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Numbered Letters (Posted on 2003-07-17) Difficulty: 3 of 5
If each letter has a value (a=1, b=2, c=3 etc.) what words have a total letter value of exactly 100 when you add up all of the letters?

Are there any words that equal 100 if the letter values are swapped (z=1, y=2.....a=26)?

See The Solution Submitted by Lewis    
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re: Another Challenge | Comment 17 of 28 |
(In reply to Another Challenge by Lewis)

There are myriad words that work, just, as Charlie said, the total value must be a multiple of 27. The shortest would be two-letter words for which the letters have 'opposite' values, such as by or lo.

I'll post a full list in the next comment.
  Posted by DJ on 2003-07-24 16:29:29

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