BrainBashers - All Puzzles

This page shows all of the puzzles in the BrainBashers collection. You can see them in full detail (with images, etc) on the main puzzles page.

ZOAN - Here is the latest BrainBashers questionnaire how well can you do? Q1. The first...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGNB - Hidden in the grid below are eight 7-letter words. Each word begins with the cen...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZWOL - My local bus company has recently expanded and no longer has enough room for all...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZTOX - In my collection of classical music I have a range of pieces that last 6 7 8 and...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZPLM - Below are thirteen 5 lettered words each of which has had two of its letters rem...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZJLX - During a recent gymnastics gala four athletes competed in three events the vault...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZZYU - Within the BrainBashers school the science department has three disciplines. In...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZTKI - How many squares of any size are on a board divided up into 6 squares by 6 squar...

ZYJU - Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZROR - At the recent spring fete four keen gardeners were displaying their fine roses...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZLXH - Starting with a five-letter word change one letter to create a new word. This wo...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZQPU - What comes next in this sequence: iron bromine uranium argon ?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZKWM - Using all of the letters of the alphabet once only complete these words: -E--A -...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZWTB - Using the new BrainBashers programming language BrainBasic the following words h...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZVZB - In the following sum the digits 0 to 9 have all been used O = Odd E = Even zero...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNEC - A large freshwater reservoir has two types of drainage system. Small pipes and l...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZJCD - During a recent plane and train spotting contest five eager entrants were lined...
Puzzle Copyrighted. Created by Kevin Stone using Brain Cell.

ZBFF - Which word is the odd one out: seventy brawl clover proper carrot swing change t...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZYWM - From me to you with LOVE: how many times does the word LOVE appear in this grid?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNTH - My current age is the age of my favourite book (which is 14 years old) plus one...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZUYK - After a local art theft six suspects were interviewed. Below is a summary of the...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZZQO - Each of these words can be split in half and two letters can be placed in the mi...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZQIO - Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right adding up the n...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZOFE - Yesterday I went for a short bicycle ride around the local lakes. As the weather...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZYNI - During the latest round of the BrainBashers school triathlon Hayden was fourth...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZYIT - The Miller's Puzzle - 'The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems' by He...

ZUII - Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has letter...
Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo

ZKGX - There are three houses and three utilities: water gas and electricity. Your task...

ZWJD - Hidden in these sentences are the numbers 1 to 10 (in words). A number might app...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZJRZ - Using the clues from below can you find ten words? Once you have placed the word...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZMJP - Take away eight of the matches below and leave one matchstick behind. There are...
Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King

ZSQB - In the local wood there are a number of trees. On these trees there are a number...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZUZN - During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took place...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGSB - Six people whose names are Fred Alberts Larry Smith Brian Martin Marty Jones Bil...
Puzzle Copyright © David Leithauser

ZKRV - Can you find the anagrams of the following words? COAGULATE CAVITATES BACTERIAL...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZDJB - At midnight at the start of Monday January 1st Professor Stone set two old-fashi...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSGJ - A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter in turn can be replaced by ano...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZOTY - Alex and Blake were rowing their canoe along the River Trent. In the morning the...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZWSC - Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right adding up the n...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZCZL - What letter comes next in this sequence: E O E R E ?...

ZNNJ - Five People were all taking a vacation in Shriekville unfortunately all of their...
Puzzle Copyright © The Logic Zone

ZLIA - Below are thirteen 5 lettered everyday words each of which has had two of its le...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZDWI - Hidden in the grid below are 6 hidden animals once you have crossed off the hidd...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNFV - During a recent trip to Scotland I filled my petrol tank to the top a total of 1...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZXWW - The BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the s...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSVE - Below you can find 8 words that have had their beginnings and endings removed. I...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZXLN - Complete this grid with the digits 1 to 6 to make the sum correct. Perform each...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNMB - Alex is a keen dog admirer and over the years has had a number of dogs. Alex has...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZAUE - Which of the five black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more th...
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann

ZJNF - By changing the second letter of each word below you can make another valid word...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZQTF - The final of the BrainBashers triathlon was a close run thing. The whole tournam...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZVVT - Farmer Stone is quite an eccentric dairy farmer. He originally had a total of 54...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSLQ - Starting in the bottom left corner what is the highest total you can make? You a...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZXEN - Below you can find a proverb. The letters have been converted to their location...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZEWF - Last week I decided to cycle to my Grandparents's house. On the first day I cycl...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSDO - The BrainBashers Speed Skating championship was recently completed however the c...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGCN - Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZPSJ - Place the following words into the grid: MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS SATURN URANUS...
Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay

ZXQO - How many squares of any size can you find on this chessboard which do not contai...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZYTT - If 7/28 of 64 is 16 and 9/12 of 100 is 75 and 3/9 of 33 is 11 what is 5/15 of 45...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZEEF - At last year's BrainBashers snail race 10 fine snails completed the tabletop cou...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZKNL - Can you add two lines to complete this sequence of towers?...
Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King

ZIJY - Below you will find 10 seven-letter words with only their endings remaining. Can...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSWH - Can you find the three missing numbers each of which is written as a word? For e...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZLBV - Can you circle exactly three numbers and make a total of 19?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZZEQ - Place the words below into pairs. You will then have 5 lots of eight letters eac...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZXGG - After a day picking strawberries I had a basket full. I ate 5 and gave Alex half...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZFFC - What comes next in this sequence: elgnairt erauqs nogatnep nogaxeh nogatpeh ?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGKK - During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took place...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZCTJ - Using the clues below can you find 8 four-letter words? Once you have placed the...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZUVM - You have a very large number of generic plastic building blocks each in the shap...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZYQO - My 7658 is a large stick. My 5634 is a strong desire. My 712 holds animals. My 8...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZKRC - Which square which circle and which triangle has the closest area to the doughnu...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZKPQ - Can you draw a line through all of the edges in this picture? Each side is broke...

ZFSL - The other day I was sitting in my local tavern The Spyglass which overlooks the...
Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King

ZPJX - For being good at the garden fete four children were each given two sweets. Jess...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZUKB - How many squares of any size can you find on this chessboard which do not contai...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZJLL - The question is somewhere in the grid. W B H F S K F V J P Z H S S H T J P P N W...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZEHJ - Below are thirteen common 5-letter words each of which has had two of its letter...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNGR - Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right one square at a...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZBBE - Which of the four shapes comes next in this sequence:...
Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (193.06) and is used with permission.

ZGOE - What shape completes the bottom line? triangle pentagon square square hexagon he...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZPXP - These words have had their vowels removed. Can you replace the vowels to make so...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZQIA - Below are ten words that have been split in half. The first column has all of th...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZQRF - After a local bank robbery five suspects were interviewed. Below is a summary of...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZXJG - Can you draw a continuous line that travels in order from 1 to 6? You can only m...
Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay

ZQVP - At the local sweet shop three particularly nice sweets are on special offer. A S...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZEOW - Below are thirteen five-letter everyday words each of which has had two of its l...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZXDB - One fine morning twelve intrepid travellers found themselves facing a rather lar...
Puzzle Copyright © Randall Fine

ZADV - Below you will find 15 well-known six-letter words with only their endings remai...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZXNW - A numismatist decides to divide their coin collection between their children. Th...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZHBL - I recently gave a new carriage clock to my friend for their birthday. However as...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZCJP - At the local sports club some veteran members were photographed together for the...
Puzzle Copyrighted. Created by Kevin Stone using Brain Cell.

ZNWN - Can you find the sum of the second column?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSAT - Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: After many years stu...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZZQF - Which one of these letters is the odd one out?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZBQS - Which of the four black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more th...
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann

ZQUH - These words can all have a letter added and then be rearranged to make a new 5-l...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZHAD - Which country is hidden in the paragraph below? Aliens landed in downtown Chicag...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSVQ - If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIWD - At the local games evening four people were competing in the draughts and chess...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZWOH - Can you find anagrams of each of the words below? The initial letters of those n...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZLEL - Customer services at BrainBashers headquarters received the following letter rec...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGWK - What number comes next in this sequence: 1 23 124 1251 26127 128129 ?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGBD - At last month's rehearsal four top athletes competed in two qualifying 400 metre...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZTNI - Below are thirteen words each of which has had two letters removed. The remainin...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZMBD - Which country has been hidden in the paragraph below: The local habitat around a...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZBVT - In the illustration we have a sketch of Sir Edwyn de Tudor going to rescue his l...

ZOKL - During the recent BrainBashers school sports day four students were competing in...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNMV - Which of the six black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more tha...
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann

ZOMD - My first is in bridge but not in ridge. My second is in awake and in mistake. My...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZDTU - A kind old person decided to give 12 sweets to each of the adults in the town an...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZVBY - The second group of trainee astronauts are all sitting around the table waiting...
Puzzle Copyright © Randall Fine

ZZEC - Below are five book titles. Each title has had the spaces removed and then extra...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZQZE - Place an arrow in each empty square. Every arrow can either point left or right...
Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter
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ZHRT - A largefresh water reservoir has two types of drainage system: small pipes and l...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZTNY - The river Pregel runs through the town of Konigsburg. In the river are two islan...

ZSQP - Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZZJG - Last weekend I was given my pocket money which is meant to last me all week. On...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGNX - Can you identify this common sequence:...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGDD - You find yourself playing a game with your friend. It is played with a deck of o...
Puzzle Copyright © E.J. Shamblen

ZMZL - Which of the six black shapes is/are identical to the red one? There may be more...
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann

ZXTO - The infamous BrainBashers encyclopedia has been suffering from its usual problem...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZUXV - Which one of these sentences is the odd one out? Sam wanted another newt. Every...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGIR - The first group of trainee astronauts are all sitting around the table waiting t...
Puzzle Copyright © Randall Fine

ZXIQ - Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZDMN - Complete the fifth circle with the correct dots....
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZKLD - Three teachers were discussing how long they had been teaching. Alex and Blake h...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZVJV - You find yourself playing a game with your friend. It is played with a deck of o...
Puzzle Copyright © E.J. Shamblen

ZDYR - Which of the seven black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more t...
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann

ZNFZ - Below you will find 15 well-known six-letter words with only their endings remai...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZYFP - What day would tomorrow be if yesterday was five days before the day after Sunda...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIXY - The BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the s...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZAGD - Below you will find ten 6-letter words however every other letter is missing. Ca...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZPYU - Mamma's Age - 'Amusements In Mathematics' by Henry Ernest Dudeney (1917). Tommy...

ZFKX - Imagine a bottle recycling skip empty other than one lonely bottle. Every hour o...

ZGQN - You find yourself playing a game with your friend. It is played with a deck of o...
Puzzle Copyright © E.J. Shamblen

ZRFG - Which of the seven black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more t...
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann

ZRTD - What number is three-quarters of eight-ninths of one-half of 2001?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZMVO - What word is missing from this sequence: begin inch chapel elastic ? cellar aris...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNLA - At the recent BrainBashers downhill mountain bike race four entrants entered the...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZFLW - Below you will find 15 well-known six-letter words with only their endings remai...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZTAB - Add lines to this grid and create five areas that each have 4 letters to spell f...
Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (195.13) and is used with permission.

ZLCG - If four kittens can catch four mice in four minutes how many mice can twelve kit...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZINR - After the recent BrainBashers snail racing contest the four contestants were con...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZVZH - Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ban*...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZDFX - I recently travelled from my home town to a distant music concert on a pedal tri...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZEPE - Which number when written as a word makes this true: Cleverly there are exactly...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIJL - Below are thirteen five-letter everyday words each of which has had two of its l...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIXB - At the local model boat club four friends were talking about their boats. There...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZZMR - Can you find a number such that its double is fourteen more than its quarter?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZWJI - These five words are connected somehow which word is missing? ORIGAMI REPTILIAN...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZHEF - By changing the third letter of each of the words below can you make another val...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZCGQ - Hidden below are eight 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central S and y...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNWV - I am compiling the new BrainBashers world almanac and it now contains lots more...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZRJA - Each of the 6-letter words below can be mixed up and then broken down into two c...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZJMF - Below you will find 10 well-known six-letter words with only their endings remai...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZDPX - How many squares of any size can you find on this chessboard that do not contain...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIFY - Below are six animals that have been split. Take a set of three letters from the...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZRIL - During a recent BrainBashers thinking contest the total number of points scored...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZEFV - After a local bank robbery four suspects were interviewed. Below is a summary of...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZJWJ - The results of a recent Chess tournament between five close rivals is described...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZTJK - What word comes next: jangled febrifuge marbles apricot mayflower jungle julienn...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGLU - What is the next number in the sequence: 32 35 40 44 52 112 ?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIRD - Below are ten words from each word remove a single letter and rearrange the rema...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZBIL - During the recent BrainBashers football competition 5 schools were competing. Ea...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZVTQ - Which three letters come next in this sequence: pes gua luj nuj yam rpa ?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZPSD - If a bottle weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle what is the weight of a bottl...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZVFT - Can you fill the thermometers with mercury such that the numbers outside the gri...
Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter
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ZXYR - Below 9 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These c...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIZW - The following words have had their vowels removed can you find the missing anima...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZHRW - Can you find a number whose double exceeds its quarter by 7...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZISK - The recent BrainBashers annual marathon has just taken place. The judges have gi...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZBUN - Below are safari animals however each letter has been replaced by its position i...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZAXQ - Can you find at least ten different colours hidden in the following paragraph? M...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZENX - Frankie the Squirrel can find one nut in 15 minutes and Glenn the Squirrel can f...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSEA - Below you will find 15 well-known seven letter words with only their endings rem...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZRDF - Four clowns were getting ready for the evening's performance. From the clothes t...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZQOI - What word most logically goes in the brackets: EASY [HEAD] HARD OOZE [.] FACT...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNQY - My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault I did a listi...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZKCX - During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took place...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZXLF - Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right adding up the n...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZLHO - At a recent visit to the reptile house at the local animal sanctuary I counted a...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIAO - From 6523 grows a plant. I 689 I 689 I 689 it's no joke. 751 rhymes with you. 42...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSAO - At the end of the last volleyball season the main results table had been destroy...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNCT - These words have had their vowels removed can you replace them to find some anim...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNKP - A friend of mine drove from Aardvark to Beeville. On the first day they travelle...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZOIV - Imagine a grid comprising 20 X 20 squares. How many squares of any size in total...

ZXSC - After the local BrainBashers Derby some friends were telling everyone who had wo...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZDBX - Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZYVT - This famous river has a number of cities along its course. What is its name?...
Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King

ZNXG - My local library decided to hand out some of its old books to the 1400 people wh...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGZM - During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a binary code contest took plac...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZEEG - Each of these sets of arrows represents a word - what are the words?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZCBS - The BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the s...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZJFC - Here is a curious grid the sums of the shapes are shown at the end the row and a...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZINF - Below you will find well-known eight-letter words with only their endings remain...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZZVA - Last week I travelled from Birmingham to Glasgow (via bicycle). On the first day...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZAYQ - Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: As a keen photograph...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIGY - What number comes next in this sequence: 917452 97452 9745 975 ?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZGKO - Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZKPU - How many squares have been placed in the drawing below?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZTAH - Last week I travelled from London to Leeds which is a distance of 174 miles. I s...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZCVZ - Can you find a five digit number which has no zeros no digit is repeated where:...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZDBT - Can you create a sentence that contains the word 'and' five times in a row? Note...

ZZVV - Each empty white square in the grid contains one of the numbers 1 2 3 8. Each of...
Puzzle Copyright © Erich Friedman

ZEQH - I was having trouble sleeping last night and I tossed and turned well into the n...

ZTBA - During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took place...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZJLO - Many years ago a cruise liner sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The cast...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZZJE - Below are five phrases that have been tinkered with. Rearrange the words so that...
Puzzle Copyright © Carl Ginnow
Used with permission from rec.puzzles

ZBTC - Your objective is to place some diagonal mirrors into the grid. If a ray of ligh...
Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (196.26) and is used with permission.

ZNQL - During a recent music festival four DJs entered the mixing contest. Each wore a...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZYZN - Freddie was in love - with three girls from his school! He couldn't decide which...
Puzzle Copyright © Rodins Ltd

ZKOT - What letter comes next in this sequence: M V E M J ?...

ZFCI - I'm amazing 'cause I've got the force To hold down a cow or a horse As you've d...
Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson
Website: www.stillsonworks.com

ZLRY - When complete each of the seven rows will contain a common seven-letter word. A...
Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (194.01) and is used with permission.

ZTCM - Recently Blake had a party and because it was their birthday they wanted a mathe...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZEGX - Four friends were discussing their prize winning carp. There were four different...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZCSB - At a musical recital five students (John Kate Larry Mary and Nick) performed fiv...
Puzzle Copyright © Chris Joh

ZNSV - Many years ago a cruise liner sank in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The casta...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZFJQ - Many years ago befor modern educashun in the new millenium one problem in skools...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZZKV - Can you fill the thermometers with mercury such that the numbers outside the gri...
Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter
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ZRZH - Four friends were competing in the internationally renowned BrainBashers Bog Sno...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZVNP - What is the next number in this sequence: 14 91 62 53 64 96 ?...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZURU - Below are thirteen 5 lettered words each of which has had two of its letters rem...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZNDY - Can you place a common 4-letter word into each of the brackets to create two lon...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIAG - A local angler caught a large trawler load of haddock. They decided to donate so...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSRG - Place all of the digits from 1 to 9 into the circles so that the sum of the numb...
Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay

ZEJH - At the local nursery school I was chatting to my daughter's friends and noticed...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZAGW - Complete these four letter words the first letters form a word reading down and...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZACP - What is the 20th prime number?...

ZYBC - Five tree surgeons are waiting to start their day's work in the local forest and...
Puzzle Copyrighted. Created by Kevin Stone using Brain Cell.

ZKSK - A trout's tail weighs eight pounds. Its head weighs as much as the tail and one-...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZFDK - Can you complete the following four 5-letter words. The missing letters in order...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZEIA - How many hexagon-type shapes in total can you find in this puzzle? Clue: there a...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZPYT - Add lines to this grid and create five areas that each have 4 letters to spell f...
Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (194.34) and is used with permission.

ZHIZ - Starting with any number on the top row make your way to the bottom adding the n...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZIZG - 4 shepherds were watching over their flocks and they were commenting on how many...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZLPQ - What word can prefix (go before) these letters to make a valid word in each case...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZQRW - Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: We told Cliff to run...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZCIK - Just last week Stacey's nieces and nephews met up to go to the cinema to see the...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZKDH - Each of these words can have the same letter placed at the beginning and the end...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZMHZ - Move from letter to letter and collect the necessary letters for FIND (in any or...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZICD - What number comes next in this sequence: 31 30 31 31 ? Note: the answer is NOT 3...

ZEQO - What letter comes next in this sequence: P O I U Y T ?...

ZEVM - Place the digits from 1 to 9 in each closed area so that the sum of the digits i...
Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay

ZBCD - Look at the following sentence once and once only how many times can you find th...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZRJI - The following words have had their vowels removed can you find the missing anima...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZHNZ - Daniel has the same number of brothers as sisters. His sister Laura has twice as...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

ZSHC - Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These...
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ZJEA - What comes next in this sequence: hydrogen helium lithium beryllium boron ?...

ZRIY - Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb? A...
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ZZNP - What letter comes next in this sequence: Y Y H L Y E Y T ?...

ZPLR - Which fruit comes next in this sequence: banana pear kiwi tomato ? Choose from:...
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ZITV - A grocer has to place 28121 carrots into bags each bag containing the same numbe...
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ZLUI - How should these words actually be spelled - without using a dictionary. bizz-ne...
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ZDXF - Can you find a word which can go in front of each of these words to make a new w...
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ZOKW - If a farmer buys chicken feed for 1.26 per tonne pig feed for 2.74 per tonne and...
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ZQRJ - Below are ten everyday words each of which has had some letters removed. The let...
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ZZLD - Are there more seconds in a week or feet in 100 miles?...
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ZXVU - A clue-giving paragraph of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each lett...
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ZJQQ - Can you find a five letter word which when written in upper-case reads the same...

ZNXA - Which word comes next in this sequence: India Victor X-Ray Lima Charlie ?...
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ZWSM - What number replaces the question mark?...
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ZPHH - A three letter word has been removed from five words leaving the letters below w...
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ZVHV - As the auditor for my local theme park I noticed that on Saturday there were 429...
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ZIPI - Which are there more of: rolls in a dozen baker's dozen or hours in a week?...
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ZUPW - If a farmer buys chicken feed for 57c per tonne pig feed for 1.52 per tonne and...
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ZBXV - What number comes next in this sequence: 986888 724864 143224...
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ZUKW - The beginning of a well-known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the...
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ZUPT - Which is larger the number of seconds in a week or the number of minutes in a ye...
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ZBZT - Find two words which are anagrams of each other which complete this sentence: Du...
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ZDQD - On the charts I remain number one This position cannot be undone If I burn you m...
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ZQFL - If 7 ingots of IRON weigh 112 tonnes 4 ingots of COBALT weigh 104 tonnes and 3 i...
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ZNBA - If one small rabbit can dig a warren in nine hours a medium rabbit can dig a war...
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ZYJX - Richard Kevin and James like coffee Andrew Anne and John don't. Does Simon like...
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ZCIM - On the 6th of May 1978 something happened at 12:34 which will not happen again f...

ZELW - Can you guess what the following abbreviations mean COM DRA ADV ACT SPO MUS HOR...
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ZUVL - During a recent school reunion four friends were discussing their starting salar...
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ZJXK - I recently gave a new watch to my friend for their birthday. However as usual wi...
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ZSVM - I am a 10-letter word. My 9 6 1 2 is something a swimmer may do. My 5 4 4 3 is n...
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ZAON - Which is greater the number of grooves on one side of a vinyl record (if you can...

ZTPH - What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?...

ZNEH - Alex and Blake Stone have three daughters and each daughter has two brothers. Ho...
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ZDIN - You are running in a street marathon and you overtake the person in last place w...

ZTNN - A donkey is tied to a rope 6 feet long and there is a bale of hay 8 feet away. H...

ZFBC - Can you find a three-digit number such that when you reverse the numbers you get...
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ZKMP - What three-letter word best completes the below words? SW Y AL F W...
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ZFEW - I was recently given a new watch for my birthday. However as usual with my prese...
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ZHCM - Gib is to llams as nepo is to desolc as pu is to ?...
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ZKQK - Using the letters AAEEHHLLLLMMNNOOSSTT complete this grid. The grid reads the sa...
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ZXEV - In this sequence which planet would be listed last: Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptun...
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ZBQP - The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the...
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ZCOG - Starting with BALL change one letter at a time until you have the word HEAD. Eac...
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ZLSY - This is a well known children's musical piece the vowels have been removed and t...
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ZBTP - At my local farmer's merchant you can buy chicken feed for 15c per tonne pig fee...
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ZXBI - You have a barrel filled to the top with water which weighs 150 pounds. What can...

ZNCR - Every year just before my birthday I open my money box to see how much money I h...
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ZJPY - Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1 B=2 C=3 and so on u...
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ZHOV - Which word if pronounced right is wrong but if pronounced wrong is right?...

ZNFP - This is a well known children's musical piece the vowels have been removed and t...
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ZRPE - Which name comes next in this sequence: Sarah Helen Diane Joanne ? Choose from:...
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ZHVZ - What comes next in this sequence: A U E O I I O E U ?...
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ZFLZ - What three letter word best completes the below words? B D MET PING SH...
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ZLUS - Can you find three words which contain EE twice?...
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ZMYC - What are the next five letters in this sequence: HDSOAW HDHAGF ATKH AATKM...

ZMYR - Which letter completes this sequence: T A O T B I E S O T R H N E O Q T U T E O...
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ZOHO - Which are there more of: days in a year or bones in an adult human body?...
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ZNET - Can you find a word that can suffix (go after) each of these letters: re deva re...
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ZJDJ - Last night I was looking at a road sign and could see that Leeds was 13 miles aw...
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ZWBR - A farmer buys chicken feed for 4 per tonne pig feed for 3 per tonne and cattle f...
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ZODU - Which is the odd one out: CAT DOG GOLDFISH HAMSTER COW...
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ZSBO - In Farmer Donald's hay loft there are a number of ants mice and chickens. There...
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ZNWU - What three letter word best completes the below words? EW BET FL CET M...
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ZVTF - Starting with SOFT change one letter at a time until you have the word LENS. Eac...
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ZNJA - This is an annoying paragraph in which you try and work out what is unusual abou...
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ZJAY - Can you unscramble the letters below to find four cheeses? C C E D H B H E A E M...
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ZCWY - Why are 2017 UK pound coins worth more than 2015 UK pound coins?...

ZMZK - Looking at a usual clock how many times does the minute hand pass the hour hand...

ZPLY - The BrainBashers golf world tour is well underway and Fred is planning the journ...
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ZTXN - Tuif cumzye if n fizpye trsg go sre hbw ensl n EOG13 caet eaceyctrd phzmlr paa o...
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ZQSE - What are the next 3 digits in this sequence: 7 3 1 8 2 8 5 3 1 5 3 0 3 3 1 4 3 0...
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ZYES - What is the next number in this sequence: 1 1 2 4 3 9 4 61 5 52 6 63 7 94 8 ?...
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ZOXV - At the annual BrainBashers puzzle discussion conference 20 people attended. At t...

ZZIY - What comes next in this sequence: 31 41 51 61 71 81 92 ?...
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ZBNM - Two fine fellows were working very hard all day at the local coal mine. One of t...

ZCNQ - Which word is the odd one out? erah reed yenkom tibbar tac tesomram gip...
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ZRSQ - During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took place...
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ZVXY - Which cheese is made backwards?...

ZDOM - What comes next in this sequence: dog cat mouse mole deer pig ? Choose from: lla...
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ZWYD - What comes next in this sequence: jnry fbrry mrch prl my jn ?...

ZTQN - Which letter comes next in this sequence: A K Q J ?...

ZIRB - What are the next three letters in this sequence: HDD TMRUTC TCSO TMRD...

ZVDB - James Simon Ian and William all like walking but Dave Steven Alan and Alastair d...
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ZUCZ - What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squa...

ZCTD - On which side of a cup is it best to have the handle?...

ZFFG - Can you find a valid sentence which has two consecutive ANDs in it?...

ZDEC - If I give you seven apples you will then have five times as many as I would then...
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ZXEO - Using the letters AIO along with ST what is the longest word you can find? You m...
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ZSCU - Which one of these sentences is the odd one out - the answer is nothing to do wi...
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ZVKK - What comes next in this sequence: Dave Edward Duncan Neil Liam ? Choose from: Al...
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ZIDS - How many cubic feet of earth are removed to make a hole 4 feet wide by 7 feet lo...

ZVTM - Which letter is missing from this sequence: B C D G P T V...

ZKNU - Which letter is missing from this sequence: B C E G K Q S W...

ZJDY - During a recent school trip to the seaside I was sat at the rear of the bus. I n...
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ZNTM - If I buy a melon and a coconut the cost will be 1.19. If I buy a melon and a pin...
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ZPKQ - If Malcolm Laura John Alan Brenda and Kevin like chocolate and Norman Steve Thom...
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ZDCZ - What is made from nothing yet you can see it?...

ZMZY - What comes next in this sequence: eno owt ehret rouf eivf xis ?...

ZTFP - Using the letters AAEEIIMMPPTT complete this grid with valid words. The grid rea...
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ZIGT - What comes next in this sequence: dog goat tarantula aardvark koala ? Choose fro...
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ZPHY - Cen yee rell wrer er wreng werr rrer peregrepr? Er ferrr glence yee mey rrenk rr...
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ZVHZ - Which is greater: the number of seconds in a year or miles light can travel in 3...
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ZKRA - What is the only number not found in the Roman numerals system?...

ZTXP - During a recent Formula 1 race meeting Blake managed to complete a lap with an a...
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ZEQM - If I was in Florida and dropped a heavy ball into a bucket of water which was at...

ZTJY - Here are some less well known proverbs. What is the missing word in each? Loyalt...
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ZXZD - My first is in mammoth but not in elephant. My second is in racoon but not in be...
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ZTMP - What number comes next in this sequence: 3 3 5 4 4 3 5 ?...

ZVUP - Where do the biggest potatoes grow?...

ZVIB - What are the next five letters in this sequence: JAJWUTH TFAPOW JFDABHC...

ZXLA - Alex Smith was born on December 25th 1971 yet their birthday is always in the su...

ZBKQ - What gets wetter the more it dries?...

ZOPB - Take a normal piece of paper exactly 0.1 mm thick. Fold it in half and then in h...

ZZDY - Using the letters EEEENNNNPPSS complete this grid. The grid reads the same acros...
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ZFOS - How can you drop an egg exactly 30 feet above a concrete floor without breaking...

ZYVH - Daniel has twice as many sisters as brothers. His sister Jessica has one more si...
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ZRQL - What do you get if you add 2 to 200 four times?...

ZAVC - Find three common nine letter words that can be formed on an upside-down calcula...
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ZYLJ - Can you calculate (clue!) which word is the odd one out: giggle soil bells gobbl...
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ZFTF - Using the letters EEEEGGLLOOSS complete this grid. The grid reads the same acros...
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ZTXL - What comes next in this sequence: boron carbon nitrogen oxygen ?...

ZYEP - Can you find three consecutive primes which total 190747 when multiplied togethe...
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ZYWK - Which pair of letters comes next in this sequence: on et wo th re ef ou ?...

ZQCJ - At a recent BrainBashers party I noted the ages of the children who attended. Da...
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ZSUP - What word completes this square: ferret rabbit otter ? Choose from: giraffe mink...
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ZNJH - If you turn a right handed glove inside out will it be still be a right handed g...

ZVAG - What well-known saying has been altered below: lla doog shingt eomc ot ehost ohw...
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ZBMQ - Find two words which are anagrams of each other that complete this sentence: Whi...
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ZEJB - What comes next in this sequence: M N B V C X ?...

ZDRT - What well known saying has had its consonants removed: *a** *a*** *a*e *i*** *o*...
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ZIMG - What comes next in the sequence: red orange yellow green blue indigo ?...

ZCJT - What is significant about this paragraph: I once found two tiny ferrets tired lo...
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ZUYX - What number comes next in this sequence: 7 8 5 5 3 4 4 ?...

ZLCH - What proverb is hidden below? Llamas often overlook khaki bagels. Every furry or...
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ZACX - Kevin's mother has three children. The first was called Alpha the second was cal...

ZFYV - What occurs twice in a lifetime but once in every year. Twice in a week but neve...

ZCXT - Can you find a word starting with BR that with the addition of the letter E beco...
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ZKGF - 10 100 1000 10000 Which number comes after 10000?...

ZLFH - Again my BrainBashers thesaurus has let me down again. This time I was after boy...
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ZVUB - Find a word that begins with R and with the addition of the letter A gives anoth...
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ZLTE - My 6 7 3 is a tear to a newspaper. My 5 4 1 is damper than moist. My 1 7 6 4 mak...
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ZLOP - Where on Earth do the winds always blow from the South?...

ZZTV - Which three US states have been merged together: C O N E A L H I W J I F E R S O...
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ZGNA - Can you find the hidden country in the following sentence: I really fear lions a...
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ZMFO - Which word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: T...
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ZRYO - In my money box I found 36.80 made up of equal numbers of quarters dimes and nic...
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ZPOF - How much soil is there in a circular hole 2 metres deep and 1 metre across?...

ZWGZ - What is the smallest integer which when multiplied by 7 gives a number consistin...
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ZQPS - Can you find a word that begins with the letter I and by the addition of the let...
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ZOYC - Can you decode the following well known saying. Each encoded letter represents m...
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ZJOU - Can you find a word that means perimeter and by adding a letter A another word i...
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ZNPR - What comes next in this sequence: fish archer scorpion bull maiden ?...

ZXNL - Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: At school most of my...
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ZFCH - If a collection of woodcocks is called a fall and a collection of cards is calle...
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ZIWQ - How many words can you find that contain two consecutive U's?...

ZGXI - Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb? *...
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ZEHF - Which is heaviest a pound of feathers a pound of wood a pound of steel...

ZAHU - Can you find three consecutive prime numbers that equal 409457 when multiplied t...
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ZZJY - Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb. A...
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ZWFN - What number comes next in this sequence: 7 8 5 5 3 4 4 ?...

ZJGL - What well known saying is expressed here: Refrain from enumerating your owned do...
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ZIPL - Alex can eat 110 cakes in 10 minutes and Blake can eat 56 cakes in 8 minutes. Ho...
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ZDKN - Which are there more of square feet in half a square mile or cubic yards in a cu...
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ZTQM - How many times can you take 7 away from 49?...

ZNZY - Cabbage is to sprouts as carrot is to: pea cucumber potato tomato artichoke cele...
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ZMWQ - What letter comes next in this sequence: M A M J J ?...

ZIHG - A Proof That 2 = 1: 1. let x=y X = Y 2. multiply by x on both sides X*X = XY 3...

ZOPI - What kind of room has no windows or doors?...

ZVMO - Which three-letter word can be placed between the two following words to make tw...

ZYWH - Starting with COLD change one letter at a time until you have the word WARM. Eac...

ZNAY - What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?...

ZJTN - A farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field. How ma...

ZWBX - What can go up a chimney down but can't go down a chimney up?...

ZLFX - What letter comes next in this sequence: A O E A O T F ?...

ZVHB - Find an word which is singular add an 's' and it becomes plural and add another...

ZENA - What is the smallest integer which when multiplied by 3 gives a number consistin...
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ZWZQ - What letter is missing from this sequence: A B G D E ? E...

ZHGX - What is the 10th prime number?...

ZDOV - My shirt has 5 buttons my cardigan has 2 buttons and my suit jacket has no butto...
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ZBWT - Sam takes 20 days to write an article Taylor takes 10 days to write an article a...
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ZCXA - What is the smallest integer which when multiplied by 6 gives a number consistin...
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ZGSO - Which four letter word can be placed between the two following words to make two...
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ZIBW - Someone purchases 1 for 38p 23 for 76p and 102 for 1.14. What are they buying?...

ZZYO - Can you find the hidden country in the following sentence: During the recent Bra...
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ZCHT - What number comes next in this sequence: 1 2 6 24 120 ?...

ZVQR - What number comes next in this sequence: 1 3 6 11 18 ?...

ZPWG - What number comes next in this sequence: 1 4 1 5 9 2 ?...

ZCKQ - Which four letter word can be placed between the two following words to make two...
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ZATA - Which letters come next in this sequence: NE US RN ER RS ?...

ZPPV - What number comes next in this sequence: 1 8 9 64 25 216 49 ?...

ZOSU - What number comes next in this sequence: 15 20 20 6 6 19 19 5 14 ?...

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ZJJD - What animal comes next in this sequence: dog rooster monkey sheep horse snake ?...

ZNLY - What letter comes next in this sequence: Z X C V B N ?...

ZYWV - At the bread factory 2 bakers can make and bake 6 batches of rolls in 3 hours. B...
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ZXRQ - What is the next number in this sequence: 100 365 24 60 ?...

ZLAV - What is the next number in this sequence: 2 5 8 11 ?...

ZXYE - How far can a horse run into a forest?...

ZTTM - An explorer went wandering one day one mile south then one mile east then one mi...

ZLVW - What is the next number in this sequence: 1 2 3 4 ?...

ZZKJ - What is the next letter in this sequence: Q E T U ?...

ZKIV - What has four legs and only one foot?...

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ZDHD - Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: As defendants we den...
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ZJWM - What word is the same backwards and upside down?...

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ZLFP - What is missing in this sequence: 8 10 14 18 ? 34 50 66...

ZMWM - Can you replace both sets of stars with the same 3-letter word to make two valid...
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ZVGH - What is the next letter in this sequence: E H L O S ?...

ZFUI - What are the next two letters in this sequence: O T T F F S S E ? ?...

ZKSL - How can you throw a ball such that it comes back? No bounces are involved!...

ZZWA - In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards?...

ZAMH - Can you find three consecutive odd numbers that total 1287 when multiplied toget...
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ZJQX - If I can boil 2 eggs in 10 minutes. How long will it take me to boil 5 eggs?...

ZCTO - Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only...

ZJXZ - You can imagine an arrow in flight toward a target. For the arrow to reach the t...

ZNPA - Consider an arrow in flight towards a target. At any given moment of time a snap...

ZKUM - This statement is false...

ZDFQ - Focus on this conundrum do it quickly and do it slowly. What is so wrong with it...
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ZDIM - The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false...

ZLHJ - What well known saying is this: lla ta devol evah ot reven naht tsol dna devol e...
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ZCMX - Are there more 2s or 8s in the numbers from 1 to 50000?...

ZXUV - Complete these three letter words the first letters form a word reading down and...
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ZRLO - These words have had their vowels removed can you replace them to find some girl...
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ZEVJ - Can you find the hidden country in the following sentence: Alex's aches and pain...
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ZEMQ - My local shop wanted to create a sign that said PUZZLES and they had the followi...
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ZNID - Traffic was bad going to work this morning. I only managed to average 30 mph. Ho...

ZQZH - Can you unscramble the following anagrams to find ten well known seasonal words:...
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ZFDG - Below is a map of the BrainBashers detention facility. There are 9 guards A-I wh...
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ZANK - Starting with any C using the move of a chess knight can you find the letters of...
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ZJVX - During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a binary code contest took plac...
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ZFAU - I travelled from London to Glasgow last week at 60 miles per hour I had filled m...
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ZTIY - During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took place...
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ZKRG - Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the rein...
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ZUDW - Below are seven clues to seven words. When arranged in the correct order each wo...
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ZOIC - Exactly how many minutes is it before eight o'clock if 40 minutes ago it was thr...
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ZEXD - A parent recently arranged a children's party and had 187 sweets to give out equ...
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ZVTU - Three people check into a hotel. They pay 30 to the manager and go to their room...

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