Challenge #265: Keep In Touch

[AngelosPachis]

Nice one for this week. Managed to get there without a macro and I'm sure that there is a way to reduce the number of joins, but happy with it in overall 😀

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[OllieClarke]

Fun Challenge 🙂 

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I found that 4 words could be made with more than 1 combination of contiguous states (e.g. CONDEMNS - CO,MN,NE,SD or CO,NE,NM,SD) so I included all combinations in my answer.

[Kenda]

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[balajilolla]

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[phottovy]

Similar to others, I found several other words as well as several state combos that cover certain words:

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[cchandler21]

Solution attached!

[TonyA]

Similar to others, I found multiple combinations of states that could cover some of the words. In particular, MN, IA, NE, and CO, have the same letters as IA, NE, CO, and NM. 

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[DaisukeTsuchiya]

Interesting challenge but my result is a bit different.

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[Ladarthure]

Lovely challenge! Thanks @CharlieS for the challenge!

[kelvin_law1]

Here is my solution:

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