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cryptarithm: worship


Alphametic**
This weeks puzzle has a christian theme. In this alphametic, replace every letter with a digit. The same letter always represents the same digit and identical digits have always been replaced by the same letter:

Cryptarithm 2016-06-11 nr 1 exericse

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Calculating the roman pantheon


Header image problemThe Roman pantheon consisted of a large number of deities.

The Roman chronicler Problematus recorded that a limited number of their gods would be sufficient to have as deities. He noted this because you could have a sum of four numbers, and replace digits with letters (always replace the same digit with the same letter), and get:
Alphametic roman pantheon

What numbers do the letters stand for?

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Plants


Header image problem

“How many plant species are there?” It was of course my old friend professor Brainstrain who asked this. His nephew looked bewildered.
“10? No, more”, he thought. Then he asked: “over a hundred, maybe?”
“Many more,” the professor asked with a smile.
He went on:
“In the following addition, every digit had been replaced with a letter. Find the original sum.
Alphametic puzzle plants

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Strong drinks


1) Drink**
This weeks puzzle is a cryptarithm, one of the type of a non unique list:

 BEER
 BEER
 BEER
 WINE
 WINE
 WINE
WATER
WATER
WATER
-----+
DRINK

Solve this with A less then B.

It goes without saying that I strongly advice you not to drink any beer or wine when solving this puzzle. And while we’re on the topic: though a glass of wine is reported to be healthy, be aware that any large amount of alcohol destroys a number of braincells, and that brains which are not full grown may suffer more damage from alcohol than full grown brains.

(Solution: 60)