Spanish squares
Cero, uno and nueve are the Spanish words for 0, 1 and 9, so it is appropriate that I can make the following statement:
CERO, UNO and NUEVE are perfect squares.
In this statement digits have been consistently replaced by capital letters, different letters being used for different digits.
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Please send in the numerical value of the square root of (CERO 脳 UNO 脳 NUEVE).
WIN 拢15 will be awarded to the sender of the first correct answer opened on Wednesday 10 June. The Editor鈥檚 decision is final. Please send entries to Enigma 1544, 快猫短视频, Lacon House, 84 Theobald鈥檚 Road, London WC1X 8NS, or to enigma@newscientist.com (please include your postal address).
Answer to 1538 Six factors: The 鈥渢hird number鈥� common to both sums was 93
The winner Martin Kipps of Wokingham, Berkshire, UK