Thursday, 11 December 2014

NG 534

New game 534 is now available.


Round 1: H Y E O T M U R A

Both MOTHERY and OUTHEAR were tempting, but they are not listed.

My selection: AUTHOR


Round 2: S I E A D N C S O

My selection: CANDIES
Best: DIOCESANS


Round 3: Target 493 from 75 100 3 4 6 5

My selection: 493 = 5*100 - 4 - 3


Round 4: M U R W N E E S C

My selection: CREWMEN
Best: CERUMENS


Round 5: L O D B N E R A R

My selection: BLANDER
Best: BANDEROL


Round 6: Target 464 from 5 10 9 3 9 6

My selection: 464 = 5*(9*9 + 10) + 6 + 3


Round 7: E T S Z O U N G C

My selection: TONGUES


Round 8: Target 823 from 75 25 50 4 3 1

My selection: 823 = (4*3 - 1)*75 - 50/25


Round 9: EVEN INERT

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

3 comments:

Mike Backhouse said...

MOUTHER (as in someone who lip syncs, he said hopefully)
SCONED
5*100-4-3=493
RESUME
BLONDER
9*5*10+6+9=465 (1 off)
TONGUES
4*3*75-25-50-1=824 (1 off)
INTERVENE (99s-took me a while to see INTER-)

Geoff Bailey said...

No luck with MOUTHER, I'm afraid. Bad luck, Mike.

Sam G said...

1. x MOUTHER. Also considered MOTHERY.
2. SECONDS. I think I have come across DIOCESANS in the past.
3. 493 = 5*100 - 4 - 3
4. UNSCREW
5. BLANDER
6. 464 = (9*9 - 5 + 3)*6 - 10
7. CONGEST/CONTUSE
8. 823 = (4*3-1)*75 - 50/25
9. INTERVENE - 2.3s