Great puzzle, Will! My first idea for the mechanism proved correct but because of your clever choice of examples, I explored several other ideas before coming back to it. Kudos!
Hector 3s · 2022-06-19T14:14:08.580Z
Thank you, Will, was considering an unhealthy breakfast of orange stars and green clovers, but you've convinced me to hold out for genuine froot
so that's what it was! i knew something had to be there (after the first few froots) and tried a couple different permutations but never quite got it.
whimsy 13:49 · 2022-06-19T18:40:09.030Z
Feisty, fruity, and fun! Thanks, Will!
DebbieC 16:56 · 2022-06-19T20:12:02.635Z
Berry nice!
Got 2/3 of the answer, enough to know what else I was looking for. Thanks for a fruitful afternoon.
ReB 20s · 2022-06-19T21:56:50.321Z
Figured out the mechanism immediately but took a while to find the first loop, and more time to find the other cleverly hidden ones. Needed Google to find the last fruit (RAMBUTAN).
Bird Lives 9s · 2022-06-19T23:27:39.484Z
I don't spend much time in the cereal aisle. I guessed the mechanism immediately. (I think there was a Mike Shenk puzzle based on Cadillacs that did something similar.) And then I didn't realize how the answer was related to the title and mechanism. The relevant bit of knowledge was buried deep in my brain and it took several moments to get there.
I think you're talking about Mike's AROUND THE BLOCK puzzle - I love that one!
I K Snamhcok 1s · 2022-06-20T01:54:44.320Z
Fun looking for the fruit! Thanks, Will!
MamaEllen 2s · 2022-06-20T03:31:05.379Z
Fun!
Tyrpmom 2s · 2022-06-20T04:45:03.678Z
It’s amazing how hard they are to find.
THC 🤓4:10 · 2022-06-20T16:16:12.208Z
Never heard of a “rambutan”. After looking at a picture, not sure I'd want to eat it!
rjy 3s · 2022-06-20T16:56:44.111Z
Very clever, enjoyed it, Will!
I must say, I was initially sidetracked by the "AP-PLE" that "looped" from the bottom of column 1 to the top, googling a lot of non-existing fruit names, but was rescued by a MULBERRY
Bonnie 🤓14:24 · 2022-07-04T22:27:05.063Z
Yes! We also spotted 'apple' looping from bottom to top which derailed us for a while.
MARR71 3s · 2022-06-20T17:12:01.641Z
Had to get a hint but finally figured it out. Made me laugh remembering old commercials on Saturday morning cartoons. Yes, I am that old.
Bbaack 14:07 · 2022-06-20T19:27:28.948Z
I followed my nose to find the tasty froots! Thanks for the cleverly constructed puzzle!
Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-06-21T13:20:45.751Z
When I saw Fruit Loops, toucan was my first guess. But it took me until now to figure it out correctly! Nice one, Will!
That was tough - kept think I needed to move entries around to make loops, like PALS / PLEB to make APPLE.
Julia 🤓8:43 · 2022-06-22T00:21:04.536Z
The mechanism was fun! Found MULBERRY first, and once I had T, A, and N I could backsolve.
Meta World Peace 6s · 2022-06-23T02:34:44.480Z
I opened a new box of Froot Loops this morning and that must have been my "lucky charm"!
Jimbo 5s · 2022-06-23T18:34:19.234Z
I always hated word search homework as a kid. In metas I can respect them for the effort required by the constructor in finding words to align just so, to give the solver a challenge in finding the hidden message. This is a good one, and I think we all appreciate your efforts.
John Williams 🤓11:13 · 2022-06-23T19:02:07.851Z
My first correct meta! Loved all of it.
graham 🤓9:42 · 2022-06-23T20:26:24.425Z
so fun! solved it with my girlfriend. we had a blast :-)