Wheel of Fortune

use:

var xmlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("puzzle.xml");
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(xmlRequest);
var puzzle:XML;
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);

function xmlLoaded(e: Event): void {
puzzle = XML(e.target.data);

var myAnswers:Sprite = new Sprite();
myAnswers.name = "answers";
answers_mc.addChild(myAnswers);

var answers: XMLList = puzzle.children()[0].children();
var numAnswers: int = answers.length();
var i: int = 0;
var:int nextX = 0; // or wherever

var:int nextY = 0; // or wherever

var:int letter_spacing = 5; // or whatever

var:int leading = 30; // or whatever

for(i = 0; i < numAnswers; i++) {
var myAns:Answer = new Answer();

myAns.name = "text" + (i+1).toString();

myAnswers.addChild(myAns);

myAns.letter_txt.text = answers.attribute("text");

myAns.letter_txt.autoSize = "left";

myAns.x = nextX;

if(myAns.x+myAns.width>Stage.stageWidth){

nextY+=leading;

nextX = 0; // or whatever

}
myAns.y = nextY;
nextX += myAns.width+letter_spacing;

}

}