What is a 5-letter word adding up to 0 if all letters are their value and vowels are negatives? (a-1 b2 c3)?

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What is a 5-letter word adding up to 0 if all letters are their value and vowels are negatives? (a-1 b2 c3)?

its this brain teaser ive been trying to do forever! please help!!!

2007-10-28 19:53:12 · 2 answers · asked by Katie 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

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ROUND

R = 18
O = -15
U = -21
N = 14
D = 4

I solved it by trial and error using a VLOOKUP formula in Excel to do the letter math quickly. Took less than 10 minutes.

2007-10-29 09:01:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

interesting - here's one:

hog

h +7
o -15
g +8

(oops, sorry, saw you need 5 letters...I don't want to delete my answer because I might come up with one, so I will leave it open, mod me down if you want...)

2007-10-29 02:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by panontro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋