Category: Puzzle

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 […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 21, 2026): Nocturnal Creature Q: Take the name of a nocturnal creature, in two words. The first word is a spooky sound. Move the last letter of the first word to the start of the second word and you’ll get another spooky, nocturnal sound. What is […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 14, 2026): From the Kitchen to Something Unwanted Q: Name something in 10 letters that’s found in a kitchen. Drop its sixth letter to name something on a keyboard. Then drop the new word’s fifth letter to name something no one wants to get. What words […]