Wednesday, 30 July 2014

NG 438

New game 438 is now available.


Round 1: U C L T O D R I A

My selection: CORDIAL


Round 2: M I H E T F I E R

My selection: HEFTIER


Round 3: Target 112 from 25 50 75 100 10 2

My selection: 112 = 100 + 10 + 2


Round 4: T O T E O L A S K

My selection: TOOTLES


Round 5: O N F G A R C U E

My selection: COURAGE


Round 6: Target 811 from 50 75 7 4 2 9

My selection: 811 = (9 + 7)*(50 - 4) + 75


Round 7: N G O D E D E S O

My selection: DODGES
Best: GODSEND


Round 8: Target 224 from 50 100 25 1 9 2

My selection: 224 = 9*25 - 1


Round 9: SLIMY LOGS

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

3 comments:

Mike Backhouse said...

CAROTID (I used this yesterday, and is a word -or at least the spelling- that I picked up here!)
ETHER then saw EITHER just after time
100+10+2=112
TOOTLES
UNCAGE? and presumably FARGONE is two words?
(9+2)*75-7-4=814 (3 off)
DONGED
2*100+25-1=224
x

Sam Gaffney said...

1. CORDIAL
2. HERMIT
3. 112 = ((50-10)*75 - 2*100)/25
4. LATEST
5. COURAGE
6. 811 = (75+4)*9 + 2*50
7. DODGES
8. 224 = 9*25 - 1
9. SYLLOGISM - 19.5s. Quite happy to solve it, I didn't really know this word.

Geoff Bailey said...

I'm glad to have helped with the vocabulary, Mike! UNCAGE is fine, and FARGONE is not listed, as you expected.

Congratulations on solving the conundrum, Sam, and HERMIT is a nice find.