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EASY PUZZLE 44 - What's The Good Word 2 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/13/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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  This cache is NOT located at the posted coordinates. You must solve an EASY puzzle to get the final coords.

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THE PUZZLE - What's The Good Word 2?

THE PUZZLE:  Figure out the word and do the math. Simple right? Well maybe or maybe not.

Do YOU know what the good word is?


LATITUDE = N 35 4A. BCD

A = Value of 1st letter in the word  - 2    (VALUE OF 1st LETTER MINUS 2)

B = Value of 2nd letter in the word + 6    (VALUE OF 2nd LETTER PLUS 6)

C = Value of 3rd letter in the word + 3    (VALUE OF 3rd LETTER PLUS 3)

 D = Value of 4th letter in the word  - 2    (VALUE OF 4th LETTER MINUS 2)



LONGITUDE = W 79 2E. FG H

E = Value of 5th letter in the word + 3    (VALUE OF 5th LETTER PLUS 3)

F = Value of 6st letter in the word + 4   (VALUE OF 6st LETTER PLUS 4)

G = Value of 7th letter in the word    (VALUE OF 7th LETTER)

 H = Value of 8th letter in the word  - 1    (VALUE OF 8th LETTER MINUS 1)



You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.



NUDGE - What's The Good Word 2

  Did you notice who placed it? NOTE: On the original puzzle I changed the date to 4/10/2014, but I can not change the date back more than a year, so now the date doesn't help.

  Hasbro, the company behind the game of Scrabble, held a contest for fans to vote for the first word to be added to the official Scrabble dictionary in nine years. The contest began with 16 competitors. It was the first time that there was a public vote for a word to be added. The 16 words voted on were (1) luckbox; (2) booyah; (3) phablet; (4) emotypo; (5) zen; (6) woot; (7) bestie; (8) adorbs; (9) hangry; (10) nowish; (11) retweet; (12) ew; (13) bitcoin; (14) geocache; (15) cosplay; and (16) lifehack.

  So from the above list, can you figure out which word was added to the Scrabble dictionary on April 10, 2014? You have 16 guesses, but your 1st guess should be right. If not, with all the above information, google IS your friend.

  I say in hint that hubby says it is first word I think of every morning, but it is not. God and devotions come first and then the good word. LOL!

   Beyond A NUDGE

  So solve the puzzle by using the letters/scrabble values for the good word.

  Scrabble letter values:

  (1 point) A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R
  (2 points) D, G
  (3 points) B, C, M, P
  (4 points) F, H, V, W, Y
  (5 points) K
  (8 points) J, X
  (10 points) Q, Z

        NOTE: Need more help? Contact me. I LOVE to help and give nudges. :-)



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle] Zl uhool fnlf guvf vf gur svefg jbeq V guvax bs jura V jnxr hc rirel zbeavat. Ur vf cebonoyl evtug! [cache] prqne, erq synt - abg fgnaqneq pbagnvare - ybbx sbe gur tbbq jbeq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)