[Yoruichi-san]

Ex: Austin (city in Texas) = 124

1. _____ (fruit) = 78

2. _____ (dog) = 58

3. _____ (weather condition) = 147

4. _____ (servant) = 246

5. _____ (something blue) = 74

6. _____ (subsidy) = 161

7. _____ (demonstrate) = 157

8. _____ (law enforcer) = 145

9. _____ (sweet) = 113

10. _____ (steal) = 142

11. _____ (hit) = 170

12. _____ (something people shop for) = 214

13. _____ (cuts hair) = 161

14. _____ (empathize) =184

15. _____ (memory) = 196

16. _____ (why) = 123

17. _____ (journal) = 194

18. _____ (trunks) = 115

19. _____ (photograph) = 265

20. _____ (mystical creature) = 233

21. _____ (spice) = 115

22. _____ (experienced) = 151

23. _____ _____ (team athletic event) = 317

The values are the same regardless of the language.

I actually came up with this method as part of a prank my freshmen year in college...

I had a friend from Austin, Texas who was really homesick and always complaining about how Austin was so much better...so when he went home for spring break we broke into his room and pranked it. We also changed the combination to his door so that he wouldn't be able to get in when he got back.

To help him figure out his new combination, we left a textbook from one of our freshmen classes outside his door with a sticky note that said "find your way H-O-M-∑".

Yeah...he had a nice surprise when he got back from the airport at 3am...;P

[Guest]

Relay Race = 75+57+39+88+58

Rhenium + Lanthanium + Yttrium + Radium + Cerium

btw this is my second post

[Guest]

Canine = 20+28+10 =58

Calcium + Nickel + Neon

[Guest]

Because = 4+6+79+34 = 123

Beryllium + Carbon + Gold + Selenium

[Guest]

Cinnamon = 6+49+11+42+7=115

Carbon + Indium + Sodium + Molybdenum + Nitrogen

[Guest]

NO-TE-B-O-O-K

102+52+5+8+8+19=194

[Guest]

10. Sn-At-C-H

50+85+6+1=142

11. Sm-Ac-K

62+89+19=170

12. Cl-O-Th-Es

17+8+90+99=214

19. Ca-Pt-U-Re

20+78+92+75=265

[Guest]

i thought i had number 3 (weather condition) but the number i got is 1 off... <_<

Rain (Ra I N)

Radon, Iodine, Nitrogen

88+53+7=148

[Guest]

i thought i had number 3 (weather condition) but the number i got is 1 off... <_<

Rain (Ra I N)

Radon, Iodine, Nitrogen

88+53+7=148

I had difficulty with that one too. Sn+O+W=137, and i found your answer too. I eventually just moved on

[Guest]

14.Re-La-Te

75+57+52=184

[Guest]

Retain ( Re/Ta/In)

Rhenium (75) + Tantalum (Ta) + Indium (In) = 197

I am again 1 off here ....

[Guest]

6. F-U-Nd

9+92+60=161

[Guest]

I think the puzzle uses the periodic table to get the numbers for the solutions. This explains the language requirement of the puzzle because elements are the same letters regardless of language. So for instance: Austin becomes Au (silver, number 79), S (sulfur, number 16) Ti (titanium, number 22) and N (nitrogen, number 7). 79+16+22+7=124

So for the rest of the puzzle, simply try to find words that fit this system for the clues.

The first answer would thus be

banana=78 Ba (barium 56) Na (sodium 11) Na (sodium 11). 56+11+11=78

It does seem you're right there, but I must say I find the hint about the language misleading. For example, banana in my native language would be 'banan' ... still, a very nice and different puzzle.

Sune

[Guest]

Ta+N+K+S

73+7+19+16 = 115

[Guest]

Pr-O-Fe-S-Si-O-N-Al

59+8+26+16+14+8+7+13=151

[Guest]

K-No-W

19+102+75=196

[Guest]

1. banana

2. canine

3. –

4. butler

5. sky

6. fund

7. show

8. police

9. –

10. snatch

11. smack

12. clothes

13. barber

14. relate

15. know

16. because

17. notebook

18. tanks

19. capture

20. unicorn

21. cinnamon

22. professional

23. relay race

This was a lot of fun. Thanks.

(Stuck on two of them.) <_<

[Guest]

Yeah I can't get those two either and I've spent at least half an hour on them.

[Guest]

If there was/is an adding mistake, but you are too good for that

F-I-N-Er 137

Edited June 27, 2008 by Lost in space

[Yoruichi-san]

This was a lot of fun. Thanks.

(Stuck on two of them.) <_<

1. banana

2. canine

3. –

4. butler

5. sky

6. fund

7. show

8. police

9. –

10. snatch

11. smack

12. clothes

13. barber

14. relate

15. know

16. because

17. notebook

18. tanks

19. capture

20. unicorn

21. cinnamon

22. professional

23. relay race

Wow, excellent job everyone (you guys got this much faster than my friend freshmen year...). I had different answers for 7, 15, 18 (although yours totally work, too ). I'm really glad you enjoyed this!

[Yoruichi-san]

If there was/is an adding mistake, but you are too good for that

F-I-N-Er 137

Oopsies, you are right, my math skills are pretty solid...however, my typing skills aren't necessarily so dependable...

There's a type-oh for 3, it should be 137 (but what I had was not "snow" or "finer"). What I had is only 2-elements long...

Thanks for bringing my attention to it.

[Guest]

Rain = 88+49 = 137

Radium + Indium

[Guest]

(Ho)(ne)(y) = 67+10+39 = 116

[Guest]

Closest I've gotten for #9 is

(S)(Y)(Ru)(P) = 16+39+44+15 = 114

[Guest]

Corn! Co (27) + Rn (86) = 113

right?

[Guest]

Geez, why do I have to get into this so late....