Contest Center News - Puzzle contest results for Sept.-Oct. 2003
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PUZZLE CONTEST RESULTS
SEPT.-OCTOBER 2003
HIGH LETTER
Fifteen players found this 1348-point solution
with highest row scores
to win $27.34 each:
John Bird,
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Debbie Gammon,
Debbie Garcia,
Patrick Hegland,
Gary Miller,
Lorraine Nott,
Paul Ossip,
Joel Prescott,
David Simmonds,
David Smallberg
and Ed Whittaker.
Several players claimed higher scores, but had scoring errors,
did not circle the highest-scoring letter in each word, or did not
circle 9 different letters in each column.
E M T W H Y 169
H A W F T C 168
H E B D N A 162
S N F D R Y 160
Y A K E N V 149
R F D C B S 144
S C H G D R 138
F B I A D J 132
C P A D B L 126
9 to 5
Nineteen players found this 858-point solution
with highest row scores
and words ealiest in alphabetic order
to win $25.79 each:
Mary Baker,
John Bird,
Gary Blythe,
Mrs. P.R. Bushey,
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
Grover Eaton,
Donna Fritschka,
Debbie Garcia,
Patrick Hegland,
Bob Maimone,
Steve Murray,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott,
David Simmonds,
David Smallberg,
Kevin Voll
and Ed Whittaker.
Several people scored incorrectly, or did not have
5 different letters in every column.
D N A F T C W H Y 178
E M T H A W G Y N 176
N S F D R Y P T E 171
H E B S N F T W O 170
C B S O W E Y A K 163
SIX DOWN
Fourteen players found this 1316-point solution
with words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $22.15 each:
John Bird,
Gary Blythe,
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Ronald Gravatt,
Bonita Hauff,
Patrick Hegland,
Bob Maimone,
Gary Miller,
Adam Paxson,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott,
David Simmonds
and David Smallberg.
D N A W I G 152
R F D H A W 143
Y A K Y O B 144
L T D R P T 135
O W E U T E 161
B O W H E B 136
C B S E M T 157
G Y N S Y L 141
N S F F T C 147
HALF & HALF
Thirty players found this 885-point solution
with words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $17.00 each:
John Bird,
Gary Blythe,
Beverly Bramich,
Robert Buggenhagen,
Mrs. P.R. Bushey,
Robert Crane,
Sophia Dempsey,
Mavis Duffy,
Lillian Ferrell,
Debbie Garcia,
Ila Goodwin,
Ronald Gravatt,
Estella Han,
Llewellyn Jones,
Richard Jones,
Bob Maimone,
Charles Martin,
George Milkovich,
Gary Miller,
Jean Palmer,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott,
Heather Robertson,
Cheryl Rockhill,
Immanuel Schmidt,
Edward Schwartz,
David Simmonds,
David Smallberg,
Douglas Tench
and Kevin Voll.
D N A E M T 118
G Y N T W O 117
D R Y O W E 114
N S F P T E 113
S N F H E B 112
Y A K U T E 107
R F D T L C 103
S K Y B O W 101
5 DIFF
Twenty-nine players found this 694-point solution
with words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $16.20 each.
Since this is less than $5 above the entry fee, a tiebreaker
puzzle will be issued.
Several entrants had scoring errors, or had 6 different letters
in some rows.
D N A H A W 119
D R Y G Y N 117
E M T H E B 113
S N F F T C 115
T W O P T E 114
W H Y O W E 116
LUCKY 7
Seventeen players found this 3885-point solution
with highest numbers on successive blanks
to win $15.89 each.
Since this is less than $5 above the entry fee, a tiebreaker
puzzle will be issued.
Several players had not used all of the numbers from 1 to 25.
25 x 24 - 23 / 16 x 21 = 777
14 + 10 x 8 x 4 + 9 = 777
20 - 1 + 17 x 22 - 15 = 777
11 - 5 x 18 + 3 x 7 = 777
19 x 13 + 12 x 6 / 2 = 777
THREES Tiebreaker
Eight players found this solution with 33 threes
and highest numbers in successive boxes
to win $36.25 each:
John Bird,
Donna Fritschka,
Ronald Gravatt,
Patrick Hegland,
David Herndon,
Anthony Kent,
Steve Murray
and David Simmonds.
137 84 34 31 12129432 33331278
82 58 62 13 3833336 18333336
69 53 133 93 45233433 33363316
43 71 119 89 32334323 3335631
DIFFERENT LETTERS Tiebreaker
Eighteen players found this 240-point solution
with words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $32.23 each:
John Bird,
Gary Blythe,
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Debbie Gammon,
Ronald Gravatt,
Patrick Hegland,
Gary Miller,
Donn Muranaka,
Robert Nadrowski,
Paul Ossip,
Joel Prescott,
Edward Schwartz,
David Simmonds,
David Smallberg,
and Ed Whittaker.
A B U T C M D R E G I S 12
B K G D E C R U F L A P 12
C A L F G O W N I T E M 12
D E F Y J A M B N I G H 12
E C H O K I N G P A Y T 12
F D I C L P G A S U B J 12
G L O B M D S E T N P K 12
H O P I N F L D U S C G 12
I S B N O V A L W C T U 12
J I V E P R O F Y M H A 12
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIDDLE 28 Tiebreaker
Twenty-two players found this solution
with a low of 10 different letters in the middle columns
and words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $29.55 each:
John Bird,
Gary Blythe,
Peter Burns,
Robert Crane,
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Bonita Hauff,
Patrick Hegland,
David Herndon,
Llewellyn Jones,
Bob Maimone,
Gary Miller,
Donn Muranaka,
Paul Ossip,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott,
Cheryl Rockhill,
David Simmonds,
Thomas Tedder,
Douglas Tench,
Kevin Voll
and Ed Whittaker.
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A B U T A G E D
B L D R D E P R
C A L F E G I S
E D U C K E P I
F L A P L P G A
G A L V M S G T
I D L E N I G H
J U D G R E S P
P U B L T G I F
S U B J V I S E
MOST DIFF Tiebreaker
Thirteen players found this solution
with 26 different letters appearing twice and 7 A's
to win $45.39 each:
Gary Blythe,
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
Olga Erickson,
Donna Fritschka,
Ila Goodwin,
Patrick Hegland,
Gary Miller,
Paul Ossip,
Joel Prescott,
David Simmonds
and David Smallberg.
A D M I X
F J O R D
G R A F T
J U M B O
K N A V E
P H L O X
P S Y C H
Q U A C K
S Q U A W
V Y I N G
W A L T Z
Z E B R A
12 DIFF Tiebreaker
Seventeen players found this 7104-point solution
to win $27.65 each:
Mary Baker,
John Bird,
Robert Buggenhagen,
Robert Crane,
Al DeStefanis,
Debbie Garcia,
Patrick Hegland,
Llewellyn Jones,
Bob Maimone,
Charles Martin,
Gary Miller,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott,
Cheryl Rockhill,
David Simmonds,
David Smallberg
and Kevin Voll.
Several players claimed higher scores, but had invalid words,
scoring errors, or duplicate letters in a column.
A L W A Y S 608
C R A Y O N 607
E X T O R T 588
G H E T T O 586
H Y B R I D 582
I T S E L F 584
L I K I N G 579
M A R K K A 610
N E P H E W 583
O C C U P Y 608
S M U D G E 588
V U L G A R 581
WIN A MILLION
So far 25 players have won 10 prizes in Win A Million.
Those winning players have left, and the other players
moved 25 places ahead in the standings.
In June there were
29 Round 1 winners,
9 Round 2 winners,
3 Round 3 winners,
1 Round 4 winner, and
1 Round 6 winner
for a total of $1155.
In July there were
26 Round 1 winners,
8 Round 2 winners
2 Round 3 winners and
1 Round 4 winner
for a total of $760.
Total prize money paid in Win A Million so far is $11,875.
The remaining winners have chosen to continue to higher rounds.
This is a smart time for new players to start
Win A Million, because so many 10-time winners
have left the contest.
TOURNAMENT of RICHES
Now 19 players have reached $1,000 in prize money
and left the contest.
All other players have moved 19 places ahead in the standings.
At this stage, all of the big-name players are out of Round 1,
so if anyone has been holding out for that to happen, now is the
perfect time to start playing.
In June there were 12 Round 1 winners
for a total of $420.
In July there were 12 Round 1 winners
and 2 Round 2 winners
for a total of $570.
Total prize money paid in the Tournament of Riches now stands
at $48,170.
PSYCH²
There were 3 winners in Psych² in July
winning a total of $210.
The Psych² contest has now ended.
Total prize money paid in Psych² was $2,060.
INNER CIRCLE
Three players in the Lowest contest
won $261.34 each.
One player in the Equal contest
won $140.00.
One player in the Partition contest
won $504.00.
Total prize money paid in the Inner Circle series now
stands at $9,492.
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