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Daily puzzle · target 125. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
How the tentative get booked in, and the mistake-eater on the other end.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
I9E5U21S19E5T20P16R18V22E5A1R18E5N14C3F6N14L12
The answer
2 words, hitting 125 exactly: PENCIL ERASER.
P16E5N14C3I9L12= 59
+E5R18A1S19E5R18= 66
PENCIL 59 + ERASER 66 = 125. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.