Thursday 16 October 2014

NG 494

New game 494 is now available.


Round 1: A E D O E N L M S

My selection: LEMONADES


Round 2: S B C I E E C H S

My selection: BEECH
Best: SEICHES


Round 3: Target 791 from 25 50 75 6 5 5

The target is unreachable, so one off is the best to be done.

My selection: 790 = (75 + 6 - 100/50)*(5 + 5)  [1 off]


Round 4: C F T U A N H S O

My selection: COUNTS
Best: TOUCANS


Round 5: D L T N E O M I Q

My selection: LENTOID


Round 6: Target 439 from 25 75 2 9 8 3

My selection: 439 = 9*2*25 - 8 - 3


Round 7: E N U E R Z D O M

My selecton: ZEROED
Best: MOURNED


Round 8: Target 156 from 25 50 8 3 10 7

My selection: 156 = 3*(50 + 10 - 8)


Round 9: CLAIM WISH

My selection: [N/A -- conundrum chosen explicitly]
Best: WHIMSICAL

3 comments:

Mike Backhouse said...

I found this hard today.

DEMEANS (great full monty Geoff)
CHESS
Geoff's way
TOUCH
MINTED
(8-2)*75-(9+3)=438 (1 off)
DOZER
Geoff's way
x a hard one (for me anyway)

Geoff Bailey said...

Thanks, Mike, and I agree that it felt hard today -- for a time, DEMEANS was the best I had in that first round.

Sam G said...

1. DAEMONS. Good spot, Geoff.
2. CHESS
3. one off: 790 = (5+6)*75 - 25 - 50/5
4. TOUCANS
5. MINTED
6. 439 = (75-25)*9 - 8 - 3
7. MODERN
8. 156 = 10*25 - 3*50 + 8*7 or (8+7)*10 + 3*50/25
9. WHIMSICAL - 4.6s