TurkZeka 2005/3 Puzzle Competition

Puzzle #4:
Country Location


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fill the table above using the countries given below.
Maximize the number of countries you use.
All letters of each country have to be in neighbour cells.
The neighbourhood can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal and the letters do not have to be linear.
A cell in a country name  can be used more than once.

ARUBA

CUBA

LATVIA

PANAMA

BOLIVIA

FIJI

MALI

POLAND

BRAZIL

GHANA

MALTA

ROMANIA

BULGARIA

GUAM

NAURU

SAMOA

CANADA

GUATEMALA

NIUE

UGANDA

CHAD

HAITI

OMAN

 

CHINA

INDIA

PALAU

 

You can see an example below.
But, because the current design in the example can affect future locations negatively,
you might need to change them.

EXAMPLE :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARUBA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL

To make points, you have to locate at least 20 of 26 countries.
In case you locate all countries, you will make 5 extra points per each empty cells.
If you can not locate all countries, then the maximum number of empty cells can be 5,
otherwise you can not make any points.
Detailed information about points and formulas are in the Excel file that you are going to use for your solution.

 To download the file, click here.