Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 8, 2022): Name that Sitcom Q: The initial letters in the title of a popular movie from this century spell the name of a popular sitcom from the last century. What titles are these? I’m not going to lie but I thought there might be a […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 1, 2022): Take 4 Steps Forward Q: This week’s challenge is more challenging than last week’s. Write down the name of a number. Move each letter four spots later in the alphabet — so A would become E, B would become F, etc. The result will […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 24, 2022): The Cat’s Meow? Q: Name a sound made by a certain animal. Change one letter in it to the next letter in the alphabet and you’ll get a color associated with that animal. What’s the sound, and what’s the color? Don’t get stuck on […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 17, 2022): Name That Vehicle Q: Name a vehicle in two words — 4 letters in the first, 5 letters in the last. Move the second letter of the last word into the second position of the first word. The result phonetically will name a popular […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 10, 2022): Silent L Puzzle Q: Think of a 5-letter word with an “L” that is pronounced. Add a letter at the start to get a 6-letter word in which the “L” is silent. Then add a new letter in the fifth position to get a […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 3, 2022): Celebrities of the Past Q: Name two well-known celebrities of the past who had the same six-letter first names and the same initial in their last names. What follows that initial in one of the last names is a criminal activity. And what follows […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 27, 2022): State with All the Vowels Q: Name a state that contains all five vowels — A, E, I, O, and U — once each. I went from thinking this would be easy, to impossible and finally…

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 20, 2022): Words and Numbers Q: If a BOY is 5,839, and a COW is 6,874, how much is a FISH? And what is 538,716?

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 13, 2022): A Walk in the Park Q: Think of two four-letter words that complete the phrase “___ in the ___.” Move the first letter of the second word to the start of the first word. You’ll get two synonyms. What are they? I thought it […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 6, 2022): An Awkward Quack Q: Words starting with a “kw-” sound usually start with the letters QU-, as in question, or “KW-,” as in Kwanzaa. What common, uncapitalized English word starting with a “kw-” sound contains none of the letters Q, U, K, or W? […]