Contest The Journey West

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The West Team
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Howdy cowboys and cowgirls, we have prepared a contest to celebrate the journey west, below you will find details on how to participate.


The Journey West


To celebrate the day 1000 settlers made the push west, we have prepared a contest for you.

As sometimes is said before a journey, "what do you have in this bag, the whole house?". With a reply of "yes everything but the kitchen sink". When we look back in time to the first settlers of the west especially on the oregon trail, where people actually were indeed rooting up their entire lives, we find they had limited space. Below we have made a puzzle with some of the most common essential items found on the wagon train with wagons that only held 2,500 lbs.

In the puzzle below you will be able to find 25 items and prehaps some creatures that would have been a normal part of a wagon train. There are even a few items that were carried not for survival on the trail but to increase success at the final destination, for example: rake (which is one of the 25 words you search for).

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You have until May 30, 2025 at 11:59 P.M. CET, you can submit your answers using a reply to this post. Your reply will only be visible to the Event Team until the end of the contest. Find at least 15 of the hidden words to enter the drawing, those who find all 25 will gain entry into the grand prize draw.

How can I submit my answers?

  • PLEASE ONLY POST ENTRIES AS REPLIES TO THIS THREAD.

What are the prizes for this content?

All participants will receive a can of spinach


Prizes to be randomly drawn:
1st- 500 nuggets
2nd- 300 nuggets
3rd- 200 bonds

Grand Prize Draw- 300 nuggets +energy box

Rules of the Contest

Besides the standard contest rules, other rules are in affect for this contest:


  • Make sure your labeling, writing, and/or text is clearly legible in your answer.
  • You must submit your answer in a file format that can be viewed easily and properly on the forum (JPEG or PNG).
  • Any The West volunteer staff member or Innogames employee cannot participate in this contest.
Violation of any of these rules will disqualify your submission and your post will be deleted.

Should you win a prize in the event, it can only be granted to the account that won. You may choose the EN world where a given prize is received if you play on multiple worlds. Also, if a member is successful in being drawn for a prize during the awarding phase they cannot be considered for another prize.
After the winners are announced, you will need to create a support ticket in order to request your reward.
For your request ticket, please select "Contest" as a ticket type, reference the "The Journey West" and report the one world where you would like to receive your reward.

You can request your prizes until June 14, 2025, 23:59 CET.

Good luck!
Please feel free to offer Feedback

Sincerely,
The West EN Event Team
 
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Caerdwyn

Well-Known Member
WORDS APPROPRIATE TO THE THEME:
Rake
Rifle
Hunting Knife
Plow
Shotgun
Biscuits
Hoe
Cow
Pot
Flour
Can (or Flour Can?)
Pistol
Broad Axe (or just Axe)
Coffee
Lard
Bacon
Pot
Oxen
Plane
Saw
Tea
Hog
Mallet
Shovel
Feed


WORDS ALSO PRESENT:
Role
Too
Jobs
Feet
Dad
Sew
Rim
Fan
Tax
Hear
Get
Tire
 

Andrej93

Well-Known Member
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Found 31 valid words - if any of numbered is not valid according to oranizer, please use another one from extra ones.
 
1- PISTOL
2-RAKE
3-PLOW
4-BISCUITS
5-BRAG
6-FEED
7-HOE
8-PLANE
9-SHOVEL
10-FLOUR
11-BROADAXE
12-OXEN
13-AIMS
14-BACON
15-TIRE
16-CORN
17-MALLET
18-JOBS
19-TOBY
20-CLOTHING
21-COFFEE
22-SHOTGUN
23-HUNTING KNIFE
24-RIFLEX
25-COW
26-POT
w0rdsearch1.png
 

Harriet Oleson

Well-Known Member
Hi,
My answer :

w0rdsearch2.jpg

Horizontal (from left to right and up to down) :
1- pistol, 2- plow, 3- biscuits, 4- lard, 5- hoe, 6- plane, 7- oxen, 8- cow, 9- riffle, 10- hunting knife

Vertical (from left to right and up to down) :
11- sugar, 12- flour, 13- scythe, 14- broadaxe, 15- shovel, 16- coffee, 17- shotgun

Diagonally " \ " from left to right:
18- mallet, 19- corn, 20- rake

Diagonally " / " from left to right :
21- bacon, 22- saw, 23- clothing, 24- tea, 25- wheat

But there were some words I had a doubt, like flour is near "can" and "flour can" exists, as well as "a can" alone (as a pot). Same with cow is near "pot", and "cowpot" exists as well as "pot" alone. I'm pretty sure there were pots and cans in the wagons but the words weren't written in the website I found talking about oregon trails, so I prefered to let it this way. Just to tell there were more words than this in the grid (like timer, feet, etc), so I hope I made the good choices ... I only kept the words I found in the grid AND in the websites talking about first settlers on the oregon trails.
 

The Kaizen Kid

Well-Known Member
Howdy cowboys and cowgirls, we have prepared a contest to celebrate the journey west, below you will find details on how to participate.


The Journey West


To celebrate the day 1000 settlers made the push west, we have prepared a contest for you.

As sometimes is said before a journey, "what do you have in this bag, the whole house?". With a reply of "yes everything but the kitchen sink". When we look back in time to the first settlers of the west especially on the oregon trail, where people actually were indeed rooting up their entire lives, we find they had limited space. Below we have made a puzzle with some of the most common essential items found on the wagon train with wagons that only held 2,500 lbs.

In the puzzle below you will be able to find 25 items and prehaps some creatures that would have been a normal part of a wagon train. There are even a few items that were carried not for survival on the trail but to increase success at the final destination, for example: rake (which is one of the 25 words you search for).





You have until May 30, 2025 at 11:59 P.M. CET, you can submit your answers using a reply to this post. Your reply will only be visible to the Event Team until the end of the contest. Find at least 15 of the hidden words to enter the drawing, those who find all 25 will gain entry into the grand prize draw.

How can I submit my answers?

  • PLEASE ONLY POST ENTRIES AS REPLIES TO THIS THREAD.

What are the prizes for this content?

All participants will receive a can of spinach


Prizes to be randomly drawn:
1st- 500 nuggets
2nd- 300 nuggets
3rd- 200 bonds

Grand Prize Draw- 300 nuggets +energy box

Rules of the Contest

Besides the standard contest rules, other rules are in affect for this contest:


  • Make sure your labeling, writing, and/or text is clearly legible in your answer.
  • You must submit your answer in a file format that can be viewed easily and properly on the forum (JPEG or PNG).
  • Any The West volunteer staff member or Innogames employee cannot participate in this contest.
Violation of any of these rules will disqualify your submission and your post will be deleted.

Should you win a prize in the event, it can only be granted to the account that won. You may choose the EN world where a given prize is received if you play on multiple worlds. Also, if a member is successful in being drawn for a prize during the awarding phase they cannot be considered for another prize.
After the winners are announced, you will need to create a support ticket in order to request your reward.
For your request ticket, please select "Contest" as a ticket type, reference the "The Journey West" and report the one world where you would like to receive your reward.

You can request your prizes until June 14, 2025, 23:59 CET.

Good luck!
Please feel free to offer Feedback

Sincerely,
The West EN Event Team
Well here's my effort at solving the Puzzle, I got a funny feeling I picked a few red herrings lol
I am Surprised that a few words are missing that i would have thought be essential ie Rope, Salt, Dried Meats, Dog/s, Chickens, Beans, Hammer (and other tools)..
 

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Sam Thomas

Member
Left to right: 7
Plow
Biscuits
Hoe
Ale
Cow
Pot
Rifle

Right to left: 5
Pistol
Lard
Plane
Hog
Knife

Up to down: 3
Flour
Can
Shovel

Down to up: 4
Sugar
Scythe
Coffee
Shotgun

Top left to bottom right: 3
Mallet
Corn
Feed

Bottom right to top left: 1
Rake

Bottom left to top right: 2
Tea
Clothing (or cloth? - I believe they brought both, but my English isn't good enough to tell if one would be more correct here, so went with longest word)




And just "south west" of middle, there's one thing settlers did bring, but I bet is not in this crossword: "War" (on the natives).

Thanks for the fun!
 
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