Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
To play the game, take cards alternately. You win if you get all the occurrences of the same letter. (e.g. AN, ON and LINE contain all occurrences of the letter N)
Can you devise a strategy so that you never lose?
Can you explain your strategy?
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You can print these cards out to play if you like.
| EAT | AN | LAF | IT |
| LINE | IF | LOT | ON |
| FOE |
The following games all have a similar structure and can be played using similar strategies.
- Noughts and Crosses
- Online
- Fifteen
- Jam
We suggest tackling them in the order given.
A poster of this problem can be found here.
Generalising. Creating expressions/formulae. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Number - generally. Games. Selecting and using information. Working systematically. Visualising. Combinatorics. Interactivities.
Published February 2000,March 2004.
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