Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/253 - The Angelica Puzzle

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $253$

The Angelica Puzzle

Draw a square with three lines in both direction and place on the intersecting points eight lettered counters as shown in our illustration.

The puzzle is to move the counters, one at a time, along the lines from point to vacant point until you get them in the order $\text {ANGELICA}$ thus:

$\begin{array} \\ A & N & G \\ E & L & I \\ C & A & .\end {array}$

Try to do this in the fewest possible moves.

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Moving Counter Problems: $253$. -- The Angelica Puzzle
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Moving Counter Puzzles: $378$. The Angelica Puzzle