Puzzle 121
What are the next three letters in this sequence:
HDD
TMRUTC
TCSO
TMRD
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Hint
This is a well known nursery rhyme.
Answer
HDD.
The initial letters from the nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Puzzle 122
What are the next two letters in this sequence:
O · T · T · F · F · S · S · E · ? · ?
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Hint
This is a very common sequence.
Puzzle 123
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
ba-g-
d--ed
dia--
-uo-a
i-de-
-o-el
-um-s
py--y
g-ou-
--nal
tra--
-umb-
d--ty
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Hint
The 4th word begins with the letter Q.
Answers
ba-g- = badge (DE)
d--ed = dazed (AZ)
dia-- = diary (RY)
-uo-a = quota (QT)
i-de- = index (NX)
-o-el = vowel (VW)
-um-s = bumps (BP)
py--y = pygmy (GM)
g-ou- = ghoul (HL)
--nal = final (FI)
tra-- = track (CK)
-umb- = jumbo (JO)
d--ty = dusty (US)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
Puzzle 124
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 · 2 · 6 · 24 · 120 · ?
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Answer
720.
Each term is a factorial, 6! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 = 720.
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