Answers
The added letters spell TELESCOPE. herb + t becomes berthbang + e becomes begankeen + l becomes kneelsuit + e becomes suitequad + s becomes squadwhey + c becomes chewycell + o becomes cellotoil + p becomes pilotwild + e becomes wield
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Puzzle 19
Hidden in the grid below are eight, 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central V and you can move one letter in any direction to the next letter. All of the letters are used exactly once each. What are the words?
R
E
T
N
R
E
N
I
P
M
A
G
I
Y
I
L
A
A
A
C
C
L
N
A
V
A
C
N
A
R
A
A
A
C
A
H
N
U
R
I
O
U
S
I
L
T
E
D
S
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.
Hint
It will take a while to check 1 x 7, 2 x 7, 3 x 7. What do we know about the answer?
Answer
63,492 x 7 = 444,444
Reasoning
We can work backwards, as we know that the number multiplied by 7 has only 4's. We can try the following:
4 ÷ 7 ≈ 0.57 x
44 ÷ 7 ≈ 6.29 x
444 ÷ 7 ≈ 63.43 x
4,444 ÷ 7 ≈ 634.86 x
44,444 ÷ 7 ≈ 6,349.14 x
444,444 ÷ 7 = 63,492
