hate, late, lane, lone, love
hate, have, hive, live, love
hate, date, dote, dove, love
hate, rate, rote, rove, love
hate, have, wave, wove, love
hate, have, cave, cove, love
Less common words
hate, late, lave, love
hate, have, hove, love
hate, mate, mote, move, love
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Puzzle 3
Astrology begins with the letter A, biology with B.
Can you find an 'ology' that begins with a P and another that begins with an L?
Answer
Palaeontology, the study of fossils and Limnology, the study of lakes and rivers. There are others you might have chosen.
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Puzzle 4
In each of these sentences, can you replace the missing number.
The number is written as a word (e.g. five, twenty-four, thirty-three), and each sentence is correct after the replacement.
This sentence contains ? X. Slightly trickier, this sentence contains ? R's. Even trickier, this sentence contains precisely ? E's. This sentence has exactly ? letters. This sentence, hopefully, contains ? letters, one hyphen, five commas, and four Y's. To finish, if this sentence had a T removed, it would contain ? letters!
Hint
Start by counting the letters you're already given.
Answers This sentence contains one X.Slightly trickier, this sentence contains four R's.Even trickier, this sentence contains precisely ten E's.This sentence has exactly thirty-nine letters.This sentence, hopefully, contains seventy-five letters, one hyphen, five commas, and four Y's.To finish, if this sentence had a T removed, it would contain sixty-two letters!
