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Good contest!

WITARNAS in R7

Final numbers was (100+9-50/25)×3=321 for the easy way. But Rachel went for the showboating option.

r1 alt: LUSTERING
r6 alt: 100+75-(7*5)+8=148
r13: STOWABLE

Howie Myers wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 2:46 pm r1 alt: LUSTERING
r6 alt: 100+75-(7*5)+8=148
r13: STOWABLE

Neither word appears to be in.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:15 am Final numbers was (100+9-50/25)×3=321 for the easy way. But Rachel went for the showboating option.

Maybe so, but it also had the virtue of being the not making the contestant look like an idiot option.

David Williams wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:44 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:15 am Final numbers was (100+9-50/25)×3=321 for the easy way. But Rachel went for the showboating option.

Maybe so, but it also had the virtue of being the not making the contestant look like an idiot option.

I've always argued that it's best to show them what they could have done and it doesn't leave everyone at home frustrated that the easy method got missed.

Edit - Similarly, if there's an obvious contestant beater in a letters selection, or they could have just stuck S on the end, you tell them. You don't just come up with an obscure alternative leaving all the viewers at home baffled.