BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 1

Look at the following sentence once, and once only. How many times can you find the letter F?

Furry foxes of far origin often come of age far before scientific study forecasts.

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Puzzle 2

A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter, in turn, can be replaced by another to form a new word.

For example, RUG is a complete word because:
-ug = hug
r-g = rig
ru- = run

How many of the following words are not complete words? Proper nouns and names are not allowed.
hard port duck bugs bail mast thin lean fire read

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Puzzle 3

Below is a grid which should contain animals. The missing letters for a particular column are listed at the top of that column. Can you 'drop' the missing letters in and complete the grid? Each animal begins with a different letter of the alphabet.

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Puzzle 4

If a bottle weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle …

… what is the weight of a bottle and a half?

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