Spoilers for Wednesday, 23rd April
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Spoilers for Wednesday, 23rd April
You know what to do here.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 23rd April
RELIANT as an equaller.
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ADORNERS another equaller.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 23rd April
TSUNAMI, a bit of Japanese for you.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Nice spot. I should've got that .Martin Gardner wrote:TSUNAMI, a bit of Japanese for you.
With words like DETACHES and APEMAN, I think David just might beat Ben , hopefully I am wrong though.
EDIT: 554 variant = ((10 + 5 + 7) x 25) + 3 + 1
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By the way, you don't think Paul just used a deck of 52 queens of hearts?
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If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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The dreaded DELATIONS round
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Christine got the conundrum in about 15 seconds.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 23rd April
952
10 9 9 7 6 1
I did it!
(9 + 6) * 9 = 135
+ 1 = 136
* 7 = 952
10 9 9 7 6 1
I did it!
(9 + 6) * 9 = 135
+ 1 = 136
* 7 = 952
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I did it this way
6 * (9+7) * 10 = 960, 960 - 9 + 1 = 952.
You just know it's there when Carol says she thinks it's probably not doable.
6 * (9+7) * 10 = 960, 960 - 9 + 1 = 952.
You just know it's there when Carol says she thinks it's probably not doable.
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Bet he regrets going for 6 small.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 23rd April
I saw delations but didn't know it was a word
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 23rd April
At least you didn't do what I didBenji Hanks wrote:I saw delations but didn't know it was a word
I came up with the 9 letter words INSOLATED which is a word, but it hadn't made its way into the ODE
EDIT: Just to add, has Ben Hanks now knocked Matthew Coates out of the seed list?
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 23rd April
Yeah I came up with this straight away and was a bit surprised that Carol went a completely different way. Basically 10+7+5 is the only way to get the 22, then you've got 3 and 1 left!Joseph Bolas wrote: EDIT: 554 variant = ((10 + 5 + 7) x 25) + 3 + 1
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I think GROUSED was an equaller in round 12 (?)
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Or 5*3 + 7, or 7*3 + 1Martin Gardner wrote:YeahJoseph Bolas wrote: EDIT: 554 variant = ((10 + 5 + 7) x 25) + 3 + 1
I came up with this straight away and was a bit surprised that Carol
went a completely different way. Basically 10+7+5 is the only way to
get the 22, then you've got 3 and 1 left!
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I think Carol gets some unfair stick on here sometimes (not referring to this thread in particular but just making a general point). She occasionally misses easy numbers games, but after doing the same thing every other week for 22 years I doubt she puts full effort every time, and she manages to find excellent solutions on a regular basis.
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Well I certainly wasn't saying that - after all, she didn't miss this one!Paul Howe wrote: I think Carol gets some unfair stick on here sometimes (not referring to this thread in particular but just making a general point). She occasionally misses easy numbers games, but after doing the same thing every other week for 22 years I doubt she puts full effort every time, and she manages to find excellent solutions on a regular basis.
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R3: I wondered about GORSIEST, or is that a SOWPODS only?
I never worked out the rule for when you can and can't add "IEST", GORSY is specified in the dic.
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I never worked out the rule for when you can and can't add "IEST", GORSY is specified in the dic.
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I got ARMIGERS in round 9
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 23rd April
I think Paul Howe had it disallowed but that it was subsequently allowed so probably safer to go with STRIGOSE which is the one I (try) to remember.DaveC wrote:R3: I wondered about GORSIEST, or is that a SOWPODS only?
I never worked out the rule for when you can and can't add "IEST", GORSY is specified in the dic.
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Isn't the rule that you can have it if and only if it's listed? One-syllable adjectives only can have -ER and -EST added by default.DaveC wrote:I never worked out the rule for when you can and can't add "IEST", GORSY is specified in the dic.
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Yep. Although there seems to be an implicit exception for participle adjectives like PISSED, because you presumably can't have PISSEDER/PISSEDEST, although I'm not sure if this rule has ever been tested.Gevin-Gavin wrote:Isn't the rule that you can have it if and only if it's listed? One-syllable adjectives only can have -ER and -EST added by default.DaveC wrote:I never worked out the rule for when you can and can't add "IEST", GORSY is specified in the dic.
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Is this just something assumed by people who discuss online? I think they should be allowed for consistency, unless a concrete rule is laid down to properly exclude such words.Charlie Reams wrote:Yep. Although there seems to be an implicit exception for participle adjectives like PISSED, because you presumably can't have PISSEDER/PISSEDEST, although I'm not sure if this rule has ever been tested.
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There's no need to for these two as they both have valid anagrams, but yeah there are others...Charlie Reams wrote:Yep. Although there seems to be an implicit exception for participle adjectives like PISSED, because you presumably can't have PISSEDER/PISSEDEST, although I'm not sure if this rule has ever been tested.