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Puzzle 485 


Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, up to Z=26.

Can you find any common 6-letter words that have a total over 115?

For example, WIZARD = 23 + 9 + 26 + 1 + 18 + 4 = 81.

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Puzzle 486 


Starting with COLD, change one letter at a time until you have the word WARM.

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

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

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Puzzle 487 


Place the digits 1 to 8, into the grid. The numbers you can see are the totals for the surrounding numbers.

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Puzzle 488 


Can you find three consecutive odd numbers that …

… total 7,644,585 when multiplied together?

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