Spoilage

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