Show 6

28 May

My running total before the show: 484. My opponent: Dundas Keating.

Round	Type	Selection	Me	Score	Dundas	Others
1	Letters	HRESNLIOV	VERSION	7 – 0	loiners
2	Letters	EANCTSJEQ	STANCE	13 – 6	SEANCE
3	Letters	RDTOIEBDO	bootier	13 – 6	bootier	BROODED, ORBITED
4	Letters	IEPMNSNAL	SPANIEL	13 – 14	LINESMAN	PLAINSMEN
5	Numbers	25 75 9 2 4 6 → 735	734 = 75 × (6 + 4) − 25 + 9	20 – 21	734 = 75 × (6 + 4) − 25 + 9	735 = (75 + 4 + 2) × 9 + 6
	TTT	LEEDSCON	Trapped inside an envelope perhaps			ENCLOSED
6	Letters	UETRSTZIC	CUTTERS	27 – 28	CUTTERS
7	Letters	DNSEORHAY	SHANDY	33 – 28	handers	HARDENS, SENHORA
8	Letters	EOADLPSTI	petaloids	33 – 36	TADPOLES
9	Letters	RFEKMOEOR	FORMER	39 – 42	ROOFER
10	Numbers	75 7 5 8 3 4 → 118	118 = 75 + (8 × 5) + 3	49 – 52	118 = 75 + (8 × 5) + 3
	TTT	LIFTLOLA	A lot of ships for sail			FLOTILLA
11	Letters	TNAEWRSAI	WINTERS	56 – 59	WAITERS	ARTESIAN
12	Letters	EABPTDMEO	BEAMED	62 – 65	DEBATE	ADOPTEE
13	Letters	NGCUEALRN	NUCLEAR	69 – 72	CLANGER
14	Numbers	50 9 10 10 8 6 → 612	609 = 10 × 10 × 6 + 9	69 – 79	611 = (50 + 10) × 10 + 9 + 8 − 6	612 = (50 + 10 − 9) × (10 − 8) × 6
15	Conundrum	DESPERMIT		69 – 79		DISTEMPER

My final total in the preliminaries: 553, making me the number 8 seed.