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Gasworks Scrabble Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/12/2004
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Enjoy the spectacular lake and city vistas from Seattle’s Gasworks Park as you play Scrabble on your way to the cache. The above coordinates are in the parking lot.

To play Scrabble you first have to draw seven letters. In this case you will earn your letters by finding seven things that you can touch somewhere in the park. They will be in the form of text or a graphic image that represents text, all made of metal. The number of letters given may be contained one word or several. If there is more than one possible answer be sure to select the one that gets you to the cache.

 

Find in the vicinity of the play barn and restrooms:

1. Stand alone yellow thing with US presidents last name (1st of 7 letters)

Amend the selected letter above by going back in the alphbet 2 letters.

2. Name of well known shoe salesman (5th of 9 letters)

3. What Semet-Solvay did in New York (1st of 11 letters)

Find in the vicinity of the hilltop:

4. Guy you will meet at eight o’clock (2nd of 12 letters)

5. Place sun goes in winter (2nd of 8 letters)

6. Type of dog found in the afternoon (2nd of 7 letters)

Find in the vicinity of the shoreline:

7. Body of water on SAG 1977 brass survey marker (1st of 5 letters)

 

Rearrange the letters into a valid seven-letter word that can be played first in a game of Scrabble. Using the key below, convert each letter in the rearranged word into a one-digit number.

Key:..A1..B2..C3..D4...E5..F6..G7..H8...I9..J1..K2..L3..M4

........N5..O6..P7..Q8..R1..S2..T3..U4..V5..W6..X7..Y8..Z9

Let a, b, c, d, e, f, and g represent the 7 digits from the key above in the order found in the rearranged word.

P = a + d

Q = b + g

R = c + g

S = e - d - a

T = b + a + g

U = f - b

 

Cache is at N47 38.PQR W122 20.STU

 

Note 7/29/2012: Cache is in a new location not very far from the previous one.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab arrq gb ernq gur Cyrkvtynf vasb obneqf. Fgnl bhg bs gur oenzoyrf. #2 vf sbhaq bhgfvqr gur cynl onea ng nobhg sbhe srrg nobir gur tebhaq.

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)