NG 810

New game 810 is now available.

The re-run is episode 73; its rounds are here and its writeup is here.


Round 1: W S G T E I K O R

My selection: WORKSITE


Round 2: I D S A A C O S L

My selection: SOCIALS


Round 3: Target 366 from 75 4 1 10 10 2

My selection: 366 = (10/2)*75 - (10 - 1)


Round 4: E N F E T R C P A

The best option here is PRAEFECT, a variant spelling of PREFECT.

My selection: PERCENT
Best: PRAEFECT


Round 5: N S I C E O A R B

I spent too long during time being amused by BACONISER; I found the valid CARBONISE just a little after time ran out.

My selection: CARBINES
Best: CARBONISE


Round 6: Target 904 from 100 25 75 8 10 2

My selection: 904 = 8*(100 + 25 - 10 - 2)


Round 7: U N A N M O E G F

Two obscure sevens are the best on offer here: NOUMENA (plural of NOUMENON: "(in Kantian philosophy) that which can be the object only of a purely intellectual (non-sensuous) intuition; essentially, a postulate") and AGNOMEN ("an additional (fourth) name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as Africanus in Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus").

My selection: FOEMAN
Best: NOUMENA


Round 8: Target 818 from 50 25 9 8 1 8

My selection: 818 = (9 + 8)*50 - 25 - (8 - 1)


Round 9: DULY ALONE

My selection: UNALLOYED (3.0s)