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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $29$
- The Shopkeeper's Puzzle
- A shopkeeper uses a code word where each letter stands for the digits from $0$ to $9$.
- What is the code used to encode this addition sum?
GAUNT + OILER ------ RGUOEI
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $29$. -- The Shopkeeper's Puzzle
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Cryptarithm Puzzles: $154$. The Shopkeeper's Puzzle