Extraterrestrial Japanese Sums
(Published on 16. February 2023, 01:26 by KNT)
The clues are given by an extraterrestrial, who uses an unknown number base N. The given letters replace numbers from 0 to N-1, and no two letters may replace the same number. For all clues, none may have a leading zero.
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Solution code: Row 4 following by Column 5, S for empty cell
Comments
on 8. June 2023, 00:09 by Piatato
Really lovely!
on 17. April 2023, 03:11 by wooferzfg
Lots of fun, thanks :)
on 15. March 2023, 08:23 by Statistica
Klasse. Ein 'ibagsches' Finale :-)
on 23. February 2023, 15:31 by cornuto
Ich liiiebe Japanische Summen in allen Varianten. Brillant.
on 19. February 2023, 19:46 by KNT
@ibag ;-)
on 19. February 2023, 14:22 by ibag
;-))
on 18. February 2023, 09:06 by AnnaTh
Loved that one! Although the E.T.s are always a big (but fun) challenge for me.
on 16. February 2023, 23:56 by Niverio
Fun puzzle, not that easy compared to the main course tbh ;)
on 16. February 2023, 18:41 by Jesper
Good fun, looking forward to the next JSCC :)
on 16. February 2023, 16:11 by KNT
@h5663454 Yes, any base is possible, but all clues are in the same base.
on 16. February 2023, 14:33 by Lara Croft
I like these aliens a lot. But although having solved already a number of those puzzles it took me some time to make my brain stop thinking the terrestrial way and to realize all possibilities.
on 16. February 2023, 12:41 by ONeill
Great puzzle, not as difficult as I thought I’d find it. This gives me a bit more confidence for the next in the series, thanks!
on 16. February 2023, 04:06 by KNT
@kjholt You never know... the alien might know base 10 :-)
on 16. February 2023, 04:03 by kjholt
I wondered when this might come out and I'm glad there's an approachable one first since I probably won't even be able to do this one. Nice touch with the message in the cipher... Funny that the alien knows English but not base-10 ;)
on 16. February 2023, 04:02 by KNT
@RJBlarmo As is the nature with many puzzles of this type... a brunt of the difficulty typically is related to determining the relevant number base. There are a couple different ways to determine it for this puzzle, but I agree none of them are trivial.
on 16. February 2023, 03:55 by RJBlarmo
Very nice puzzle, I found the beginning steps a bit tricky. Looking forward to the next Japanese Sum Cave puzzle!
on 16. February 2023, 01:33 by Xendari
Beautiful construction! Although, I fear for the difficulty of the next JSSCC considering the time this took me to solve :P
