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Theme puzzle · theme: seasons (and a coil and a tumble) · target 114. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
A leap forward and a drop back — the calendar's opposites.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
N14F6A1N14S19A1E5R18I9P16N14A1L12R18G7L12T20L12
The answer
2 words, hitting 114 exactly: SPRING + FALL.
S19P16R18I9N14G7= 83
+F6A1L12L12= 31
SPRING 83 + FALL 31 = 114. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.