Verbosities

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Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Cryptarithmetic Puzzle Solver
Cryptarithmetic is just like normal arithmetic, except for two things. First, you use letters instead of numbers. Second, the challenge is to figure out which letters correspond to which numbers. The puzzle will be given as something like two+two=four. Then you have to figure out that t=7, w=3, o=4, f=1, u=6, and r=8. You can verify that these values are correct because 734+734=1468. Each letter must have a distinct single-digit number value. Leading zeroes are generally not allowed.

Solving these by hand is very, very tedious. That's where this automatic puzzle solver comes in handy. Impress your friends by solving complex puzzles!

FYI: There are 128 solutions to the puzzle baby+food=mess.