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What is the lowest number you Cannot score with one dart?

The least you can score is zero (by either missing the board, hitting the board in a non-scoring region, or having the dart fall out). There are a plurality of scores between these two extremes that can be obtained. For instance 25, from hitting the outer bull, or 34 from hitting the double-17.

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Impossible Dart Scores

If you throw a single dart at a dartboard, what’s the most you can score? I think most people know that it’s 60 points, which can be obtained by hitting the triple-20. The least you can score is zero (by either missing the board, hitting the board in a non-scoring region, or having the dart fall out). There are a plurality of scores between these two extremes that can be obtained. For instance 25, from hitting the outer bull, or 34 from hitting the double-17. Some scores are obtainable in more than one way, for instance, 15 can be obtained with a triple-5 as well as a natural 15. Some scores, like 6, can be obtained three ways! There are some scores, however, in the range [0-60], that it is impossible to achieve with a single dart. For example, it’s not possible to score 59 with a single dart, nor 49.

What scores are impossible?

Impossible one dart scores

It's not hard to calculate the impossible scores. Here is a list of all the impossible one dart scores: 59, 58, 56, 55, 53, 52, 49, 47, 46, 44, 43, 41, 37, 35, 31, 29, 23

Obviously, these impossible scores are in the range [0-60].

Try all you want, but you’ll never be able to score 46 from throwing a single dart!

Impossible two dart scores

Graduating to two darts, it’s easier to fill the gaps lower down, but the maximum possible score also doubles, doubling the possible range of scores that need to be hit. It’s not quite as bad as this, however, because, with the first dart, there are lots of possible starting bases that you can use before scoring the second dart (For instance, starting with the first dart in triple-20, or triple-19, gives you a wide range of high scoring bases before you apply the score of the second dart).

Here is a list of all the impossible two dart scores:

119, 118, 116, 115, 113, 112, 109, 106, 103

These are the impossible scores in the range [0-120]. Remember, either of the darts can score zero, so you instantly inherit all the solutions from the section above.

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Impossible three dart scores

A standard turn at darts is a throw of three projectiles. What are the scores that it is impossible to achieve?

Here is a list of all the impossible three dart scores:

179, 178, 176, 175, 173, 172, 169, 166, 163

We can see that 163 is the minimum score it is impossible to make if you throw three darts at a board.

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Here is a table of the impossible numbers for the first 25 darts. Do you see a pattern quickly emerging?

Darts Max Score Impossible Scores 1 60 59, 58, 56, 55, 53, 52, 49, 47, 46, 44, 43, 41, 37, 35, 31, 29, 23 2 120 119, 118, 116, 115, 113, 112, 109, 106, 103 3 180 179, 178, 176, 175, 173, 172, 169, 166, 163 4 240 239, 238, 236, 235, 233, 232, 229, 226, 223 5 300 299, 298, 296, 295, 293, 292, 289, 286, 283 6 360 359, 358, 356, 355, 353, 352, 349, 346, 343 7 420 419, 418, 416, 415, 413, 412, 409, 406, 403 8 480 479, 478, 476, 475, 473, 472, 469, 466, 463 9 540 539, 538, 536, 535, 533, 532, 529, 526, 523 10 600 599, 598, 596, 595, 593, 592, 589, 586, 583 11 660 659, 658, 656, 655, 653, 652, 649, 646, 643 12 720 719, 718, 716, 715, 713, 712, 709, 706, 703 13 780 779, 778, 776, 775, 773, 772, 769, 766, 763 14 840 839, 838, 836, 835, 833, 832, 829, 826, 823 15 900 899, 898, 896, 895, 893, 892, 889, 886, 883 16 960 959, 958, 956, 955, 953, 952, 949, 946, 943 17 1020 1019, 1018, 1016, 1015, 1013, 1012, 1009, 1006, 1003 18 1080 1079, 1078, 1076, 1075, 1073, 1072, 1069, 1066, 1063 19 1140 1139, 1138, 1136, 1135, 1133, 1132, 1129, 1126, 1123 20 1200 1199, 1198, 1196, 1195, 1193, 1192, 1189, 1186, 1183 21 1260 1259, 1258, 1256, 1255, 1253, 1252, 1249, 1246, 1243 22 1320 1319, 1318, 1316, 1315, 1313, 1312, 1309, 1306, 1303 23 1380 1379, 1378, 1376, 1375, 1373, 1372, 1369, 1366, 1363 24 1440 1439, 1438, 1436, 1435, 1433, 1432, 1429, 1426, 1423 25 1500 1499, 1498, 1496, 1495, 1493, 1492, 1489, 1486, 1483

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