Reasoning
This is the only word that cannot be spelled using a calculator.
For example, if you enter 376616 into an old-fashioned calculator, and look at the number upside down, you can read GIGGLE.
376616 = giggle
7105 = soil
57738 = bells
378806 = gobble
4506 = gosh
5508 = boss
3704 = hole
5355378 = blesses
coil = ????
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Puzzle 142
Can you create a sentence that contains the word 'and' five times in a row?
Hint
Start by imaging a sign saying 'BrainBashers Puzzles And Illusions'.
Answer
I commissioned an artist to paint a sign for BrainBashers that said 'BrainBashers Puzzles And Illusions', however, they made a terrible mistake.
The gaps between 'Puzzles' and 'And', and 'And' and 'Illusions' weren't the same, so the sign seemed oddly out of balance.
Reasoning
We could use a calculator to see that the tenth root of 10 = 1.2589 and the cube root of 2 = 1.2599.
But, if you've not got your calculator handy…
We have:
101/10 or 21/3
Raise each to the power of 30 (since 10 x 3 = 30) to give:
(101/10)30 or (21/3)30
101/10 x 30 or 21/3 x 30
103 or 210
1000 or 1024
Therefore, the cube root of 2 is larger.
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Puzzle 144
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 3 different answers, can you find them all? --ust-ue-no-o-e--and-a-erid-o--uc-ye-i-thea--tou---rie--ry-th-m-n
