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“Unique and restricted” ? ,b (pid=13696)
There I have asked for a restricted answer to an alphametic puzzle and got a set of many words.
Now I have fiddled with a similar equation and again will allow only answers not using any of the letters appearing in “TWELVE”.
TWELVE + TWELVE = (Oompha, grubby, payoff, droppy ….et al)
Your task is to find an answer to my puzzle such that adding the numerical values of all 6 letters in the word chosen by you (a long list of candidate solutions) will be closest to 24.
Start your chase.
Good luck!
Re your just remarks:
In my drafts. there is no mention of 25 and a multitude of 23.
23 appears in many mundane words such as AFFAIR, ACROSS , RUNOFF as a single solution.
24 so far is present only if the uniqueness is not a must.
I was under impression that it is, nut Larry pointed out that this demand existed only in “eleven+eleven” version. Checking the current text of “twelve+twelve” I found no mention that the RHS we look for must be unique. So actually any of the words listed by him qualify as a correct solution and might be posted as an official solution.
However I would like either to find a 24 with unique combination of letters or to prove that it does not exist.
I have a very long list of unique answers, but I so far eliminated the TWLVE letters manually and then checked the filtered list (double check) to verify uniqueness
So let us wait for a while, maybe the “24 unique” will be discovered!
Anyhow by May 10 or sooner the official solution will be published.
Edited on April 25, 2024, 5:55 pm
Edited on April 26, 2024, 12:22 am
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