Puzzle 165
Can you find a word that begins with the letter R, and with the addition of the letter A …
… gives another word that sounds the same?
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Hint
A 3-letter word becomes a 4-letter word.
Answer
Red.
Reasoning
red + a = read.
Puzzle 166
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 · 3 · 6 · 11 · 18 · ?
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Hint
The sequence is related to prime numbers.
Answer
29.
Each term increases by the next prime number.
Puzzle 167
Below you will find 15 well-known six-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
---rix
---osy
---few
---oze
---uum
---wth
---nda
---nis
---tem
---pod
---reo
---hom
---gan
---amt
---gen
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The first letters of the words are: M, C, C, S, V, G, A, T, S, T, S, F, S, D, O.
Answers
---rix = matrix
---osy = choosy
---few = curfew
---oze = snooze
---uum = vacuum
---wth = growth
---nda = agenda
---nis = tennis
---tem = system
---pod = tripod
---reo = stereo
---hom = fathom
---gan = slogan
---amt = dreamt
---gen = oxygen
Puzzle 168
Which is larger:
seconds in a week
feet in 100 miles
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Hint
There are three feet in a yard, and 1,760 yards in a mile.
Answer
Seconds in a week.
Reasoning
There are 60 x 60 x 24 x 7 = 604,800 seconds in a week.
There are 3 x 1760 x 100 = 528,000 feet in 100 miles.
