I know I can get the answer for this puzzle but I'm struggling to see how to solve it.
Every letter represents a different number (0-9):
PLAYS
+ WELL
=======
BETTER
So far I know that:
- B = 1 (has to be)
- P = 9 (because P + 1 ≥ 10)
- E = 0 (9 + 1 = 10)
- L + W ≥ 10
- A + 1 = T
How do I continue from here? I can't find any more hints:
1 1
9LAYS
+ W0LL
=======
10TT0R
Following from the comments, including mine. There are only four possible combinations for the trio of $(A,T,Y)$: $(2,3,4), (3,4,2), (4,5,2), (4,5,3)$.
The first two are impossible because the possible values left for R and S keep the tens column from summing to 0. The third case gives both L and W as 7 or 8. That leaves 3 and 6 for R and S, the only combination of those four numbers that would work in the rightmost column is $L=7, S=6, R=3$. This gives you your final answer: