I was rummaging through a trunk in the attic when I found this vintage game. It is some sort of pinwheel or propeller mounted on a board. The propeller has a cryptic series of letters painted on it, and the board has four cryptic series of letters painted on it. As the propeller spins on the board, it forms words as it turns.
Scroll down to watch it spin:
I
N ·
S
T ·
A
N ·
T
·
A R H F • S E M H P
R
N
M
T
N
T
N
A R H F • · S T E A M S H I P
R
N
M
T
N
T
N
A R H F • S E M H P
·
T
R ·
A
N ·
S
M ·
I
T
N
T
N
A R H F • S E M H P
·
T
R
A
N
S
M
I
T
N
T
N
A R H F • S E M H P
·
T
· R
A
· N
S
· M
I
T
N
T
N
A I R S H A F T · • S E M H P
R
N
M
T
I
· N
S
· T
A
· N
T
·
A R H F • S E M H P
R
N
M
T
I
N
S
T
A
N
T
·
A R H F • S E M H P
R
N
M
T
I
N ·
S
T ·
A
N ·
T
·
A R H F • S E M H P
R
N
M
T
I notice that the horizontal words always read from left to right, and the vertical words always read from top to bottom. So that means the propeller will sometimes read "forward" in the word, while other times it will read "backward" in the word. (More precisely: Sometimes the propeller reads radially outward, while other times it reads radially inward.)
I found some others in the trunk, but unfortunately the propellers are missing. Maybe you can help me re-create the propellers for these boards?
See if you can deduce the propellers from the four boards below:
1.
D
E
N
S
S R S O • T E L S
L
E
I
R
2.
C
U
L
S
T I P R • T M T E S
L
O
A
D
3.
C
E
A
I
N
P O O I N • U S A T
C
S
U
E
4.
H
M
U
G
R
J M O E • H A T E T
F
R
Y
O
T
Afterword:
See the complementary puzzle here.
Answer
[I see some other people have posted partials; I haven't looked at them. But @hexomino posted 1,3 before me, and @TwoBitOperation posted 4 before me.]
1
S R S O
E P E S
D E N S
~
T E L S
S E P E
L E I R
2
T I P R
S R P E
C U L S
~
T M T E S
E P R S
L O A D
3
P O O I N
R M T O
C E A I N
~
U S A T
O T M R
C S U E
4
J M O E
A B R E
H M U G R
~
H A T E T
E R B A
F R Y O T
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