Puzzle 1
Starting with WARM, change one letter at a time, and end with COOL?
Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word.
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One answer changes Warm to Worm.
Answer
WARM, WORM, WORK, CORK, COOK, COOL
or
WARM, WORM, WORD, WOOD, WOOL, COOL.
Puzzle 2
Can you unscramble these animal anagrams?
the plane
cool dicer
argon oak
fig fear
soon richer
zip hem cane
trio toes
popout mishap
upper coin
tartan leeks
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The first letters of the animals are: E, C, K, G, R, C, T, H, P, R.
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elephant
crocodile
kangaroo
giraffe
rhinoceros
chimpanzee
tortoise
hippopotamus
porcupine
rattlesnake
Puzzle 3
What number is …
… three-quarters of eight-ninths of one-half of 2001?
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Hint
Can the fractions be simplified?
Answer
667.
Reasoning
3 8 1
——— of ——— of ——— of 2001
4 9 2
which simplifies to:
24
—— of 2001
72
which simplifies to:
1
——— of 2001
3
Giving 667.
Puzzle 4
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 2 different answers, can you find them both?
-ai-e
s-ua-
-e-el
-o-ed
-na-e
fog--
c--mp
b--jo
-r-it
-re-t
-av-n
mu--c
mou--
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The first word begins with the letter M.
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-ai-e = maize (MZ)
s-ua- = squad (QD)
-e-el = jewel (JW)
-o-ed = foxed (FX)
-na-e = knave (KV)
fog-- = foggy (GY)
c--mp = clump (LU)
b--jo = banjo (AN)
-r-it = orbit (OB)
-re-t = crept (CP)
-av-n = raven (RE)
mu--c = music (SI)
mou-- = mouth (TH)
Alternative Answers
Maize, squad, jewel, boxed, knave, foggy, clomp, banjo, fruit, crept, raven, music, mouth.
Can you find another?
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