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Daily puzzle · target 186. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
What a bad alibi leaves you with, and what the smart-mouthed give back.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
D4R18P16A1W23S19U21Y25N14Z26U21L12O15E5E5Z26N14U21
The answer
2 words, hitting 186 exactly: PUZZLE ANSWER.
P16U21Z26Z26L12E5= 106
+A1N14S19W23E5R18= 80
PUZZLE 106 + ANSWER 80 = 186. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.