I’m just messing around when I talk about potentially having negative or non-integer values, but since you mention alphaconversion, that’s not necessarily a problem: you could (for instance) have a group of three circles containing -3/2, +9/4, and +1/4, whose sum would be 1, which alphaconverts to A.
If there is ambiguity in the instructions or a necessary rule is omitted, then they are not correct.
My whole point is that there isn’t necessarily an ambiguity or genuine omission: If it is only actually possible to solve the board using integers from 1 to 9, then the instructions are technically complete, correct, and unambiguous even without explicitly stating that constraint. But if the board can be solved in one way with integers from 1 to 9, and also in one or more other ways by using additional numbers, then indeed the instructions are incomplete unless the constraint is stated.
I finally did it!
I was finishing my first attempt using some numbers above 9.
I had almost finished, but the numbers were not adding up at the end.
So I came here to see if I was doing something wrong and thank Universe this community exists
I started all from almost the beginning, and getting all the digits (1-9) in the correct places was relatively quick.
Some hints for those who, just like me, struggled to understand how to sum the white circles:
Go from top to bottom, adding the numbers within the touching circles (independently if they are on the right/left or top/bottom). If there is more than one group in the same row, the order is left to right.
The letters will be appearing in order
there is more than one way to make it work so you may have several letters that will be wrong. I solved it twice, first using integers as high as 17 and than only using 1-9. So you may need to take a best guess on what the object is that best fits most of the letters you have.
Ah, now see I was curious about this. So it really is possible to complete the board using some numbers outside the 1-9 range while still satisfying all the sum and uniqueness constraints?
Those numbers are wrong. You should try again, or maybe learn the rules of solving this kind of puzzle and then try again. You have another about 17 hours from now before this puzzle expires.
Also there is no space or punctuation, all 11 are English alphabet.
Thanks for responding! For the record, I’m not suggesting that I expect that a solution with numbers outside the 1 - 9 range would result in an acceptable word materializing, much less the intended one. (And there’s no way they’d expect you to allow and alphaconvert a 0.) I was only wondering whether the board on its own can be satisfactorily completed at all with integers greater than 9 appearing in it.
Hello and welcome! The next one comes out at 12 am GMT on the 18th. That’s about 15 hours after the moment you asked your question. For more details, see the rules, especially the table in section 3, Timing.
Hi @zygopteran, the board could be satisfied with 0, and with numbers outside 1-9
But ,again , in order to avoid confusion - in this puzzle use only 1-9.
Hi, I solved the puzzle and my answer was accepted, but I don’t understand at all how the item is supposed to help you make things fit.
If someone could explain it I’d appreciate it.
