One Dollar Words

 

Eli, a math loving fifth grader has passion for numbers. As a second grader he learned to find the Value of Words. He started finding the value of many words, but became inspired to search for the elusive $1.00 words. One dollar words are words with a letter sum that equals $1.00. Each letter is assigned a money value as listed in the table below.

A = 1¢	F= 6¢	K = 11¢	P = 16¢	U = 21¢	Z = 26¢
B = 2¢	G = 7¢	L = 12¢	Q = 17¢	V = 22¢
C = 3¢	H = 8¢	M = 13¢	R = 18¢	W = 23¢
D = 4¢	I = 9¢	N = 14¢	S = 19¢	X = 24¢
E = 5¢	J = 10¢	O = 15¢	T = 20¢	Y = 25¢

The word "cat" would be worth 24¢ because 3¢ + 1¢ +20¢ =24¢
"Love" is a 54¢ word because 12¢ + 15¢ + 22¢ + 5¢ = 54¢
"Nutty" is a one dollar word because the sum of its letters equal $1.00 exactly. So is "writing". Check it out by adding up each letter to find the sum.

He became a $1.00 word finding maniac. Eli would find the sum of words as he drove in his car, walked through a store, read a book, and in any other place words presented themselves. In recent years he has also shared some of his dollar finding strategies: look for words with a lot of letters towards the end of the alphabet, turn letters into groups of 20 (like the letter t), notice letters that occur often and learn their value like -ing=30 and qu equals 38. He wishes us all luck on our $1 word search.

Can you find a one dollar word?