Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 10 words are?
som one dbr pen rtm ber
nes ent ive eph eti ens
mes off eak eid sep win
erd tel day ter wed tem
aft apa own car ern oon
Hints
The first letters of the words are: W, E, S, A, S, C, O, T, W, A.
Answers
Windbreak, eiderdown, sometimes, afternoon, September, carpenter, offensive, telephone, Wednesday, apartment.
win + dbr + eak = windbreak
eid + erd + own = eiderdown
som + eti + mes = sometimes
aft + ern + oon = afternoon
sep + tem + ber = september
car + pen + ter = carpenter
off + ens + ive = offensive
tel + eph + one = telephone
wed + nes + day = wednesday
apa + rtm + ent = apartment
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Puzzle 139
A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter, in turn, can be replaced by another to form a new word.
For example, RUG is a complete word because:
-ug = hug
r-g = rig
ru- = run
How many of the following words are not complete words? Proper nouns and names are not allowed. hardportduckbugsbailmastthinleanfireread
At a recent motorsport gathering, four proud owners were gathered around the silver sports car, each discussing their pride and joy.
Alex was overheard bragging about his brand new Stellar. The person whose surname was Smith went to great lengths to explain to Billie the virtues of his blue Lunar. The person whose surname was Wilshaw, and Dale, were already good friends. The person whose surname was Richards showed everyone a recent photo of his red Orbital. The person whose surname was Stone listened intently while Charlie kept talking about his green Galactic.
Who owns which car?
Reasoning
By (2) the Lunar was Blue, and was owned by Mr Smith.
By (4) the Orbital was Red, and was owned by Mr Richards.
By (5) the Galactic was Green, and was owned by Charlie.
Therefore the Stellar was silver, and by (1) was owned by Alex. Smith Blue Lunar RichardsRed Orbital Charlie Green Galactic Alex Silver Stellar
By (2), Mr Smith wasn't called Billie, so it must have been Billie Richards, and Dale Smith.
By (5) Mr Stone wasn't called Charlie, so it must have been Charlie Wilshaw, and Alex Stone. Dale Smith Blue Lunar Billie RichardsRed Orbital Charlie Wilshaw Green Galactic Alex Stone Silver Stellar
