New game 510 is now available.
Round 1: L J D R B O E C A
My selection: CAJOLED
Round 2: M S O N I P O E C
My selection: MONIES
Best: EMPOISON
Round 3: Target 399 from 25 75 50 8 10 2
My selection: 399 = 8*50 + 2 - 75/25
Round 4: F O I R S R E E D
My selection: FORESIDE
Round 5: E N S I S T N E O
Sadly, SONNETISE is not valid.
My selection: TENSIONS
Round 6: Target 746 from 50 75 5 7 3 2
My selection: 746 = 2*5*75 - (7 - 3)
Round 7: L B M I R C T U E
My selection: CRUMBLE
Round 8: Target 959 from 75 6 8 3 7 2
My selection: 959 = (7 + 6)*75 - 2*8
Round 9: OWNS TEETH
Given my recent dentistry, I found it hard to pass up this form of the conundrum.
My selection: [N/A -- conundrum chosen explicitly]
Best: WHETSTONE
7 comments:
BLARED
MINCES
8*50-(75/25-2)=399
FIRERS
STEINS
(7+3)*75-5=745 (1 off and went over)
CLIMBER
6*2*(75+8-3)=960 (1 off)
x didn't know this word
1. colder
2. compose
3. 50x8-(75/25-2)=399
4. refried
5. intones
6. 2x5x75-(7-3)=746
7. climber
8. (6+7)x75-8x2=959
9. X
Thanks for the feedback on 'fuhrer', Geoff - and ditto, welcome back.
It looks like SBS are putting Countdown (the English version of Letters and Numbers that is..) on again. It's on at 4.20am Monday (tomorrow) morning, and is on at the same time for the next two Sunday mornings at least, and presumably thereafter. I need some real time practice.
Countdown is also available on SBS on demand at http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/11847747820/Countdown
1. CAJOLED
2. COMPOSE
3. 399 = 8*50 - 75/25 + 2
4. FERRIES
5. INTONES
6. 746 = (75*50 - 7 - 3)/5 - 2
7. CLIMBER
8. 959 = 2*6*75 + 7*8 + 3
9. WHETSTONE - 32.4s
Thanks, Louise. I'm afraid that REFRIED is not listed -- this caught me out a few weeks back. The safe anagram is FERRIED.
Thanks for the information about Countdown, Mike. I may have to give it a go again. SBS's numbering is as erratic as ever, as they are claiming Season 1, episodes 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, and 18. What they mean by "season 1" is the 64th season of Countdown, occupying the first half of 2011.
I played all 5 games on the SBS website over the weekend. I found my experience here really helped.
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