Puzzle 1
Place the words below into pairs.
You will then have 5 lots of eight letters, each of which is an anagram of at least one other word.
Can you find the 5 pairings, and at least one anagram each?
peer
time
date
wall
june
tone
snob
seat
pale
veil
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Hints
Try: pale + tone, veil + june, peer + date.
Answers
pale + tone = antelope
veil + june = juvenile
peer + date = repeated, departee
snob + wall = snowball
time + seat = estimate, meatiest, teatimes
Puzzle 2
Which is larger:
millimetres in a mile
sixteenths of an inch in 2 kilometres
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Answer
Millimetres in a mile.
Reasoning
One inch = 25.4 mm.
So:
1 mile = 1760 yards = 1760 x 3 feet = 1760 x 3 x 12 inches = 1760 x 3 x 12 x 25.4 millimetres = 1,609,344 mm in 1 mile.
And:
2 kilometres = 2000 metres = 2000 x 100 centimetre = 2000 x 100 x 10 millimetres = 2000 x 100 x 10 ÷ 25.4 inches = 2000 x 100 x 10 ÷ 25.4 x 16 = sixteenths of an inch ≈ 1,259,843 sixteenths of an inch in 2 kilometres.
Puzzle 3
Using the letters AAEEHHLLLLMMNNOOSSTT complete this grid. The grid reads the same across as down.
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
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Hint
The bottom word begins with M.
Answer
C
H
A
S
M
H
E
L
L
O
A
L
I
E
N
S
L
E
P
T
M
O
N
T
H
Puzzle 4
The infamous BrainBashers encyclopedia has been suffering from its usual problems again.
Below is a printout of reptiles and amphibians, but they have lost every other letter.
Can you replace the missing letters?
-r-g
-o-t-i-e
-n-k-
-e-t
-i-a-d
-r-c-d-l-
-a-a-a-d-r
-u-t-e
-k-n-
a-l-g-t-r
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Hint
One of the words end in K. Remember that a skunk isn't a reptile, or an amphibian.
Answers
-r-g = frog
-o-t-i-e = tortoise
-n-k- = snake
-e-t = newt
-i-a-d = lizard
-r-c-d-l- = crocodile
-a-a-a-d-r = salamander
-u-t-e = turtle
-k-n- = skink
a-l-g-t-r = alligator
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