Linear OA(3⁸⁸, 256, F₃, 26) (dual of [256, 168, 27]-code), using 167 step VarÅ¡amov–Edel lengthening with (r_i) = (9, 5, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 4 times 0, 1, 4 times 0, 1, 4 times 0, 1, 4 times 0, 1, 5 times 0, 1, 5 times 0, 1, 5 times 0, 1, 6 times 0, 1, 6 times 0, 1, 7 times 0, 1, 7 times 0, 1, 7 times 0, 1, 7 times 0, 1, 8 times 0, 1, 9 times 0) based on linear OA(3²⁶, 27, F₃, 26) (dual of [27, 1, 27]-code or 27-arc in PG(25,3)), using

• dual of repetition code with length 27 [i]