Save The Children Spring Quiz 2019

[canasta]

This question is driving me mad. Can anyone shed light on it?

What is special about these numbers?
8,5,4,1,7,6,10,3,2?

Even a clue would help.

[Calibax]

Write them out as Eight, Five Four...

[emeritus]

Write the numbers down in words then look at the sequence

[bluebell56]

Canasta. Does the clue make sense to you because I still can't
get it?

[scorpiojo]

First letters...

[PJS15]

Canasta and bluebell. Do you know your abc?

[fiction-factory]

First letters, but take account of second letters too where necessary

[canasta]

bluebell 56

No can’t make head not tail of it. I’m still flummoxed.

[cashier]

Think of the alphabet.

[canasta]

I keep staring at the words written down and nothing becomes clear.

[cashier]

Alphabeltical order.Eight, Five, Four etc

[canasta]

Yes!! At last I see it. Thanks a million cashier.

[bluebell56]

Yes thank you all - we can sleep tonight now!