A self-referential puzzle

I’m bored, so I decided to amuse myself with a self-referential puzzle. This post on brainwagon.org (including the title “a self-referential puzzle” but not any footers) contains thirteen As, four Bs, four Cs, seven Ds, fifty five Es, nineteen Fs, five Gs, ten Hs, twenty nine Is, fourteen Ls, four Ms, thirty three Ns, seventeen Os, five Ps, twenty Rs, thirty eight Ss, thirty five Ts, eleven Us, nine Vs, six Ws, two Xs, nine Ys, and seven Zs.

4 thoughts on “A self-referential puzzle

  1. Mark Post author

    I left another one of these running in my simulated annealing program, and generated a new .signature file:

    This brainwagon.org dot signature contains nine As, three Bs, three Cs, 
    three Ds, thirty five Es, five Fs, seven Gs, nine Hs, seventeen Is, three 
    Ls, three Ms, twenty five Ns, nine Os, eleven Rs, twenty seven Ss, twenty
    two Ts, two Us, nine Vs, eight Ws, and five Ys. <brainwagon@gmail.com>
    

    What’s cool is that it actually fits in four lines and ran for over 10 hours before stumbling onto the right solution.

  2. Mark Post author
    This brainwagon dot signature has nine As, three Bs, two Cs, three Ds, 
    thirty nine Es, seven Fs, seven Gs, eleven Hs, fifteen Is, one J, four Ls, 
    three Ms, twenty five Ns, thirteen Os, one P, one Q, twelve Rs, twenty 
    seven Ss, twenty three Ts, four Us, eight Vs, eight Ws, one X, five Ys, 
    and one Z.  <brainwagon@gmail.com>
    

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