Playing along with the SBS game show Letters and Numbers.
STRIPED TRAUMA(3+3)*10+100=160 (1 off)TRAIL (wondered about UPTRAIL not in my second edition)COWED and MEDICS just after3*(100+4)=312 (1 off) CANNIEST(5+2+1)*(100-1)=792 (8 off, only scraped in to scoring range) x grrr
No UPTRAIL in my fifth, either.1. SPIRITED2. TRAUMA3. 161 = 10*25 - 100 + 8 + 34. RITUAL5. WISDOM6. 311 = 3*100 + (50 - 6)/47. CONTAINS (many other eights; Scrabble allows CANTONISE and ENACTIONS, but neither is in the Macquarie)8. 783 = (5 + 2 + 1)*(100 + 1) - 259. [no answer -- took me 75 seconds to find OVERUSING]
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STRIPED
TRAUMA
(3+3)*10+100=160 (1 off)
TRAIL (wondered about UPTRAIL not in my second edition)
COWED and MEDICS just after
3*(100+4)=312 (1 off)
CANNIEST
(5+2+1)*(100-1)=792 (8 off, only scraped in to scoring range)
x grrr
No UPTRAIL in my fifth, either.
1. SPIRITED
2. TRAUMA
3. 161 = 10*25 - 100 + 8 + 3
4. RITUAL
5. WISDOM
6. 311 = 3*100 + (50 - 6)/4
7. CONTAINS (many other eights; Scrabble allows CANTONISE and ENACTIONS, but neither is in the Macquarie)
8. 783 = (5 + 2 + 1)*(100 + 1) - 25
9. [no answer -- took me 75 seconds to find OVERUSING]
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