National Park Week Quiz #7 required you to derive a dozen national park “stem words” using just the letters in a 3 x 3 grid resembling a tic-tac-toe game.
You were given the letters K, E, C, S, R, Y, G, O, and F to work with, and you were told that the letter R must be used in every stem word created.
By following these rules it is possible to create a surprising number of national park stem words. A total of 15 are listed below with 26 different national parks that have one of these words in their name.
CREEK
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Rock Creek Park**
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
CROSS
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
FERRY
Harpers Ferry National Military Park
FORGE
Valley Forge National Historical Park
FORK
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
GEORGE
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park**
George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway
GORGE
New River Gorge National River
REEF
Buck Island Reef National Monument
Capitol Reef National Park
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
REYES
Point Reyes National Seashore
ROCK
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Rock Creek Park**
ROCKS
City of Rocks National Reserve
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
ROCKY
Rocky Mountain National Park
ROGER
Roger Williams National Memorial
ROGERS
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park**
ROSS
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
** Contains two qualifying stem words.
Congratulations to the Traveler readers who produced 12 or more national park stem words from the word cube: Ken, viewmtn, OutInTheStiks, celbert, y_p_w, Ranger Dave, Caprice Kutz, Eric, Kevin M, David Crowl, volknitter, Jason, JanetinKY, ILoveRoadTrips, andcla03, Mizzou Bluke, EEW, RC, s, Clara, jchappell740, deskbound parky, and Eric Nelson. All are eligible for Traveler’s National Park Week prize drawing and a chance to win a National Geographic Trails Illustrated Map for a national park of their choice.
Comments
Nice catch, celbert. The correct number is 15, not 17 as I originally said. (To avoid further confusion, I've made the correction.) Here;'s the weaselspeak: I double-counted -- not once, but twice. The correct count for parks was 26 too, not 25. Very sloppy of me.