Contest Center News - Puzzle contest results for May-June 2006
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CONTEST CENTER NEWS
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Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
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PUZZLE CONTEST RESULTS
May-June 2006
25th ANNIVERSARY Tiebreaker
One player found this solution with 7 each of
ERIE, EVER, FIRE, FIVE, and VEER
to win $260.00:
Robert Crane.
V E E R I E R E
F F I V E E R V
E F I R E I R E
I F I V E R F R
R F I R E E I I
E F I V E E R F
V E E R E V E E
E R F I V E E R
DIFFERENT LETTERS
Ten players found this 168-point solution
with 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 5F and 4G
to win $24.00 each:
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Bonita Hauff,
Patrick Hegland,
Bob Maimone,
Gary Miller,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott,
David Simmonds
and Bob Todd.
A F D C B T R Y E G I S 12
B D R M C H E F G N A W 12
C A P S D E B T H U N G 12
F L U B E D A M I T C H 12
R C A F G L O B M D S E 12
S P C A N F L D O B E Y 12
U S E D Y W C A T O M B 12
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
16 DIFFERENT
Fourteen players found this 2244-point solution
with words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $20.72 each:
Peter Burns,
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
K.R. Dunn,
Ronald Gravatt,
Patrick Hegland,
Walter Hochbrueckner,
Bob Maimone,
Gary Miller,
Robert Nadrowski,
Joel Prescott,
David Simmonds,
David Smallberg
and Bob Todd.
E D A M H G W Y 150
I C K Y M K T G 147
B A W L O K L A 142
I D L E Y W C A 141
A F D C M T G E 137
K A Y O M Y T H 136
Y O G I O G L E 135
L W E I T G I F 134
EARTH
Thirteen players found 240 HARE, 258 HERA, 241 RATE, 240 REAR and 225 TARE
to win $17.70 each.
A tiebreaker puzzle will be issued.
PLUS
Twelve players found this 1529-point solution
with words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $17.50 each.
A tiebreaker puzzle will be issued.
B A W L B D (R) M M K T G 197
M T G (E) T G (I) F Y O G (I) 204
A F D (C) Y W (C) A H V A (C) 202
N I G (H) J E (H) U F L U (B) 181
K A Y (O) O K L A E D A (M) 215
Bonus 170 Bonus 190 Bonus 170
5 THOUSAND
Ten players found this 49998-point solution
with the highest numbers in successive boxes
to win $16.00 each.
A tiebreaker puzzle will be issued.
1997 1522 830 644 7 5000
1451 256 1905 410 978 5000
1215 857 1569 914 445 5000
303 521 572 1725 1879 5000
34 1843 124 1307 1691 4999
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5000 4999 5000 5000 5000
MIDDLE 24
Seventeen players found this solution with 12 different letters
in column 1 and column 4, a low of 6 different letters in the middle columns,
and words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $15.30 each.
A tiebreaker puzzle will be issued.
A B E T
B L D R
F L U B
H U N G
I D L E
J U N C
K N E W
L E N S
M E N U
O B E Y
P E L F
S U B J
15 DIFF Tiebreaker
Eight players found this 1563-point solution
to win $32.50 each:
Robert Crane,
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Bonita Hauff,
Gary Miller,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott
and David Simmonds.
Several players claimed higher scores but either used
invalid words, or did not have 15 different ending letters.
(I) M B E D 84
K (N) A V E 115
D E (C) A F 112
(B) U X (O) M 133
C (O) M D (G) 109
A B (S) T R 89
V O D (K) A 96
(H) A N D (Y) 110
M (A) T Z O 106
N E (V) U S 105
(E) X T (O) L 137
O (P) T I (C) 105
F R (O) W N 105
S T I (C) K 79
L Y N C (H) 78
TWENTY FIVE Tiebreaker
Seven players found this 20-point solution
to win $35.72 each:
John Bird,
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
Patrick Hegland,
Gary Miller
and David Simmonds.
994 987 410 93 41 2525
960 861 50 212 442 2525
321 355 828 554 467 2525
134 82 597 879 833 2525
116 240 640 787 742 2525
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2525 2525 2525 2525 2525
12 DIFF Tiebreaker #2
Three players found this solution
with a low of 13 different letters in Part A and Part B
and 22 different letters altogether
to win $66.67 each:
William Porter,
Joel Prescott
and David Simmonds.
The solution given in News #138 is not valid because there are
only 11 different letters on row 2.
A D R I F T P L E X U S
D A C T Y L I M P U G N
F L A V O R S P H I N X
O V E R L Y U N S H I P
V I Z A R D L E N G T H
Z Y D E C O W H I L S T
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
TOURNAMENT of RICHES
In February there were
7 Round 1 winners
and 1 Round 2 winner
for a total of $420.
In March there were
8 Round 1 winners
for a total of $265.
Total prize money paid in the Tournament of Riches is now $59,973.
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 February there were
13 Round 1 winners,
3 Round 2 winners and
1 Round 3 winner
for a total of $366.
In March there were
14 Round 1 winners,
2 Round 2 winners,
1 Round 3 winner and
1 Round 4 winner
for a total of $442.
Total prize money paid in One On One is now $2,978.
WORD WELTER
In February there were
9 Round 1 winners and
3 Round 2 winners
for a total of $246.
In March there were
6 Round 1 winners and
2 Round 2 winners
for a total of $164.
Total prize money paid in Word Welter is now $416.
WIN A MILLION
In February there were
3 Round 1 winners,
1 Round 2 winner,
1 Round 3 winner and
1 Round 5 winner
for a total of $265.
In March there were
3 Round 1 winners,
2 Round 2 winners and
1 Round 4 winner
for a total of $175.
Total prize money paid in Win A Million is now $18,350.
INNER CIRCLE
Sharon Sovereign won $54.00 in the Word Block contest.
Lee Morgenstern won $216.00 in the Lowest contest.
Total prize money paid in the Inner Circle series is now $19,151.
OFFICIAL WORD LIST
The Contest Center's Official Word List is still available
for only $12, including postage and handling.
(The price is the same in Canada and Mexico. It is $15 overseas.)
For many Inner Circle contests you can save hours of time by using
the Word List instead of the dictionary.
There is no uncertainty about which words are valid.
The Word List contains every valid word, and no invalid words,
all arranged by word length and listed alphabetically in large clear type.
You need the Contest Center Official Word List in order to play
the WORD WELTER tournament, and for most Inner Circle contests.
If you do not have the Word List yet, be sure to order it early so that you
will have ample time to work on your WORD WELTER and Inner Circle puzzles.
HOW TO WIN
The How To Win booklet is still available for only $6, which
includes postage and handling (higher overseas).
It is full of valuable tips on how to win the Contest Center tournaments
such as One on One, Win A Million and Tournament of Riches.
Even experienced players will find techniques to improve their scores.
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