Puzzle 277
How many common five letter words can you make from the following letters, using all the letters in each word?
AELST
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Hint
There are quite a few anagrams, one of which is LEAST.
Answer
Least, slate, stale, steal, tales, teals.
Remember that the question asked for common words.
Puzzle 278
Which cheese is …
… made backwards?
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The answer is in the question.
Answer
Edam.
MADE backwards!
Puzzle 279
What word most logically goes in the brackets:
safe [fast] malt
oust [----] flaw
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The answer is in the words given.
Answer
Slow.
Reasoning
Take the third letter of the first word
+ the second letter of the second word
+ plus the first letter of the first word
+ plus the fourth letter of the second word.
Double-Checking
3-1- [1234] -2-4
s-f- [fast] -a-t
o-s- [slow] -l-w
Puzzle 280
What comes next in this sequence:
jnry fbrry mrch prl my jn {?}
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There are twelve items in the full sequence.
Answer
Jly.
From the months with their vowels removed. January, February, March, April, May, June, July.
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