Contest Center News - Puzzle contest results for March-April 2006
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CONTEST CENTER NEWS
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Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
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PUZZLE CONTEST RESULTS
March-April 2006
777
Five players found this 29090-point solution
with the highest numbers in successive boxes
to win $34.00 each:
Derek Davies,
Gary DeMarco,
Bonita Hauff,
Patrick Hegland
and Gary Miller.
975 962 871 844 3652
872 942 974 865 3653
964 875 777 971 3587
842 874 965 972 3653
3653 3653 3587 3652
HIGH & LOW
Nine players found this 1269-point solution
to win $21.12 each:
Robert Crane,
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Bonita Hauff,
Patrick Hegland,
George Milkovich,
Gary Miller,
David Simmonds
and David Smallberg.
Several players did not circle the highest-scoring letter
in each word.
(M) K S M (V) P 158
N (S) W N I (X) 151
(E) X P E N (L) 145
S K (I) (K) O I 144
(R) W Y R (Y) E 143
T (O) W O (W) E 143
U L (T) (U) S P 133
Y O (N) N E (H) 133
Z (P) G (Z) I T 119
HALF & HALF & HALF
Ten players found this 1315-point solution
to win $20.00 each:
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Patrick Hegland,
Llewellyn Jones,
Gary Miller,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott,
Cheryl Rockhill,
David Simmonds
and David Smallberg.
I M F M V P N I X 175
S K I R Y E N S W 172
K O I O W E E N L 167
D R M M K S Y O N 163
F R I U S P Z I T 163
H M O U T E N E H 162
C S M M G R T O W 157
I N F M S G V I Z 156
NEW YEAR
Fifteen players found 206 AREA, 310 EARN, 220 NEAR, 198 RAYE
and 210 YEAR to win $16.67 each.
Since this is less than $5 over the entry fee a tiebreaker puzzle
will be issued.
9 TO 5
Fourteen players found this 1076-point solution
with highest row scores
to win $18.57 each:
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
K.R. Dunn,
Donna Fritschka,
Bonita Hauff,
Patrick Hegland,
Walter Hochbrueckner,
Llewellyn Jones,
Bob Maimone,
Gary Miller,
William Porter,
David Simmonds
and David Smallberg.
+M V P S K I O W E 200
Z +I T +M G R E X P 215
U T +E N +I X +M K S 248
N S W R Y +E I +M F 222
E N L U S P D R +M 191
WRAP
Fourteen players found this 744-point solution
to win $12.86 each.
Since this is less than $5 over the entry fee a tiebreaker
puzzle will be issued.
C (H) I I (M) F F (R) S S (K) I I (N) C 246
C (S) M M (G) R R (Y) E E (X) P P (V) C 258
E (L) K K (O) I I (C) U U (F) O O (W) E 240
DINER Tiebreaker
One player found this arrangement containing
7 DEER, 10 DIRE, 7 ERIN, 7 REIN and 7 RIDE
for a score of 7,
with letters earliest in alphabetic order
to win $230.00:
Gary Miller.
D E E R I N E D
E D D D N N N I
D E E I I I I R
I E E E E E E E
R R R R R R R I
E I I I I I I N
E N D D D N N E
D I R E E D I R
PLUS Tiebreaker
Eight players found this 1582-point solution
to win $31.25 each:
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
K.R. Dunn,
Donna Fritschka,
Walter Hochbrueckner,
Bob Maimone,
Joel Prescott,
David Simmonds
and David Smallberg.
!C O L D 75 L !T J G 73 T G !I F 69
!H D W E 71 W !H E N 72 M E !N U 70
!U P O N 72 D !U K E 70 J O !S H 72
!M K T G 61 I !D E S 74 R E !P L 74
R I F E 73 P R O F 72 W I L D 74
Bonus 170 Bonus 170 Bonus 170
3 THOUSAND Tiebreaker
Eight players found this 60000-point solution
to win $20.00 each:
Robert Buggenhagen,
Peter Burns,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Walter Hochbrueckner,
Bob Maimone,
Gary Miller,
Joel Prescott
and David Simmonds.
1187 1155 467 106 85 3000 1146 877 627 274 76 3000
1129 1095 319 245 212 3000 793 330 132 788 957 3000
356 178 911 545 1010 3000 519 1043 671 604 163 3000
287 552 394 1036 731 3000 422 251 742 481 1104 3000
41 20 909 1068 962 3000 120 499 828 853 700 3000
3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
15 DIFF Tiebreaker #2
Eight players found this 1501-point solution
to win $30.00 each:
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Patrick Hegland,
William Porter,
David Simmonds
and David Smallberg.
(I) M B E D 84
K (N) A V E 115
D E (C) A F 112
E X T (O) L 113
C O M D (G) 83
(R) E L A X 90
V (E) R S O 112
U M (B) R A 95
S C R (U) B 94
N E V U (S) 102
(W) I Z E N 104
H (A) V O C 106
B Y (L) A W 89
Z L O (T) Y 96
T O P A (Z) 106
TOURNAMENT of RICHES
In December there were
8 Round 1 winners
for a total of $285.
In January there were
8 Round 1 winners
and 1 Round 2 winner
for a total of $440.
Total prize money paid in the Tournament of Riches is now $59,253.
If you have not yet played the Tournament of Riches, or
if you dropped out before you received your guaranteed $1000,
you should act quickly, while the tournament is still open
to new and returning players.
ONE ON ONE
In December there were
15 Round 1 winners,
2 Round 2 winners and
1 Round 3 winner
for a total of $320.
In January there were
13 Round 1 winners,
3 Round 2 winners and
1 Round 3 winner
for a total of $366.
Total prize money paid in One On One is now $2,444.
WORD WELTER
In December there were
9 Round 1 winners
for a total of $162.
In January there were
7 Round 1 winners and
2 Round 2 winners
for a total of $182.
Total prize money paid in Word Welter is now $180.
WIN A MILLION
In December there were
5 Round 1 winners,
1 Round 2 winner,
1 Round 3 winner and
1 Round 5 winner
for a total of $295.
In January there were
4 Round 1 winners,
1 Round 2 winner,
1 Round 3 winner and
1 Round 5 winner
for a total of $280.
Total prize money paid in Win A Million is now $18,010.