BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 1

What three-letter word best completes these words?
c---on
he---
e---h
m---yr
qu---er
st---

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Puzzle 2

What number comes next in this sequence:

16 21 26 26 12 5 ?

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Puzzle 3

Can you decode the following well known quote?

B DBBCC, DBADABCDA B AC

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Puzzle 4

Starting with SOFT, change one letter at a time until you have the word LENS.

Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word.

What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?
SOFT
....
....
....
LENS

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