There are, 3, magic word squares whose top row (and hence leftmost column) is the word, [h, e, x, i] Here there are [h e x i] [ ] [e g i s] [ ] [x i i i] [ ] [i s i s] [h e x i] [ ] [e m i r] [ ] [x i i i] [ ] [i r i s] [h e x i] [ ] [e v i l] [ ] [x i i i] [ ] [i l i a]