Puzzle 237
Can you find a word which can go in front of each of these words to make a new word?
colour
cress
fall
proof
shed
way
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Hint
The word begins with the letter W.
Answer
Water.
Watercolour, watercress, waterfall, waterproof, watershed, waterway.
Puzzle 238
Are there more seconds in a week...
...or feet in 100 miles?
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Hint
There are three feet in a yard, and 1,760 yards in a mile.
Answer
Seconds in a week.
Reasoning
There are 60 x 60 x 24 x 7 = 604,800 seconds in a week.
There are 3 x 1760 x 100 = 528,000 feet in 100 miles.
Puzzle 239
Which word comes next in this sequence:
India Victor X-Ray Lima Charlie {?}
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Hint
Think of Roman numerals.
Answer
Delta.
Take the Roman numerals in sequence, and convert to the phonetic alphabet.
1 = I = India
5 = V = Victor
10 = X = X-Ray
50 = L = Lima
100 = C = Charlie
500 = D = Delta
Puzzle 240
The same three-letter word has been removed from all of these words, leaving the letters below (which are still in the correct order).
What was the three-letter word?
loe
ch
she
er
vae
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Hint
The missing word is in these locations: lo---e, ---ch, s---he, ---er, va---e.
Answer
Cat.
loe = locate
ch = catch
she = scathe
er = cater
vae = vacate
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