the scramble solution u201c grant u201d in 55 of fig5 through the course of solving the puzzle the solution to the trivia word clue number 1 was determined to be u201c virginia u201d the puzzle grid is then used to locate the word beginning with the indicated initial letter u201c v u201d and progressing through the letters of the word from the initial letter the second letter u201c i u201d is searched for in a straight horizontal or vertical direction there are two u201c i 39 s u201d to choose from but only the u201c i u201d in a straight horizontal line in the second row and third column is a valid solution the reason is because the u201c i u201d in the second row and second column leads to only one possible u201c r u201d as the next letter being in the second row and fourth column since there are no u201c g 39 s u201d in a horizontal or vertical direction from that u201c r u201d then that solution course is not valid while the solution course using the u201c i u201d in the second row and third column is from the u201c i u201d in the second row and third column there are two possible u201c r 39 s u201d to choose from the u201c r u201d in a straight vertical line in the first row and third column is the valid solution this is because the u201c r u201d in the fourth row and third column leads to only one u201c g.