Puzzle 5
Place letters into the grid such that every row, column, and 2 x 2 block has letters (in any order) that form a common word. Each letter is only used once, and no letter is repeated in the rows / cols / blocks.
Letters allowed: T U R K E Y
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo
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Hint
Column 4's missing letter is R.
Answer
K
O
C
S
L
Y
U
D
A
K
B
R
T
E
S
I
Across: SOCK, DULY, BARK, TIES
Down : TALK, YOKE, CUBS, RIDS
Boxes : YOLK, CUDS, TAKE, RIBS
Other anagrams of these words are OK as long as they don't change the answer grid.
Puzzle 6
Which of the shapes is identical to the first one?
There might be more than one.
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann
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Hint
Try to rotate them around in your head, but watch out for mirror images.
Puzzle 7
Can you find a word that can suffix (go after) each of these letters:
re
deva
rein
over
inter
under
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Hint
The missing word is five letters long.
Answer
State.
restate
devastate
reinstate
overstate
interstate
understate.
Puzzle 8
What comes next in this sequence:
boron · carbon · nitrogen · oxygen · ?
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The first in the list would be Hydrogen.
Answer
Fluorine.
These are the elements in atomic number order.
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