Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 30, 2026): Back to School Q: Think of a state capital and say it out loud. Change one vowel sound in it to name something many schoolkids study. What things are these? Matthew 26

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 23, 2026): Thirteen to Twenty Q: Spell out the numbers from 13 to 20 — THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY. Select one letter from each word, in order, to name another number. No anagramming is necessary. What number is it? Again, Will has […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 16, 2026): Movie Villains Q: Think of a famous movie villain. Insert one letter to get the brand name of a household product. Then change one letter of the product to get the last name of another famous movie villain. Who are the characters, and what […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 9, 2026): Faces North Q: Using only the letters in the words FACES NORTH, repeating them as often as you wish, you can spell a familiar expression in seven words (4,3,3,6,3,3,5). What expression is it? I’m reminded of a puzzle with something left out. Edit: I […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 2, 2026): Get Moving Q: Think of a type of exercise equipment in three syllables. Remove the two middle letters and you’ll name a means of transportation. What words are these? It was worded differently, but we’ve seen this wordplay twice before.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 26, 2026): K, L, M, N, O Puzzle Q: There is a set of five five-letter words that vary by just their middle letter. If the middle is any letter from K through O, it makes a common word. However, no other letter can go in […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 19, 2026): Animal Plurals Q: Take the name of a popular 21st-century film with animals, in eight letters. Remove the first and last letters, then change one of the remaining six letters to a C, to spell a plural word for certain animals. What words are […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 12, 2026): Filmed on Location Q: Take the 10-letter (2-word) title of a popular TV series for which most of its seasons have been filmed in a foreign country. Remove the first and last letters, and the remaining letters can be rearranged to spell the name […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 5, 2026): Marketing Buzzwords Q: Name two words that are opposites. They share a single letter. Remove that shared letter from each word, put a hyphen between the two resulting words and you’ll get a term you sometimes see in food ads. What words are these? […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 28, 2026): Going Places Q: Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Add a letter to the first word, without rearranging letters, to name a country. Then, without adding a letter, rearrange the letters of the second word to name another country. What places […]