Dartle #33 answer & hints
Board 1
S&P 500 stocks by 2025 gain
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Values are in % gain, from Yahoo Finance (prices); Wikipedia: List of S&P 500 companies. The quickest perfect checkout needs 2 darts.
Hint 2 Tap to reveal
One perfect checkout opens with an answer worth 99 that starts with "G". You then need exactly 1 more.
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GE Vernova (99) + Agilent Technologies (1)
Other perfect checkouts: GE Vernova (99) + Host Hotels & Resorts (1) · GE Vernova (99) + Humana (1) · GE Vernova (99) + Palo Alto Networks (1) · GE Vernova (99) + Sempra (1) · GE Vernova (99) + Union Pacific Corporation (1) · Tapestry, Inc. (96) + Arch Capital Group (4) · Tapestry, Inc. (96) + BlackRock (4) · Tapestry, Inc. (96) + Cadence Design Systems (4) · Tapestry, Inc. (96) + Dover Corporation (4)
Companies in today's S&P 500, worth how much their share price rose in 2025, in percent (from the Dec 31, 2024 close to the Dec 31, 2025 close). Price change only: adjusted for stock splits, dividends not included. Only stocks that rose between 1% and 100% count: 202 of 496 fell, stayed flat or more than doubled, so they aren't answers. There are 26895 ways to hit exactly 100 on this board, and 165 of them use only 2 darts. Of 13 players so far, 8% hit a bullseye and 31% went bust; the average score was 47.
All 294 answers (one point = % gain).Highlighted answers appear in a perfect checkout.
- GE Vernova99
- Tapestry, Inc.96
- Amphenol95
- Coherent Corp.95
- KLA Corporation93
- Howmet Aerospace87
- GE Aerospace85
- Corning Inc.84
- Intel84
- Huntington Ingalls Industries80
- Advanced Micro Devices77
- CVS Health77
- NRG Energy77
- Dollar General75
- Cardinal Health74
- Citigroup66
- Alphabet Inc.65
- Albemarle Corporation64
- Dollar Tree64
- Idexx Laboratories64
- TE Connectivity59
- Applied Materials58
- Caterpillar Inc.58
- Constellation Energy58
- Jabil58
- RTX Corporation58
- Flex Ltd.57
- C.H. Robinson56
- HCA Healthcare56
- Goldman Sachs54
- Teradyne54
- General Motors53
- Monolithic Power Systems53
- Ralph Lauren Corporation53
- Expedia Group52
- Johnson Controls52
- BNY Mellon51
- Cencora50
- Fox Corporation50
- Invesco50
- Broadcom49
- Steel Dynamics49
- First Solar48
- Hasbro47
- TKO Group Holdings47
- Welltower47
- Cummins46
- Interactive Brokers46
- Monster Beverage46
- McKesson Corporation44
- Incyte43
- Johnson & Johnson43
- Vertiv43
- eBay Inc.41
- Morgan Stanley41
- Reddit41
- Estée Lauder Companies (The)40
- L3Harris40
- Nucor40
- Wynn Resorts40
- Casey's39
- Lilly (Eli)39
- Nvidia39
- Take-Two Interactive39
- Ulta Beauty39
- Parker Hannifin38
- CrowdStrike37
- Capital One36
- Rockwell Automation36
- Charles Schwab Corporation35
- CRH plc35
- DoorDash35
- Emcor35
- Expeditors International35
- IBM35
- Uber35
- JPMorgan Chase34
- Quanta Services34
- Citizens Financial Group33
- Ford Motor Company33
- Freeport-McMoRan33
- Gilead Sciences33
- Northern Trust33
- Philip Morris International33
- Valero Energy33
- Wells Fargo33
- State Street Corporation31
- Ventas31
- Cisco30
- AbbVie29
- Rollins, Inc.29
- Analog Devices28
- Cboe Global Markets28
- Ferguson Enterprises28
- General Dynamics28
- Paramount Skydance Corporation28
- Synchrony Financial28
- Las Vegas Sands27
- TJX Companies27
- Amgen26
- Aptiv26
- DuPont26
- Hartford (The)26
- Keysight Technologies26
- Nasdaq, Inc.26
- American Electric Power25
- American Express25
- Bank of America25
- Globe Life25
- Leidos25
- 3M24
- Loews Corporation24
- Boeing23
- Carnival Corporation23
- Norfolk Southern23
- Southwest Airlines23
- Steris23
- Walmart23
- Allegion22
- CBRE Group22
- Entergy22
- Northrop Grumman22
- Universal Health Services22
- CenterPoint Energy21
- Martin Marietta Materials21
- Prologis21
- Royal Caribbean Group21
- Atmos Energy20
- KeyCorp20
- Medtronic20
- Solventum20
- Travelers Companies (The)20
- W. R. Berkley Corporation20
- Arista Networks19
- Ross Stores19
- American International Group18
- CME Group18
- Corteva18
- Evergy18
- Franklin Resources18
- Eversource Energy17
- Marathon Petroleum17
- Oracle Corporation17
- Verisign17
- Vistra Corp.17
- Xylem Inc.17
- EQT Corporation16
- Exelon16
- Hilton Worldwide16
- Biogen15
- Bunge Global15
- Delta Air Lines15
- Edwards Lifesciences15
- IQVIA15
- Microsoft15
- Nordson Corporation15
- O'Reilly Automotive15
- Quest Diagnostics15
- Regions Financial Corporation15
- United Airlines Holdings15
- United Rentals15
- Ametek14
- Archer Daniels Midland14
- Cincinnati Financial14
- J.B. Hunt14
- Mettler Toledo14
- NiSource14
- Principal Financial Group14
- Textron14
- Assurant13
- Chubb Limited13
- FirstEnergy13
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise13
- Meta Platforms13
- Phillips 6613
- Truist Financial13
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals13
- Wabtec13
- Yum! Brands13
- Ameren12
- Coca-Cola Company (The)12
- CSX Corporation12
- Devon Energy12
- Ecolab12
- ExxonMobil12
- Fastenal12
- NextEra Energy12
- U.S. Bancorp12
- WEC Energy Group12
- Abbott Laboratories11
- AES Corporation11
- Baker Hughes11
- Berkshire Hathaway11
- Consolidated Edison11
- Expand Energy11
- Fifth Third Bancorp11
- Marriott International11
- Microchip Technology11
- Qualcomm11
- Tesla, Inc.11
- Thermo Fisher Scientific11
- Trimble Inc.11
- Visa Inc.11
- Vulcan Materials Company11
- Williams Companies11
- Alliant Energy10
- Altria10
- Deere & Company10
- Live Nation Entertainment10
- Teledyne Technologies10
- Apple Inc.9
- AT&T9
- Dell Technologies9
- Dominion Energy9
- Duke Energy9
- Everpure9
- Henry Schein9
- Insulet Corporation9
- Intercontinental Exchange9
- Intuitive Surgical9
- Labcorp9
- Waste Management9
- Xcel Energy9
- Allstate8
- Booking Holdings8
- Charles River Laboratories8
- Cognizant8
- Mastercard8
- Moody's Corporation8
- PNC Financial Services8
- PPL Corporation8
- PulteGroup8
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals8
- Aflac7
- Boston Scientific7
- DTE Energy7
- Emerson Electric7
- Hershey Company (The)7
- Huntington Bancshares7
- M&T Bank7
- Simon Property Group7
- APA Corporation6
- AutoZone6
- Hubbell Incorporated6
- Merck & Co.6
- Realty Income6
- Southern Company6
- Veeva Systems6
- Amazon5
- American Water Works5
- Chevron Corporation5
- CMS Energy5
- GE HealthCare5
- Genuine Parts Company5
- Intuit5
- McDonald's5
- MGM Resorts5
- Netflix5
- Paccar5
- Pinnacle West Capital5
- Republic Services5
- ResMed|5
- S&P Global5
- Trane Technologies5
- TransDigm Group5
- Willis Towers Watson5
- Arch Capital Group4
- BlackRock4
- Cadence Design Systems4
- Dover Corporation4
- Halliburton4
- Jack Henry & Associates4
- NXP Semiconductors4
- Airbnb3
- Cintas3
- D. R. Horton3
- FedEx3
- Pentair3
- Raymond James Financial3
- Targa Resources3
- F5, Inc.2
- Kroger2
- Linde plc2
- Snap-on2
- Tyson Foods2
- Verizon2
- Walt Disney Company (The)2
- Waters Corporation2
- Agilent Technologies1
- Host Hotels & Resorts1
- Humana1
- Palo Alto Networks1
- Sempra1
- Union Pacific Corporation1
Reasoning & candidate comparison Contains the answer
Build an exact checkout from the actual board
- Use the recorded board for “S&P 500 stocks by 2025 gain”, where values are % gain. The target is 100, so work backwards from the remainder instead of selecting famous or high-valued entries alone.
- Choose GE Vernova, worth 99: 100 − 99 = 1 remaining.
- Choose Agilent Technologies, worth 1: 1 − 1 = 0 remaining.
- Checking every distinct-entry single and pair on the stored board finds 165 exact 2-dart checkouts and no exact checkout using fewer darts. The chosen sum is 99 + 1 = 100.
| Candidate / approach | Assessment | Why |
|---|---|---|
| GE Vernova (99) + Agilent Technologies (1) | Exact checkout | The recorded values sum to 100 in 2 darts. |
| GE Vernova (99) + Host Hotels & Resorts (1) | Equally short alternative | 99 + 1 = 100. This uses the same minimum number of distinct board entries; it is not scored lower in this calculation. |
| GE Vernova (99) + Tapestry, Inc. (96) | Overshoots | 99 + 96 = 195, 95 above the target. This is an illustrative calculation, not a recorded player attempt. |
What this does and does not establish
- Calculations use the values stored for this puzzle, including the game’s rounding and scaling. They are not updated real-world statistics. Candidate combinations use distinct entries; the count here covers only the minimum-length combinations, not all longer ways to total 100.
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| Board | Clue | Perfect checkout | Also good |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S&P 500 stocks by 2025 gain | GE Vernova (99) + Agilent Technologies (1) | GE Vernova (99) + Host Hotels & Resorts (1), GE Vernova (99) + Humana (1), GE Vernova (99) + Palo Alto Networks (1), GE Vernova (99) + Sempra (1) |
Dartle #33 FAQ
What date was Dartle #33?
Dartle #33 was the puzzle for Saturday, October 31, 2026.
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