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Scrabble Whiz #4: What is amiss? Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

JWCOREY: Sorry, nature has won out and most of the various stages seem to be unfindable. Time to archive. Mother Nature 7, JWCorey 0.

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Hidden : 8/19/2011
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

There is no cache at the listed coordinates. This is a 6 stage multi-cache. The location of Stage 1 is disguised somewhere in the Scrabble situation depicted below. Parking is mostly west and a little south of the cache, limited, and easy to miss. The Harvard Trails booklet is always helpful for parking location and the trail guide. The trail can be overgrown in spots, but the views are great and the terrain is wild. Watch out for hunters during deer season.


The table and picture below display the scoring and gameboard in a match between Casey Kasem and Emily Post. They are good at torturing geocachers with their shrewd Scrabble skills.

Official Scoresheet

Casey Emily
Words Score Words Score
FLUNKY +42=42 [A]VERAGE +71=71
SQUAWK +32=74 EXAMINE +34=105
PINN[A]CLE +65=139 BEELIKE +52=157
MIMIC +32=171 NINJA +26=183
KEY +11=182 BOOZE +42=225
CLIMATIC +92=274 BOG +6=231


Casey and Emily are pretty good Scrabble players and they are en route to a very high scoring game. At this point in the game Casey has CLASTER in his rack and Emily is holding NRIHGER. It is Casey's turn.

All words can be found in the Scrabble dictionary.



A few of the caches are rather well-concealed and all are winter friendly--although one stage is friendly only with less than a foot of snow on the ground. All stages but the final are small to medium size pill bottles or micros.

When you get to the field, please use a stopwatch and when you log the cache electronically, note your time from parking to finding the final. It is approximately a 1.5 mile loop from parking to final cache. This is a beautiful and very diverse trail through some wilderness and farmland. Feel free to compete for 1) the shortest time OR 2) the longest time enjoying the scenery.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

You can find a big nudge for solving this puzzle in GC38WXC: Scrabble Scramble

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Jura lbh svaq gur fbyhgvba, lbh jvyy xabj vg. Lbh jba'g arrq Trbpurpxre gb thrff. Fgntr 1: Sbhe vapu cynfgvp pbagnvare Fgntr 2: Zvpeb Fgntr 3: Ynetr cvyy obggyr Fgntr 4: Fznyy cvyy obggyr Fgntr 5: Zrqvhz cvyy obggyr Svany: Zrqvhz cryvpna pnfr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)