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Peter Mabey

Only an equaller, but I suppose FEINTER might be allowed as 'more feint', even though it's not listed as a derivative of the verb.

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VENERATES or ENERVATES

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pianism

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CASTOR as equaller

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Doesn't this thread belong under "off-topic" ? - though presumably words with apostrophes are disallowed.
BTW, GBShaw never used them, as he didnt (sic) consider them necessary.

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I agree with the banning of powers, as the problem is to use the four standard operations, whilst negative numbers can always be avoided by a simple rearrangement. However, it's likely that some combinations of target and given numbers could only be achieved using fractions - my example didn't use t...

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PLENTY also

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Has it been stated that fractions are not allowable in the numbers round?
For example in the last round yesterday (August 25th) the target was 342, from 100,75,50,25,5,1.
Could one have said (75+1)x(5-25/50) ?

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I agree that Carol (presumably having been thinking of that solution) did seem to correct what had been said, so I hope contestant had written down a correct method. I'd have been really unhappy if the game had turned on the result of the round. BTW, my method (out of time) was (75+1)x(100+5x25)/50=...

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Another alternative for last numbers (found in time

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(25+9)x(8+5+1)=476

Peter Mabey · Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 22 July 2008 UNPERSON round 2

UNPERSON round 2

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I did (9+5+5-6)x75+1=976

Also the initial number needn't be less than 10, as you just get a 4-digit answer, and you just take the first two. (You do need to be aged less than 100, though.

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Julian Fell wrote:Peter you actually got that within the 30 seconds?

No, it took most of the ad break, saw 13x76 immediately (hence my initial cancelled post which got that wrong

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As that didn't work, looked at 19x52, 26x38 being a non-starter.

Peter Mabey

The solution given for the first numbers is wrong, and doesn't even use the given numbers.

My solution was (50+2)x(75-25+7)/3 = 988

Peter Mabey · Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 15 July 2008 First numbers (50+2)x(75-25+7)/3=988

First numbers
(50+2)x(75-25+7)/3=988

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Tuesday 15 July 2008 First try was wrong

First try was wrong

Peter Mabey

A few others I've come across - AREG (plural of ERG - desert, not work) and EMALANGENI (from LILANGENI). Chambers also has AFLAJ (from FALAJ) - useful in Scrabble, but they're not in NODE.

Peter Mabey

After having WALDOS in an earlier round, I was hoping ANSIBLES might also have made it from SF to the dictionary, but are disadvantaged by not having being really invented yet. (Though the device does give its name to an invaluable SF newsletter)

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Matt Coates wrote:
PeterMabey wrote:HELOTISM - round 5
strange answer for a numbers round

sorry - was it round 6?

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HELOTISM - round 5

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smjg wrote:(10 + 7 - 8) × (6 + 5) + 75 = 174

alternatively (75-10-7)x(8-5) = 174

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equaller DISHIER

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UNSEEMLY

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enforces was there

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STRIDDEN

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Just four small: 8x9x(6+3)

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R11 MILIUM (but not MILIUMS)

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1st numbers alternative: (25x2+1)x(9+4+4)=867
2nd numbers:10(25+9(7-1)=790

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Would DEEDIEST be allowable?

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Joseph Bolas wrote:3rd Numbers Alt: 75 + ((6 + 3 + 1) x 4)

A less-obvious alternative: (75-6)x(4+1)/3

Peter Mabey

Alternatively (25+6+7-8-1)9=261

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Are EQUINOIDS (PSEUDO-HORSES) in NODE2?

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PeterMabey wrote:(75+8)/50=12
(100+12+25)7=959

Sorry, meant 75x8 etc.

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(75+8)/50=12
(100+12+25)7=959

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PECTIC

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AGONISTS

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Equaller EDITABLE

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Equaller MALONATE

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I was hoping for SAXATILE in round 2, but it seems to be Scrabble-only

Peter Mabey · Re: Wednesday 28 May 2008 Another alternative (6+1)50/2-8=175

Another alternative
(6+1)50/2-8=175

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Alternatively
(75-1)x(6+4)/4=185

Peter Mabey

I've never thought X or Z particularly bad, given the chance of EX- or -IZE words: J is often more awkward. I haven't applied yet, but I think it would be fun to ask for the two middle numbers from the top, the two under them in the next row, and the one to our left under them in the next two rows, ...

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I'm surprised that Susie gave credecence to the 'polite' explanation of "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". According the Royal Navy archives, there is no evidence that cannon balls were ever stored on brass plates called 'monkeys'. In any case, if such were made with so ...

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