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Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, up to Z=26. Can you find a familiar 11 letter word whose letter values total only 52?
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Abracadabra!Hide Answer Show Answer
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i don't think that is a word
You'll find it on www.Dictionary.com.
it is a word it is used by witches when casting a magic spell. lol
Nice one! I guessed it was that. :-)
impossible 2 solve.......cmon
just cos you can't solve it Klopper, does not mean it's impossible. Liked this one
Aug 21, 2002
Klopper, that "impossible to solve" teaser took me about five seconds.
...good teaser
...good teaser
some people might think 17..35..7, or 82..44..25, oreven JL, PM, GH are imposible to solve.If you take the basic fact that the points / by the number of letters gives the fact that you need a letter average of 5 (ish), then it becomes fairly simple to solve. Surely being a rocket scientist [ I think not :-)] you could work that out.
I got the answer very quickly also, using the same reasoning as dumbell. The total letter value (52) divided by the number of letters (11) equals an average letter value of less than 5 (or E). Since most letters had to be near the front of the alphabet, it became very easy to solve.
it just came to me within seconds. if it hadnt, i dunno, probably wouldve been difficult to think about, but then again, having just read harry potter, wasnt too far from my mind.
I wouldnt call that common..... not all of us go around screaming abracadabra!!!
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