserve) an X."

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WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT, THEN?

Every week on Monday, I post a new puzzle for you guys to solve. Just send me the FINAL ANSWER to each puzzle within two weeks of its posting via email (redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com) and if it's right, you'll win bragging rights and a place on the solvers list. Sometimes, I might even give away some prizes on some puzzles! Starting with puzzle #329, you can even ask for as many hints as you want from me, but you'll get a mark noting that you did so next to your name on the solvers' list.

From May 2015 until the very end of March 2021, I had made use of a "hint star" system: Each potential solver starts out with four "hint stars" that will go next to their name on the solvers list, and if you would like help on solving the puzzle (be it an alternate clue or a nudge towards a right answer or something like that), you can email me using the same email addresses that you use to send me the FINAL ANSWER, and I'll provide you with a hint as quickly as I can, but at the expense of one of those stars. So someone who solved it after two hints will get two stars next to their name, while someone who solved it with no hints gets all four stars next to their name when I post the solvers list.

Good luck, and happy solving!

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DO print out the puzzles to solve on paper OR copy-and-paste them to an image editing program and solve them there
DO e-mail me at either redhead64@chartermi.net OR itsredhead64@gmail.com to send your answers, though I'm more likely to check the former, and DO make sure you put something relevant in the title, or else it might not get read
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DON'T claim these puzzles as your own OR monetize them; I've worked hard on these!
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