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Daily puzzle · target 151. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.

The clue

Whom a misfortune is credited to, and the kind of approach a board calls risky.

The rack

Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.

E5G7A1A1R18N14O15R18T20V22L12H8A1U21U21O15L12A1

The answer

2 words, hitting 151 exactly: AUTHOR NOVEL.

A1U21T20H8O15R18= 83
+N14O15V22E5L12= 68

AUTHOR 83 + NOVEL 68 = 151. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.

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