Puzzle 109
Can you find every occurrence of the word FEBRUARY that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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The word FEBRUARY appears 21 times.
Answer
The word FEBRUARY appears 21 times.
Puzzle 110
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: W A R M T H
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo
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Hint
Row 1's missing letter is A which makes Column 4 a little easier to think about.
Answer
V
O
L
A
S
W
I
H
T
B
M
O
A
R
E
L
Across: oval, wish, tomb, real
Down : vast, brow, lime, halo
Boxes : vows, hail, brat, mole
Other anagrams of these words are OK as long as they don't change the answer grid.
Puzzle 111
How many words can you find …
… that contain two consecutive U's?
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Some are much more common than others.
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Common: vacuum, vacuumed, vacuuming, vacuums.
Less common: continuum, continuums, muumuu, muumuus.
Much less common: carduus, carduuses, continuua, duumvir, duumviral, duumvirate, duumvirates, duumviri, duumvirs, individuum, individuums, lituus, lituuses, menstruum, menstruums, mutuum, mutuums, paramenstruum, paramenstruums, residuum, residuums, squush, squushed, squushes, squushier, squushiest, squushing, squushy, triduum, triduums, ultravacuum, ultravacuums, weltanschauung, weltanschauungen, weltanschauungs.
Puzzle 112
Dave's current age is the age of his favourite book (which is 14 years old) plus one third of his age.
How old will he be when his favourite book is twice its current age?
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A little algebra might help.
Answer
He will be 35 in 14 years.
Reasoning
He is currently 21.
If X is his current age, then:
X = 14 + X
———
3
so
2X = 14
———
3
and
2X = 42
So
X = 21
He is currently 21 and his favourite book is currently 14 years old, when it is 28 years old (double its age) he will be 35.
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