Puzzle 425
What word completes this square:
ferret rabbit
otter ?
Choose from:
giraffe, mink, cow, bison
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Hint
Look at the first letters of the three words.
Answer
Giraffe.
The initial letters of the words spell FROG.
Puzzle 426
As oou oan oee, oy poinoer oepoacos eoero thord oetoer oito tho leoteo 'o'.
How mony oifoeront oetoero haoe boen oepoacod?
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Hint
Something's wrong with the letter O, and the word 'oifoeront' is important to the answer.
Answer
15 different letters: acdefhilmrstvwy.
Reasoning
The sentences should read:
As you can see, my printer replaces every third letter with the letter 'o'.
How many different letters have been replaced?
Puzzle 427
Combine the word fragments below to produce pairs of words that have opposite meanings. There are 9 pairs of words, one pair on each line.
For example, USE REF EPT ACC becomes ACCEPT + REFUSE.
AB ANT RCE SCA UND
WA RY RD BR ICE CO AVE
ETY NG SAF ER DA
ACT AND CO EXP NTR
WN US UNK NO MO FA
TR TE IBU HER GAT DIS
CAL HO RI RTI TAL VE ZON
TIO AL CID EN ENT INT NAL AC
OWL OR KN IGN GE ED CE AN
Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (194.21) and is used with permission.
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Hint
The first letters of one half of the words are: A, B, D, C, F, D, H, A, I.
Answer
ABUNDANT + SCARCE
BRAVERY + COWARDICE
DANGER + SAFETY
CONTRACT + EXPAND
FAMOUS + UNKNOWN
DISTRIBUTE + GATHER
HORIZONTAL + VERTICAL
ACCIDENTAL + INTENTIONAL
IGNORANCE + KNOWLEDGE
Puzzle 428
What letter comes next in this sequence:
E · O · E · R · E · ?
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Hint
This is a very common sequence.
Answer
X.
The last letters of the words one, two, three, four, five, six.
