skip to main content


Random Puzzles 


??

Puzzle 1 


Below you will find 9 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Once you have found the words, their initial letters are an anagram of a 9-letter word.

What is the word?
--xic --ien --nre --ppo --pil --loo --day --uip --elf

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

workings hint answers print

?

Puzzle 2 


In each of these 5 words, can you change the highlighted letter to produce a new word?

The new letters spell a fruit.
 Date nUt  Lime pEach  Pear

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

workings hint answer print

??

Puzzle 3 


My BrainBashers calculator is low on batteries again, and the following multiplication is wrong. Can you correct it?

Each of the numbers has the correct digits, but they have been mixed up.

Luckily, the solution is correct, which makes the task a little easier.
    2471
    3725 x
————————
22084429

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

workings hint answer print

??

Puzzle 4 


Can you find three consecutive prime numbers …

… that equal 409,457 when multiplied together?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

workings hint answer print

Note: BrainBashers has a Dark Mode option. For BrainBashers, I'd recommend not using your browser's built-in dark mode, or any dark mode extensions (sometimes you can add an exception for a specific website).