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Bugs and Cubs II (Posted on 2022-10-07)

This is in continuation of Bugs and Cubs.

Twelve prehistoric creatures have been encoded according to the following rule:

u = a e i o u
b = b d f h k l t
c = c m n r s v w
g = g j p q y

So, for example cuccubb would represent mammoth, and bubucbuc would represent kelenken.

Can you solve these?

bcucucubugc
cugubugcugbuc
ubbucuucuc
cubucucugbuc
bugbubucuc
cubugubu
gbucucubuc
bgcuccucuucuc
cbugucuucuc
cucubucuucuc
cugububuc
ccububuc

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

#2 was erroneous. It should have been:
2. CUGUGCUGBUC giving MEGAGRAPTUS as the answer.
The answer to the other 11 valid names of dinosaurs are:
1. TRICERATOPS
3. ALLOSAURUS or ATLASAURUS
4. VELOCIRAPTOR
5. DIPLODOCUS
6. CITIPATI
7. PTERANODON
8. TYRANNOSAURUS
9. STEGOSAURUS
10. CERATOSAURUS
11. MEGALODON
12. SMILODON
Steven Lord got all these 11 valid names accurately.
He also gave ATLASAURUS for #3, which was not in my original list.
He pointed out that deleting the 5th and 6th letters in #2, as provided in the original problem text, would lead to MEGAGRAPTUS as the answer.

Comments: ( You must be logged in to post comments.)

Subject	Author	Date
re: soln	K Sengupta	2022-10-08 07:53:19
soln	Steven Lord	2022-10-08 07:02:10
re: my computer findings after seeing Steven Lord's comment	K Sengupta	2022-10-08 02:58:34
my computer findings after seeing Steven Lord's comment	Charlie	2022-10-07 10:56:29
partial soln - missing 2, 6, 10, 11	Steven Lord	2022-10-07 10:46:56

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