Re: Find the Correct Four-Digit Code

HenHanna@NewsGrouper <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:14:46 GMT
Newsgroups rec.puzzles,alt.brain.teasers
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"Carl G." <[email protected]> posted:

> 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.


   really?   Was the idea your original..?    It's a great one!

         I'll try to find similar patterns in German, French, Jp....



> 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"
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