Friday 5 September 2014

NG 465

New game 465 is now available.


Round 1: D I F O X E F A T

My selection: AFFIXED


Round 2: M I S O A T L R E

I was a little tempted by MORTALISE, but was right to avoid it.  No full monty on offer here.

My selection: MORALISE


Round 3: Target 467 from 25 100 8 10 1 1

My selection: 467 = (10 + 8)*(25 + 1) - 1


Round 4: A N B I C S M R A

My selection: MANIACS
Best: CARABINS


Round 5: E N S I O A C T L

I was too slow here, and found COASTLINE a little after time.  The other nine is SECTIONAL.

My selection: CANOEIST
Best: COASTLINE


Round 6: Target 565 from 75 100 5 8 2 7

My selection: 565 = 8*(75 - 5) + 7 - 2


Round 7: U O R C A H N M K

My selection: MONARCH


Round 8: Target 848 from 50 100 75 7 7 5

My selection: 848 = 7*(75 + 50) - 100/5 - 7


Round 9: LEGEND TOM

My selection: [N/A -- conunundrum chosen explicitly]
Best: LODGEMENT

6 comments:

Mike Backhouse said...

DETOX and after time TOFFIED
MAILERS
10/(1+1)=5*100-25-8=467 (went over time)
BARMAN
ELATION
5*(100+8+7-2)=565
RUCKMAN
7*(100+75/5)+50-7=848 (went over time)
x

Louise said...

1. AFFIXED
2. LOAMIEST
3. out of time with (100/1+1)x10-25-8=467
4. BARMAN
5. SECTIONAL
6. 5x100+75-8-2=565
7. RUCKMAN
8. (50/5)x75+100-7/7=849 (1 off)
9. tax time! LODGEMENT (23.6s)

Liked TOFFIED, Mike.

Sam Gaffney said...

Some good answers above. Fun rounds today.

1. OXIDATE. Couldn't see anything else better than a 5.
2. MORALISE/MORALIST. If there's a nine here, I couldn't find/recall it.
3. 467 = (25+1)*(10+8) - 1
4. x CAMBRIANS. Optimistic, only capital form. Otherwise: MANIACS
5. COASTLINE. I had a mnemonic for this! Now it doesn't feel like misspent time...
6. 565 = 5*100 + 75 - 8 - 2
7. ANCHOR
8. one off: 849 = 50/5*75 + 100 - 7/7
9. LODGEMENT - 9.5s. Took a few seconds of playing with the -MENT.

Geoff Bailey said...

No joy with TOFFIED, Mike -- the Macquarie only lists TOFFEE (with variant spelling TOFFY) as a noun, not a verb. RUCKMAN is very good!

Louise: Nice work to get the full monty in round five. LOAMIEST* sneaks in under the revised rules, but would not be valid under the show's rules.

Sam: Bold try with CAMBRIANS! And what is the mnemonic for COASTLINE?

Sam G said...

CANOEIST + L.
The first name that I associate with L, paddling in a canoe towards a coastline.

Geoff Bailey said...

Nice one, Sam. :)