Puzzle 349
Which name is missing from this sequence:
Richard · ? · Keith · Graham · Kevin · James · Matthew
Choose from:
Simon, Steve, Bob, Frank, Gavin
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Look at the last letters.
Answer
Steve.
The last letters are alphabetically ordered.
Puzzle 350
We can add a letter to each of these words, and then rearrange to make a new 5-letter word.
For example: DENY + B = BENDY (not part of the answer!).
If the 7 added letters are an anagram of CHEMIST, what are the new words?
deny
mail
exit
gosh
city
newt
type
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deny + e = ne edy
mail + c = c laim
exit + s = exis t
gosh + t = ghost
city + h = itch y
newt + i = twi ne
type + m = em pty
The letters ECSTHIM are an anagram of CHEMIST.
Puzzle 351
What comes next in this sequence:
elgnairt · erauqs · nogatnep · nogaxeh · nogatpeh · ?
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nogatco.
Reasoning
These are geometric shapes, the number of sides increases, and the words are reversed.
3 elgnairt = triangle
4 erauqs = square
5 nogatnep = pentagon
6 nogaxeh = hexagon
7 nogatpeh = heptagon
8 nogatco = octagon
Puzzle 352
What is so unusual about this sentence:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
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Look at the letters in the sentence.
Answer
It is a very short sentence in the English language that includes every letter of the alphabet.
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