Playing along with the SBS game show Letters and Numbers.
ROTTING (presume can't add a S?)CANCERS(5+10+2)*(100-75)+10=436 (3 off) and just after 5*100-75+10-2=433 TANGLE TENURES4*(50+7+7)+6/3=258 (went over) HAIL6*(100-25)+9+3=462x
You are right that you can't add the S to make ROTTINGS. Some nice results from you today; I particularly like TENURES.1. GENITORS (also TRITONES; saw GRITSTONE, which Scrabble allows, but was right to avoid it)2. CANCERS3. 433 = 5*(75 + 10) + 10 - 24. CONGEAL (saw OCTANGLE, but was right about the Macquarie not listing it)5. TUREENS (best: EXTERNES)6. 258 = 6*(50 - 7)7. DAHLIA8. 462 = (100 - 25 + 3 - 1)*69. [N/A -- chosen, but the answer is EULOGISED]
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ROTTING (presume can't add a S?)
CANCERS
(5+10+2)*(100-75)+10=436 (3 off) and just after 5*100-75+10-2=433
TANGLE
TENURES
4*(50+7+7)+6/3=258 (went over)
HAIL
6*(100-25)+9+3=462
x
You are right that you can't add the S to make ROTTINGS. Some nice results from you today; I particularly like TENURES.
1. GENITORS (also TRITONES; saw GRITSTONE, which Scrabble allows, but was right to avoid it)
2. CANCERS
3. 433 = 5*(75 + 10) + 10 - 2
4. CONGEAL (saw OCTANGLE, but was right about the Macquarie not listing it)
5. TUREENS (best: EXTERNES)
6. 258 = 6*(50 - 7)
7. DAHLIA
8. 462 = (100 - 25 + 3 - 1)*6
9. [N/A -- chosen, but the answer is EULOGISED]
Great reading your bblog post
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