December 19 · Drawer 19
Measured Every Morning
Your puzzle is on page 42 of the book. Open one hint at a time: often the first one is enough.
Measure each spike of ice with the scale, from left to right. Turn each length into a letter.
Check your answer
Nothing is revealed if you are wrong.
First hint
Read the scale on the side: each icicle ends at a whole number.
Second hint
As on Day 5, use A=1, B=2... The first icicle is 9 long: I.
Solution
The lengths are 9, 3, 9, 3, 12, 5, which are I, C, I, C, L, E. The answer is ICICLE.
The same hints and solutions are printed in the book (pages 56, 58 and 60).