Re: Find the Correct Four-Digit Code

On 10/28/2025 8:14 AM, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:
> 
> "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 based the puzzle on a list I found of "kangaroo words"*.  What was 
original was making a list with code numbers that gave the synonyms, and 
then asking for the code that gives the final word's synonym.

*Can you find any more kangaroo-word puzzles that can astound (2356)?

-Carl G.


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