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A BFF Word is one where: Namely: Furthermore, the non-BFF Words exhibit a different but related pattern - namely that:

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We have (I am not sure I have correctly identified the room but it seems somewhat plausible). Here So a doctor might provide ...

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Okay, so as I understand it So I think the patty, cheese and special bun are and so our burgers are as follows

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Substantial and Insubstantial words are Thus: Credit where due: Stiv

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The answer is The individual answers, starting from top left and moving right, are Then use A-Z = 0-25.

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I think that the patty cheese and lettuce are and the special bun is Burgers

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I believe you can complete the sequence with: Why? The title refers to:

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Note 1: Number 3 was solved by hagfy in the comments. Note 2: Where two or more digits are equal in any ordering below, the digits are sorted numerically. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Today's Vozzellbaugor Surprise Fries comes with: Hang on, wait - there seems to be some kind of raid going on?! Oh gosh, it's those Vowelburger guys from up the street! I'm going to make myself scarce...

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The Vowelburger™ Side Dishes act as an alternative to the usual letter-based diet, being made entirely of: In particular, the top and bottom layers of these dishes are: Producing: Make sure you take advantage of our introductory offer - each side dish is just $1.97! 8 8 8 I solved the problem via integer linear programming, and Here are optimal values for$n\times n$grids with$n \le 10$: \begin{matrix} n &1 &2 &3 &4 &5 &6 &7 &8 &9 &10 \\ \hline \text{maximum} &1 &3 &8 &12 &19 &25 &37 &45 &59 &71 \\ \end{matrix} By the way, you lifted your ... 8 Independently of @Randal'Thor's answer (which was posted in its original form just a few minutes before this one), I have explanations for all 16 puzzles (15 solid, 1 less so), and must say from the off: The puzzles resolve as follows (I am least sure on #6): Altogether, these spell out: 7 The rule is: Thanks to @Stiv, we also know that: Starting with 0: You can't go further because This may not be all there is to it though. 7 I think the next word is Reasoning 7 Very very doubtful solution Perhaps what is extraordinary is using buns and filling But there's an obvious hole here because 7 Answer: Explanation: 6 I believe today’s burgers are brought to you by the buns As the side dishes complement the burgers, they are served as follows 5 Well, judging from the hint, each$[m\ast n]$means In our case, we seem to have only$[n\ast n]$, in which case So rewriting all the expressions we've been given: Word 1 (2 letters):$[3*3]+[1*1]+[2*2]+[2*2]$Word 2 (5 letters):$((-[1*1] + [3*3] + [4*4] + [8*8] + [27*27]) \cdot [2*2] + [1*1] + [1*1] + [5*5] \cdot [27*27]) \cdot [2*2]\$ Word 3 (2 ...

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COMPLETE SOLUTION: Answers provided for all 12 clues, including 4 found by @Randal'Thor... These give us the letters: This letter sequence: Translated, this reveals:

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The missing numbers are Reasoning So

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I don't get the pattern but I have some words which could fit the given clues. They don't really follow vowelburger rules other than maintaining the first and last letter. Not sure whether that is allowed considering they are side dishes and not burgers. I mainly just wanna keep this question alive so I can find out the actual answer. :P Short Delete ...

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Solving the number puzzles: See Jens's answer - I didn't manage to get this one. See Jens's answer - I didn't manage to get this one. Turning the numbers into letters: The final step, motivated by the appearance of is to yielding the solution.

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I think the letters are all Based off your hint: Going off your title: Using this idea for DBE should mean the ??? is:

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The buns for your Spite Bite burger are: making The extra ingredient

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Going through the sixteen clues (four or five I still couldn't solve completely): Note that most of these are actually number puzzles in disguise :-) Overall: So I should say:

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