Brain Game: Numbered Names
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Enjoy Tuesday's Brain Game, and good luck!
If Henrietta = 13, Noel = 1, and Esther =3, then Annie = ?
Here is the SOLUTION.
THE SOLUTION:
NINE.
Each numeric equivalent is an unscrambled version of the name, minus one letter.
Henrietta - "a" = thirteen
Noel - "l" = one
Esther - "s" = three
so...
Annie - "a" = nine