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Daily puzzle · target 5040. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
Whose word once went unquestioned, times what the vengeful deliver and the chastened take.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
R18S19C3O15E5S19E5W23N14A1O15E5I9H8G7T20L12I9
The answer
2 words, hitting 5040 exactly: TEACHER LESSON.
T20E5A1C3H8E5R18= 60
×L12E5S19S19O15N14= 84
TEACHER 60 × LESSON 84 = 5040. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.