New game 452 is now available.
Round 1: T N S L C O A A T
I was just a bit too slow to see CATTALOS here. Oh, well.
My selection: COASTAL
Best: CATTALOS
Round 2: E G P F L S I W E
The (relatively) findable six here was LIEGES.
My selection: PILES
Best: SPIEGEL
Round 3: Target 279 from 100 4 3 2 9 10
My selection: 279 = (2*(10 + 4) + 3)*9
Round 4: A R R D I N O E R
My selection: ORDAINER
Round 5: O S C E A U N M D
My selection: CONSUMED
Round 6: Target 392 from 100 50 8 6 2 8
My selection: 392 = 8*50 - 8
Round 7: B T X I P A T O I
My selection: PATIO
Round 8: Target 984 from 75 25 100 8 3 3
My selection: 984 = 3*(100 + 25 + 3) + 8*75
Round 9: WIRY TREKS
My selection: [N/A -- conundrum chosen explicitly]
Best: SKYWRITER
4 comments:
COASTAL
WEEPS
3*100-(10+9+2)=279
DRAINER
MOUNDS and wondered after time about UNCASED
(6-2)*100-8=392
PATIO
Went over time looking for 8*123 and 3*328 and only came up with (3*3)*100+75+8=983 (1 off)
x
Yes, UNCASED is good -- it's come up a few times here before. And I feel your pain in round 8; 8*123 looked very tempting but just can't work out (although computer checking reveals a solution of the form 4*246). Neither does 3*328, so there's a lot of room to wander down tempting but unworkable paths.
1. COASTAL
2. SWIPE
3. 2x100+(4+3)x10+9=279
4. ORDAINER
5. CONSUMED
6. (6-2)x100-8=392
7. PATIO
8. 8x(100+25-3)+3=979 (5 off)
9. X
Some good answers above.
1. TALONS/ATONAL
2. PILES. I recall David Astle saying in Ep342 that SELFIE is not listed yet.
3. 279 = (100-9+2)*3
4. RANDIER
5. CONSUMED
6. 392 = 8*50 - 8
7. PATIO
8. one off: 983 = (3*100 + 25)*3 + 8
9. SKYWRITER - 14.6s
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