Re: Find the Correct Four-Digit Code

"Carl G." <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:57:04 -0700
Newsgroups rec.puzzles,alt.brain.teasers
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On 10/28/2025 6:44 AM, Carl G. wrote:
> On 10/25/2025 10:46 PM, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:
>>
>> "Carl G." <[email protected]> posted:
>>
>>> Based on the "secret rule" used to create the four-digit codes for 
>>> the first
>>> six words, what should the code for the seventh word be?
>>>
>>> 1. Curtails = 1248
>>> 2. Encourage = 5689
>>> 3. Observes  =  3478
>>> 4. Separate = 3457
>>> 5. Salvage = 1247
>>> 6. Unsightly = 1589
>>>
>>> 7. Catacomb = ????
>>>
>>> Carl G.
>>>
>>> (For e-mail replies, convert words to digits)
>>>
>>
>>
>>          Seems pretty  interesting!
>>
>>             I'll first  ask my AI
> I must have posted this over 20 years ago.  I don't remember what my 
> solution was.
I now know what my solution was.
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Select letters based on the code number to form a four-letter word:
CUrTailS  (1248)  ==> CUTS  "Cuts" is a synonym of "Curtails"

-- 
Carl G.


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