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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)?

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the third list | Comment 18 of 28 |
Here's what I came up with, with a few modifications to the script I posted previously:

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Total words: 1437
Longest = nondestructivenesses, noninstitutionalized, photoautotrophically
Shortest = by, lo, sh
  Posted by DJ on 2003-07-24 16:43:34
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