diff --git a/src/games/letters.js b/src/games/letters.js
index 65ab802..5341d91 100755
--- a/src/games/letters.js
+++ b/src/games/letters.js
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ async function play(context) {
 	game.state = 'words';
 	game.counts = countLetters(game.word);
 
-	context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)} Let's start!`, context.room.id);
+	context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)} You have ${style.bold(style.green(settings.timeout))}, let's start!`, context.room.id);
 
 	try {
 		await timers.setTimeout((settings.timeout / 3) * 1000, null, { signal: game.ac.signal });
-		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)} ${style.bold(style.green(`${Math.round((settings.timeout / 3) * 2)} seconds`))} left`, context.room.id);
+		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)} You have ${style.bold(style.green(`${Math.round((settings.timeout / 3) * 2)} seconds`))} left`, context.room.id);
 
 		await timers.setTimeout((settings.timeout / 3) * 1000, null, { signal: game.ac.signal });
-		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)} ${style.bold(style.green(`${Math.round(settings.timeout / 3)} seconds`))} left`, context.room.id);
+		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)} You have ${style.bold(style.green(`${Math.round(settings.timeout / 3)} seconds`))} left`, context.room.id);
 
 		await timers.setTimeout((settings.timeout / 3) * 1000, null, { signal: game.ac.signal });
 		context.sendMessage(`${style.bold('Time\'s up!')} Best players: ${getLeaders(game.points)}`, context.room.id);
diff --git a/src/games/numbers.js b/src/games/numbers.js
index 72a5863..365ba18 100644
--- a/src/games/numbers.js
+++ b/src/games/numbers.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const timers = require('timers/promises');
 
 const {
 	create,
+	parse,
 	addDependencies,
 	divideDependencies,
 	evaluateDependencies,
@@ -16,15 +17,35 @@ const pickRandom = require('../utils/pick-random');
 const style = require('../utils/style');
 const { solveAll } = require('../utils/numbers-solver');
 
-const games = new Map();
-
-const math = create({
+const { parse: limitedParse, divide: mathDivide, import: mathImport } = create({
 	addDependencies,
 	divideDependencies,
 	evaluateDependencies,
 });
 
+class FractionError extends Error {
+	constructor(message) {
+		super(message);
+		this.name = 'FractionError';
+	}
+}
+
+function divide(a, b) {
+	const result = mathDivide(a, b);
+
+	if (result % 1) {
+		throw new FractionError(`${style.bold(style.code(`${a} / ${b}`))} results in a fraction`);
+	}
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+mathImport({
+	divide,
+}, { override: true });
+
 const settings = config.numbers;
+const games = new Map();
 
 /* eslint-disable no-irregular-whitespace */
 function padNumber(number) {
@@ -68,6 +89,39 @@ function countNumbers(numbers) {
 	return numbers.reduce((acc, number) => ({ ...acc, [number]: (acc[number] || 0) + 1 }), {});
 }
 
+function getWinnerText(game) {
+	if (game.state === 'pick') {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	if (game.winner) {
+		return `The winner is ${style.bold(game.winner.prefixedUsername)}, who gets ${style.bold(game.points[game.winner.username])} points.`;
+	}
+
+	return 'No one found a solution.';
+}
+
+function getSolutionText(game) {
+	if (game.points[game.winner?.username] === 10 && game.solution?.answer === game.target) {
+		return `The target ${getTarget(game)} was solved as follows: ${style.bold(style.code(game.winner.solution))}. My solution was ${style.bold(style.code(game.solution.solution))}.`;
+	}
+
+	if (game.points[game.winner?.username] === 10) {
+		// the winner somehow found a solution the solver did not
+		return `The target ${getTarget(game)} was solved as follows: ${style.bold(style.code(game.winner.solution))}. Even I couldn't get that, well done!`;
+	}
+
+	if (game.solution?.answer === game.target) {
+		return `The target ${getTarget(game)} could be solved as follows: ${style.bold(style.code(game.solution.solution))}.`;
+	}
+
+	if (game.solution) {
+		return `The target ${getTarget(game)} was impossible, the closest answer is ${style.bold(game.solution.answer)} as follows: ${style.bold(style.code(game.solution.solution))}.`;
+	}
+
+	return null;
+}
+
 function stop(context, aborted) {
 	const game = games.get(context.room.id);
 
@@ -87,19 +141,15 @@ function stop(context, aborted) {
 		? `The game was stopped by ${style.cyan(`${config.usernamePrefix}${context.user.username}`)}.`
 		: style.bold('Time\'s up!');
 
-	const winnerText = game.winner
-		? `The winner is ${style.bold(game.winner.prefixedUsername)}, who gets ${style.bold(game.points[game.winner.username])} points.`
-		: 'No one found a solution.';
+	const winnerText = getWinnerText(game);
 
 	const leaders = Object.keys(game.points).length > 1
 		? `Honorary mentions: ${getLeaders(game.points, context.user, { skip: [game.winner.username] })}.`
 		: null;
 
-	const solution = game.solution.answer === game.target
-		? `The target ${getTarget(game)} ${game.points[game.winner?.username] === 10 ? 'was' : 'could be'} solved as follows: ${style.bold(style.code(game.winner?.solution || game.solution.solution))}.`
-		: `The target ${getTarget(game)} was impossible, the closest answer is ${style.bold(game.solution.answer)} as follows: ${style.bold(style.code(game.solution.solution))}.`;
+	const solutionText = getSolutionText(game);
 
-	context.sendMessage([wrapText, winnerText, leaders, solution].filter(Boolean).join(' '), context.room.id);
+	context.sendMessage([wrapText, winnerText, leaders, solutionText].filter(Boolean).join(' '), context.room.id);
 }
 
 async function play(context) {
@@ -118,10 +168,10 @@ async function play(context) {
 
 	try {
 		await timers.setTimeout((settings.timeout / 3) * 1000, null, { signal: game.ac.signal });
-		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)} ${style.bold(style.green(`${Math.round((settings.timeout / 3) * 2)} seconds`))} left`, context.room.id);
+		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)}. You have ${style.bold(style.green(`${Math.round((settings.timeout / 3) * 2)} seconds`))} left`, context.room.id);
 
 		await timers.setTimeout((settings.timeout / 3) * 1000, null, { signal: game.ac.signal });
-		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)} ${style.bold(style.green(`${Math.round(settings.timeout / 3)} seconds`))} left`, context.room.id);
+		context.sendMessage(`${getBoard(context)}. You have ${style.bold(style.green(`${Math.round(settings.timeout / 3)} seconds`))} left`, context.room.id);
 
 		await timers.setTimeout((settings.timeout / 3) * 1000, null, { signal: game.ac.signal });
 
@@ -156,7 +206,7 @@ function pickNumbers(type, context) {
 
 	if (type !== 'small' && type !== 'big') {
 		type.toLowerCase().slice(0, config.numbers.length - game.numbers.length).split('').forEach((typeKey) => {
-			game.numbers = game.numbers.concat(typeKey === 'b' ? pickBig() : pickSmall());
+			game.numbers = game.numbers.concat(typeKey === 'b' || typeKey === 'l' ? pickBig() : pickSmall());
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -172,7 +222,7 @@ function playSolution(solution, context) {
 	const game = games.get(context.room.id);
 
 	try {
-		const parsed = math.parse(solution.replace(/`/g, '')); // backticks may be used to prevent the expression from being expanded by Markdown in SChat
+		const parsed = limitedParse(solution.replace(/`/g, '')); // backticks may be used to prevent the expression from being expanded by Markdown in SChat
 		const numbers = parsed.filter((node) => node.type === 'ConstantNode').map((node) => node.value);
 		const counts = countNumbers(numbers);
 		const imagined = Object.keys(counts).filter((number) => !game.counts[number]);
@@ -196,7 +246,7 @@ function playSolution(solution, context) {
 
 		const summary = distance === 0
 			? `Your solution ${style.bold(style.code(parsed))} results in ${style.bold(answer)}, which is ${style.bold('exactly on target')}`
-			: `Your solution ${style.bold(style.code(parsed))} results in ${style.bold(answer)}, which is ${style.bold(distance)} away from target ${style.bold(game.target)}`;
+			: `Your solution ${style.bold(style.code(parsed))} results in ${style.bold(answer)}, which is ${style.bold(distance)} away from target ${getTarget(game)}`;
 
 		if (points && points > lastScore) {
 			game.points[context.user.username] = points;
@@ -227,7 +277,12 @@ function playSolution(solution, context) {
 
 		context.sendMessage(`${summary} for ${style.bold('no')} points, ${context.user.prefixedUsername}`, context.room.id);
 	} catch (error) {
-		// invalid answer
+		// invalid solution
+		if (error.name === 'FractionError') {
+			context.sendMessage(`${error.message}, which is not allowed, ${context.user.prefixedUsername}`, context.room.id);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		context.logger.error(error);
 	}
 }
@@ -255,12 +310,28 @@ function start(context, numbers) {
 	context.sendMessage('Let\'s play the numbers! Would you like a big number or a small one?', context.room.id);
 }
 
+function solve(calculation, context) {
+	try {
+		const parsed = parse(calculation.replace(/`/g, '')); // backticks may be used to prevent the expression from being expanded by Markdown in SChat
+		const answer = parsed.evaluate();
+
+		context.sendMessage(`${style.bold(style.code(parsed))} = ${style.bold(answer)}`, context.room.id);
+	} catch (error) {
+		context.sendMessage(`Failed to solve ${style.bold(style.code(calculation))}: ${error.message}`, context.room.id);
+	}
+}
+
 function onCommand(args, context) {
 	if (context.subcommand === 'stop') {
 		stop(context, true);
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (['calculate', 'calc', 'solve'].includes(context.subcommand || context.command)) {
+		solve(args.join(' '), context); // two from the top, four from the bottom, please Rachel
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (['numsgo', 'numgo'].includes(context.command) || ['start', 'go', 'auto', 'random'].includes(context.subcommand)) {
 		start(context, 'bbssss'); // two from the top, four from the bottom, please Rachel
 		return;
@@ -276,7 +347,7 @@ function onMessage(message, context) {
 	const body = message.originalBody || message.body; // * gets resolved to <em>
 
 	if (game?.state === 'pick') {
-		const multi = body.match(/\b[bs]{2,}\b/i)?.[0];
+		const multi = body.match(/\b[bls]{2,}\b/i)?.[0];
 
 		if (multi) {
 			pickNumbers(multi.toLowerCase(), context);
@@ -302,5 +373,6 @@ function onMessage(message, context) {
 module.exports = {
 	onCommand,
 	onMessage,
-	commands: ['numsgo', 'numgo'],
+	commands: ['numsgo', 'numgo', 'calculate', 'calc', 'solve'],
+	help: `Reach the target number using only the ${config.numbers.length} numbers on the board; you do not have to use all of them. You may use addition, subtraction, multiplication and divisions, but each calculation must result in a whole number. You can score points for solutions up to ${config.numbers.points.length} away from the target, but only the first best solution gets the points. Quick-start with ${config.prefix}numsgo, or use ${config.prefix}numbers to fill the board by manually selecting a random *large* or *big* number (100, 75, 50, 25), a random *small* number (1-10), or multiple at once like LLSSSS.`, // eslint-disable-line max-len
 };