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Spoilage
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Spoilage is a variant often played on Apterous. In 2010 A tournament was made in the format.
Letters Rounds
Letters rounds involve making the longest word which includes those letters in that order.
Example
Rnd | Selection | Score | Others | Max. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AN | ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM | 0 – 45 | PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS | LOPADOTEMACHOSELACHOGALEOKRANIOLEIPSANODRIMHYPOTRIMMATOSILPHIOPARAOMELITOKATAKECHYMENOKICHLEPIKOSSYPHOPHATTOPERISTERALEKTRYONOPTEKEPHALLIOKIGKLOPELEIOLAGOOIOSIRAIOBAPHETRAGANOPTERYGON | 183 |
2 | CC | LOPADOTEMACHOSELACHOGALEOKRANIOLEIPSANODRIMHYPOTRIMMATOSILPHIOPARAOMELITOKATAKECHYMENOKICHLEPIKOSSYPHOPHATTOPERISTERALEKTRYONOPTEKEPHALLIOKIGKLOPELEIOLAGOOIOSIRAIOBAPHETRAGANOPTERYGON | 183 – 45 | METHIONYLTHREONYLTHEORNYLGLUTAMINYLARGYNL... ☓ | 366 |
Numbers Games
Just....Super Hard.....
Example
Rnd | Selection | Score | Others | Max. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 742 583 852 688 3 9 8 → 6115 | 6115
(752 + 3) x 9 - (688 - 8) |
193 – 45 | — |
|
376 |
4 | 148 157 161 987 518 616 1 → 9218 | — | 193 – 45 | 9217 ☓ |
Best: 9217 = ((((987 - 148) - 161) - 616) x 157) - 158) + 1 |
383 |
Conundrum
The conundrum will have a 12-letter answer, but only a few letters are displayed. These are in order.
Example
Rnd | Selection | Score | Others | Max. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | BLING | bingerings ☓
(15 seconds) |
193 – 65 | ESTABLISHING
(29 seconds) |
393 | |
6 | LABRAT | fingeringlabrat ☓
(1 second) |
193 – 65 | COLLABORATES | 403 |