Wednesday 21 August 2013

NG 198

New game 198 is now ready.


Round 1: E E E M R R G C E

My selection: EMERGE


Round 2: O A O R R T E P S

My selection: OPERATORS


Round 3: Target 465 from 25 9 2 7 9 10

My selection: 465 = 2*(9*25 + 9) - (10 - 7)


Round 4: A O I N S I S R T

My selection: RAISINS
Best: ARSONIST


Round 5: L S S A U O J L C

My selection: CALLOUS


Round 6: Target 539 from 25 100 8 10 4 3

My selection: 539 = (100 - 25 + 8/4)*(10 - 3)


Round 7: S W D E A A N B L

My selection: BANDSAW


Round 8: Target 343 from 75 100 10 10 8 1

My selection: 343 = (100 + 10 - 75)*10 - (8 - 1)


Round 9: THAT'S EPIC

My selection: PATCHIEST (1.9s)

7 comments:

Mike Backhouse said...

Here are mine:

MERGER
POSTER
x error. After time (9+9)*25+10+7-2=465
RATIONS
CLASS
4*(25+100+10)=540 (1 off)
SANDAL
10*(100+10-75)-(8-1)=343
x PATHETICS is all I could come up with in time

Victor said...

1. EMERGE, MERGER (EMERGER?)
2. OPERATORS
3. 465 = 2*(9*25 + 7) + 10 - 9
4. RATIONS
5. CALLOUS
6. 539 = 4*(100 + 25 + 8) + 10 - 3
7. BLENDS
8. 343 = 10*(100 - 75 + 10) - 8 + 1
9. PATCHIEST - 18.9s

Unknown said...

1. emerge
2. porters
3. (2x9)25 +7+9=466 ...1 off
4. insist
5. callous
6. (8-3)100 +25+4+10=539
7. wades
8. (100-75+8+1)10=340 ...3 off
9. thought I had it with pastiche!

Thanks for solutions to 3 and 8. Congrats on the full monty!

Geoff Bailey said...

That was a nice after time solution to the 465, Mike -- much simpler than what I found. And well done on solving the 343, which I thought was harder than it might seem at first glance.

No EMERGER in the Macquarie, Victor, so you did well to avoid it. Good work with the full monty, and nice navigation in the numbers.

Louise: PASTICHE was a lovely spot! Just a shame it wasn't the answer.

Sam Gaffney said...

1. EMERGE
2. OPERATORS
3. 465 = (9+9)*25 + 10 + 7 - 2
4. ARSONIST
5. CALLOUS
6. 539 = (100 - 25 + 8/4)*(4+3)
7. x SAWBLADE
8. 343 = 10*(100 - 75 + 10) - 8 + 1
9. x PATHETICS, but did get PATCHIEST before too long, perhaps 15s.

Ron said...

3. 465 = (9-2)*7*10 - 25

Yes, took me longer than 30 seconds but thought it a neat enough solution to post.

Geoff Bailey said...

It is a neat solution; thanks for sharing, Ron.