Hint
The anagrammed word begins with the letter S.
Answers
Spaghetti. --xic = toxic--ien = alien--nre = genre--ppo = hippo--pil = pupil--loo = igloo--day = today--uip = equip--elf = shelf
Giving the letters TAGHPITES, which is an anagram of SPAGHETTI.
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Puzzle 395
Using the new BrainBashers programming language, BrainBasic, the following words have their equivalents next to them, what should FOX be? CLICK = 100501100KMILK = 1000150KLOG = 50OGLIFE = 501FEALIVE = A5015EFOX = ?
Hint
In the word LOG, why might the L have be replaced with 50?
Answer
FO10.
Reasoning
If there is a Roman numeral, it is replaced by its modern equivalent.
I = 1
V = 5
X = 10
L = 50
C = 100
D = 500
M = 1000
Double-Checking CLICK = 100 50 1 100 KMILK = 1000 1 50 KLOG = 50 O GLIFE = 50 1 F EALIVE = A 50 1 5 EFOX = F O 10
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Puzzle 396
My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.
I listed six countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Spain 14,000 miles
Fiji 12,000 miles
Germany 18,000 miles
Brazil 16,000 miles
India 16,000 miles
Iceland --,--- miles