Puzzle 29
Using the letters EEEEGGLLOOSS complete this grid. The grid reads the same across as down.
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
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Hint
One of the words begins with the letter S.
Answers
| D |
O |
G |
S |
| O |
G |
L |
E |
| G |
L |
E |
E |
| S |
E |
E |
K |
Puzzle 30
Which letter is missing from this sequence:
b · c · e · g · k · q · s · w
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Hint
Convert the letters to positions in the alphabet.
Answer
M.
Reasoning
These are letters that occupy prime number positions in the alphabet:
b = 2
c = 3
e = 5
g = 7
k = 11
m = 13 *
q = 17
s = 19
w = 23
Puzzle 31
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 · 4 · 11 · 20 · 31 · 44 · ?
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Hint
A tricky base 8 question.
Answer
61.
Each term is a square expressed in base eight, 7 2=49 = 61 in base 8.
Puzzle 32
Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, up to Z=26.
Can you find any common 6-letter words that have a total over 115?
For example, WIZARD = 23 + 9 + 26 + 1 + 18 + 4 = 81.
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Hint
There are many answers, however, Z doesn't appear very often.
Answers
Choose from: luxury, struts, stylus, syrupy, trusts, twisty.
Other less common words include: scuzzy, syrups, syzygy, trouty, trusty, tryout, trysts.