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Daily puzzle · target 212. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
What speculators once paid house prices for, and what dies overhead at the worst moment, and a very cold welcome.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
T20P16L12R18B2P16F6T20I9U21L12O15S19B2S19E5A1U21
The answer
3 words, hitting 212 exactly: TULIP BULBS FROST.
T20U21L12I9P16= 78
+B2U21L12B2S19= 56
+F6R18O15S19T20= 78
TULIP 78 + BULBS 56 + FROST 78 = 212. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.