Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 26, 2023): Household Products Q: Name two brands of household products, each in three syllables. All of the syllables in the two brands rhyme with each other. That is, the first syllable in the first brand rhymes with the first syllable in the second brand, the […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 19, 2023): Bathroom and Kitchen Renovation Q: Name two well-known commercial products in five letters whose names are anagrams of each other. One product is something you’d probably see in your bathroom. The second is more likely to be in your refrigerator. What products are these? […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 12, 2023): Around the World Q: This week’s challenge is a spinoff of the on-air puzzle. Name two countries that have “consonyms” that are nationalities of other countries. In each case, the consonants in the name of the country are the same consonants in the same […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 5, 2023): MeDiCaL XaVier Q: Name something scary in two words. Five of the letters are vowels, which are all the same. And the consonants are all Roman numerals. What scary thing is this? I found a weird connection to last week.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 26, 2023): It Doesn’t Add Up Q: Take this equation: 14 + 116 + 68 = 47. Clearly this doesn’t work mathematically. But it does work in a nonmathematical way. Please explain. It makes about as much sense as 22 + 11 = 26 + 39.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 19, 2023): Make Like A Tree and Get Out of Here Q: Name a tree. In the very middle of the word insert a homophone of another tree. The result will be a new word describing what everyone wants to be. What is it? What everyone […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 12, 2023): Under Pressure Q: Name a popular rock band — one that everyone knows. Add a “B” sound at the end, and phonetically you’ll name a place where you might hear this band play. What band is it? I believe they’ve been touring since the […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 5, 2023): Would You Like Fries with That? Q: Name a food item you might order at a fast food restaurant. The first, second and last letters in order name another food item. Remove those letters and the remaining letters spelled backwards name yet another food […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 29, 2023): Fruit Salad Q: Name a fruit in one word. Drop the last two letters. The remaining letters can be rearranged to name two other fruits. What are they? Or if you remove the 2nd and 4th letters, you can rearrange to get a symbol.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 22, 2023): One Capital, Two Capitals Q: Take a word that’s in the name of several tourist attractions in our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. Rearrange the letters in that word to spell the names of two other nations’ capitals. What are they? If you anagram the […]