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Daily puzzle · target 6867. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
What sprawling empires spread like, times what an empty stomach is said to be.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
N14O15D4U21O15S19T20E5A1L12V22C3R18P16C3S19G7E5
The answer
2 words, hitting 6867 exactly: OCTOPUS CAVERN.
O15C3T20O15P16U21S19= 109
×C3A1V22E5R18N14= 63
OCTOPUS 109 × CAVERN 63 = 6867. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.