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Daily puzzle · target 30. This puzzle has closed — today’s is here.
The clue
What the French are said to be best at, less what a thin argument lacks.
The rack
Eighteen tiles were on the board. Every letter is worth its place in the alphabet, A = 1 to Z = 26.
F6L12N14I9G7A1Y25I9S19S19A1O15G7L12U21T20P16R18
The answer
2 words, hitting 30 exactly: PASTRY FILLING.
P16A1S19T20R18Y25= 99
−F6I9L12L12I9N14G7= 69
PASTRY 99 − FILLING 69 = 30. SumHunt reads left to right, so there is no operator precedence to trip over.