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alphametic

noun
/ˌæl.fəˈmɛ.tɪk/

Etymology

Blend of alphabet + arithmetic.

  1. derived from *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s✻
  2. derived from ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) — “(art of) counting”
  3. derived from arithmētica
  4. derived from arismetique
  5. inherited from arsmetike
  6. compounded as alphametic — “alphabet + arithmetic”

Definitions

  1. A puzzle that presents an arithmetic problem with letters in place of the digits, the…

    A puzzle that presents an arithmetic problem with letters in place of the digits, the reader challenged to deduce which digit corresponds to each letter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for alphametic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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