Here’s a word equation puzzle from mathpuzzle.com:
A+L+P+H+A=1, B+R+A+V+O=2, C+H+A+R+L+I+E=3, D+E+L+T+A=4, E+C+H+O=5, F+O+X+T+R+O+T=6, G+O+L+F=7, H+O+T+E+L=8, I+N+D+I+A=9, J+U+L+I+E+T=10, K+I+L+O=11, L+I+M+A=12, M+I+K+E=13, N+O+V+E+M+B+E+R=14, O+S+C+A+R=15, P+A+P+A=16, Q+U+E+B+E+C=17, R+O+M+E+O=18, S+I+E+R+R+A=19, T+A+N+G+O=20, U+N+I+F+O+R+M=21, V+I+C+T+O+R=22, W+H+I+S+K+E+Y=23, X+R+A+Y=24, Y+A+N+K+E+E=25, Z+U+L+U=26
The goal of the puzzle is to solve for each individual letter. There’s also an interesting discussion on the site about how to find a complete set of words that result in a single, unique solution. This is the kind of puzzle where I appreciate the form even if I don’t think I would particularly enjoy solving it.
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I’d written a program to generate word arithmetic puzzles. Check it out here http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/08/26/word-arithmetic-puzzle-generator/
Comment by Prashanth Ellina — August 26, 2007 @ 12:02 pm