Happy March! It is #EnigMarch, and each day the excellent EnigMarch people post a prompt word; then puzzle nerds try to design puzzles around that word. (Today's word is sign.) That's kind of neat, if you think of a sign as a "mark." It sounds kinda like "March" and Wikipedia says that's not a coincidence:
In medieval Europe… a march was a border between realms… It seems that in Old English "mark" meant "boundary" or "sign of a boundary", and the meaning only later evolved to encompass "sign" in general, "impression" and "trace".
Anyhow, I suppose it would be appropriate for you to solve this slitherlink, finding the boundary, and then note which letter-marks are within. They should spell a word.
| 3 | 3 | C | O | 1 |
| 2 | N | 1 | 2 | L |
| O | 3 | F | O | 0 |
| S | I | 1 | N | 1 |
| 3 | E | 2 | E | 0 |
Hints and solution:
If you're not having fun but nevertheless feel compelled to solve, there are automatic slitherlink solvers out there.
If you want the answer, follow this here link to see the solution.
