Squint-Word Puzzles: 030 Paperback – March 16, 2026

45 Squint-Word Puzzles per puzzle page.588 puzzle pages per puzzle book588 times 45 means 26,640 puzzles per puzzle book.999 puzzle books the series.999 times 588 times 45 means 26,433,540 puzzles the series.What is a Squint-Word Puzzle?Take puzzle one, of book one, of the series, for example:ABLMHSXPTZRQKFYVGWNDOJIECU FOSTWY ......You are asked to find the longest word spelled out in a broken fashion (see below) in the given permutation of the alphabet.Obviously, I do not come right out and tell you that the sought-after word is syndic.That would defeat the purpose.By the way, syndic is a bona fide dictionary word.A syndic is a municipal magistrate in some countries.A syndic is also an agent of a university or corporation.FOSTWY is the key to SYNDIC.For starters, the length of FOSTWY tells you that the length of the sought-after word is six letters.Furthermore:F is the 6th letter of ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and S is the 6th letter of ABLMHSXPTZRQKFYVGWNDOJIECU.0 is the 15th letter of ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and Y is the 15th letter of ABLMHSXPTZRQKFYVGWNDOJIECU.S is the 19th letter of ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and N is the 19th letter of ABLMHSXPTZRQKFYVGWNDOJIECU.T is the 20th letter of ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and D is the 20th letter of ABLMHSXPTZRQKFYVGWNDOJIECU.W is the 23rd letter of ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and I is the 23rd letter of ABLMHSXPTZRQKFYVGWNDOJIECU.Y is the 25th letter of ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and C is the 25 letter of ABLMHSXPTZRQKFYVGWNDOJIECU.The solution to each puzzle is given as the result of applying a monoalphabetic substitution cipher to the sought-after word.Finally, a word that is spelled out in a broken fashion is spelled out letter-by-letter, in order, left-to-right, but not consecutively.You cannot find SYNDIC spelled out as such in ABLMHSXPTZRQKFYVGWNDOJIECU.But, if you squint, you can find SYNDIC spelled out there as ...S...Y...ND...I...C.... Read more