Category: Puzzle

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? […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 27, 2022): The Oscar for Best Animal Goes To… Q: Name a famous actor — first and last names. Remove the last letter of each name. You’ll be left with an animal and an adjective that describes that animal, respectively. Who is the actor? Figuring “actor” […]