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Twisted TALES (Posted on 2010-03-20) Difficulty: 3 of 5
The letters of TALES have been added to the grid to form six words, one being a lingual import into English.

L E A S T
S L A T E
S T A L E
S T E A L
T A E L S
T A L E S

Assign a base 10 digit to each of the letters in the grid to create an alphametic so that each row but one forms a 5-digit prime number.

This situation can occur in three ways, and logic should prevail.

See The Solution Submitted by brianjn    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

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re: computer solution | Comment 2 of 8 |
(In reply to computer solution by Charlie)

The "three ways"?

Well,  I did derive 3 in my spreadsheet.  I did attempt to cycle the respective valid digits from the lowest 5-digit number to the highest.  Very clearly I omitted some combination swaps.

Putting the values you have for LEAST into my spreadsheet confirms that my spreadsheet is correct but I was not diligent enough with my swapping of values.

  Posted by brianjn on 2010-03-20 23:12:22

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