araver

AVERT

ACRES ARRAY

FORTY - if 3 then ---TY since F is known and FORKS=1

FORKS If 0 then -A--- since FALSE=1, PULSE=0.

PLAIN

BRACE if 1 then --A-- since BRUTE=0 and FORCE=0.

SCARS if 3 then ---RS since scant =1 and two changes made

SCANT PEARS

S---- because reasons 1) SLABS=1 but CRABS=0 so SL---=1 2) Assume S----=0 then from #1 it means -L---=1. But STEAM=3 and since obviously ST---=0 we get --EAM=3. But SPEAR=3 and S----=0 and ----R=0 (because ----M=1 from --EAM=3) therefore -P-EA-=3 which means -P---=1 which contradicts -L---=1. 3) Because S----=0 leads to a contradiction (see #2 above) S----=1

The above is - -E - -, copy paste error in the first sentence, correct in last sentence.

_ E _ _ _ because: 1) Assume ---EP=1 then since SLEEP=1 it means SLE--=1 and since SLEPT = 2 it means --PT=1 2) Assume ---PT=1 similar to above it follows that ---EP=1 3) From #1&#2 we have ---EP=1 <=> ---PT=1 and either of those imply SLE--=1. However if ---EP=1 and ---PT=1 then the only two possibilities are ---ET=2 or ---PP=2. 4) Assume ad absurdum ---EP=1. Then SLE--=1 as above, therefore SPE-- can be at most 2 and at worst 0 (since there is only one letter change from SLE--=1). From SPEAR=3 it follows that ---AR must be at least 1. However this contradicts both possibilities in #3 above (---ET=2 or ---PP=2). Therefore ---EP is not 1, and by #3 ---PT is not 1. 5) Assume ---EP=2 then SLE--=0 therefore ---PT=2 which is a contradiction. Similarly ---PT cannot be 2. 6) From #4&#5 we find that ---EP=0 and ---PT=0 (not 1, not 2, cannot be greater than 2 letters). Therefore SLE--=2 from SLEEP=2. 7) SPEAR=3 so SPE-- is at least 1 since ---AR can be at most 2. 8) Assume -L---=1, then S-E--=1 from #6 and since SLABS=1 it follows that S-ABS=0 therefore --E--=1. 9) Assume -L---=0, then S-E--=2 from #6, therefore --E--=1 10) Regardless of -L--- being 1 or 0 from #8&#9 it follows that --E--=1 STEAM

SPEAR

Woot woot maurice - 202 +25 = 227 phaze - 164 + 5= 169plainglazed - 162Logophobic - 143araver - 54 + 10 = 64nana - 10

_ _ _ _ H BRAIN - 0 DEATH - 1 ROBOT - 0 LOVER - 0 DEALS - 0 BEATS - 0 phaze +5 PLUSH - 1 MATCH - 1 NYMPH - 1

_ _ _ _ H BRAIN - 0 DEATH - 1 ROBOT - 0 LOVER - 0 DEALS - 0 BEATS - 0 phaze +5

_ _ _ _ H BRAIN - 0 DEATH - 1 ROBOT - 0 LOVER - 0 DEALS - 0 BEATS - 0 phaze +5

Sorry for the delay.

_ _ _ _ _ BRAIN - 0 DEATH - 1

Yaaay. _ _ _ _ _

I just saw that the terms that did not contain y are very close and 10 and 19 can be rewritten to reduce the terms. Summing 1+2+...+N is easier and gives 19*20/2 which is 19*10 and 10 was the multiplier in the other equation. Hmm, it's hard to explain how the mind works. It just felt right at that moment to go on that road. Like a piece of a puzzle sliding in.

internal thoughts: THEME - 1 implies TH---=1 because FLEET=0, COMMA=0, LEAVE=0. EPICS - 1 implies EPI--=1 DANCE=0, STAYS=0 Let's try RHINO.

I can't find any. Lots of spots devoid of vowels. EPICS THEME

@Thalia nope that was not a typo. One cannot divide (y-1) because it is 0, hence the solution I believe it looks weird because I created the terms on purpose to cancel out 19*10 from the equation instead of solving it as a*y + b = 0. Aka substitution Z=Y-1 leads to a simpler equation with no free term.