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Seven numbers for seven words (Posted on 2015-11-02) Difficulty: 3 of 5
7875 90 19 720 19 7875 1800

The above seven numbers represent seven words, the last word being the longest.

The numbers represent the product of the numerical values of words' letters: e.g. LOVE would be represented by 19800 (12*15*22*5).

What is the hidden message?

See The Solution Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
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Solution computer assisted solution Comment 1 of 1
1  you

2  are
2  area
2  baccae
2  cafe
2  cob
2  ear
2  er
2  era
2  face
2  oaf
2  of
2  re

3  aas
3  as

4  abrade
4  adit
4  aided
4  alcade
4  ardeb
4  babied
4  balboa
4  barde
4  bared
4  beard
4  blob
4  box
4  brat
4  bread
4  bred
4  capo
4  chafe
4  chef
4  clade
4  cop
4  debar
4  decal
4  died
4  dit
4  dita
4  dol
4  ell
4  fable
4  foh
4  haji
4  hare
4  hear
4  her
4  laced
4  leal
4  load
4  old
4  pie
4  rabat
4  rhea
4  talc

5  aas
5  as

6  you

7  adobo
7  baccate
7  baffy
7  bite
7  bole
7  celeb
7  deer
7  deface
7  dere
7  dray
7  dree
7  dry
7  eared
7  echo
7  exec
7  facet
7  feel
7  feod
7  flay
7  flee
7  fly
7  lobe
7  oft
7  oho
7  ooh
7  rate
7  reata
7  rebbe
7  rede
7  reed
7  ret
7  tare
7  tear
7  yard

The above is the sorted output from 

DefDbl A-Z
Dim crlf$, vlu As Variant


Private Sub Form_Load()
 Form1.Visible = True
 
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)

 vlu = Array(0, 7875, 90, 19, 720, 19, 7875, 1800)
 
 Open "\words\words.txt" For Input As #1
 
 Do
   Line Input #1, l$
   prod = 1
   For i = 1 To Len(l)
     prod = prod * InStr("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", Mid(l, i, 1))
   Next
   For i = 1 To 7
     If prod = vlu(i) Then
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & i & "  " & l & crlf
     End If
   Next
 Loop Until EOF(1)
 Close

 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf & " done"
  
End Sub

with blank lines introduced between different word position identifiers.

The choice of words:

You are as old as you feel.

  Posted by Charlie on 2015-11-02 14:48:09
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