Playing along with the SBS game show Letters and Numbers.
INVERT PEALS4*(100+75-7-5)=652 (2 off and went over) BANNED SWIM4*50+10-3=207 BRACED9*(75+25-2-1)=846 STAGNANCY (54s)
1. ORIENT (sadly, I rejected the valid best answer of OVERKIND; INVOKED was a findable seven)2. JASPER (best: PERUSAL)3. 654 = 7*(75 + 4) + 100 + 5 - 44. BLONDE5. MACES (best: MACAWS)6. 207 = 8*25 + 10 - 37. BROCADE (also COMRADE; another nice option here is MACABRE)8. 848 = (9 + 2)*75 - 25 - 1 - 1 [2off]9. STAGNANCY (3.5s)The best option in round 8 is to get to one away with 847 = (9 + 2)*(75 + 1 + 1). I should have seen that.
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INVERT
PEALS
4*(100+75-7-5)=652 (2 off and went over)
BANNED
SWIM
4*50+10-3=207
BRACED
9*(75+25-2-1)=846
STAGNANCY (54s)
1. ORIENT (sadly, I rejected the valid best answer of OVERKIND; INVOKED was a findable seven)
2. JASPER (best: PERUSAL)
3. 654 = 7*(75 + 4) + 100 + 5 - 4
4. BLONDE
5. MACES (best: MACAWS)
6. 207 = 8*25 + 10 - 3
7. BROCADE (also COMRADE; another nice option here is MACABRE)
8. 848 = (9 + 2)*75 - 25 - 1 - 1 [2off]
9. STAGNANCY (3.5s)
The best option in round 8 is to get to one away with 847 = (9 + 2)*(75 + 1 + 1). I should have seen that.
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