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  • Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle

    From Phil Carmody@pc+usenet@asdf.org to rec.puzzles on Thu Sep 18 00:57:14 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

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    Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
    On 05/08/2025 10:57, Pimpom wrote:
    On 05-08-2025 05:44 am, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

    This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890

    Those are digits, not letters.

    1234 - carries heredity
    456 - is a period of time
    567 - is a pest
    and 890 - is a charged particle

    What is the word?

    Trivial.

    But goes against the protocol of each digit standing for a different
    letter. The word is better represented by: 1232456783

    ObPuzzle:

    FORTY
    TEN+
    TEN+
    -----
    SIXTY

    Phil
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