Hidden Meaning
by David Pleacher
Published in the Spring
1983 issue of the
Virginia Mathematics Teacher
In each of the following arrays of letters, a definition is hidden. Each phrase begins in the upper left hand corner and
continues through the array, one letter at a time, moving either horizontally or vertically. After discovering the definition,
write the word that corresponds to it in the space provided. (All definitions involve quadrilaterals.)
A W W O T C O N
S D T N O N E S
E N G O T U C E
G I N A I V E V
M Z I O I T R E
E N T J C E S O
A L L L I A U F
R E T A R D Q A
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A Q U E A T E R
R T A S L C E A
E R D R I A P L
C D I S H T I W
T E S E T W O P
A N P T I O F A
L G A R S P O I
E L L A O P S R
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T W O C O N G E
H E D I O Z R U
A P O L L E P T
P A R A E P A R
R T I S L F A T
S E D E S O R T
T R I A N G Z X
E U C L I A E D
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A R E T E S E N
L E S I D C U T
T C A Y I O R R
A N M E S N G S
A G T R L R T S
E L S A L R T Y
W I T H A K I C
A D E R T G H U
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A Q U A D R A E
Q E I I D E N T
U A S S S S T R
A D E L L C R E
D R I T A O N E
A C L A H H G R
P R E T T T E U
W A L W I T N N
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A T R L E L S I
T R A L A D S D
E E P E R T S E
R E O Z A I C O
A D I N P T R N
A W I O N E I G
T H T H T H I R
A D E T T N E U
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A T J O A P N O
S N E I D A R N
E G M N L L A E
T G N I E L S H
H F O S E D I T
E A T R A P A F
M D I O Z E A O
I D P O I N T S
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A P W I S R D E
R A M T H A L L
A L A R E G I R
A L R Y S H A C
L E G O M T A S
L L O O T G N E
L L A D E L E S
A D E R T M L O
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A Q U A D A D S
S U D S R I L A
D A T L A R E T
U E N W I T H T
R S R I A P O W
G O F A S E C U
N I C O N S E T
O C S E D I V I
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Thanks to Susan Courter for finding an error in #9.