Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 25, 2022): A Puzzle for Christmas Q: Name a prominent geographical location in the United States. Change the fifth letter to an S. The resulting string of letters from left to right will name a game, a mountain, and a popular website. What place is it? […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 18, 2022): What Does the Fox Say? Q: If you change the third letter of WOLF to an O, you get the sound made by a dog — WOOF. Name a six-letter animal and change the second letter to get the sound made by a completely […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 11, 2022): Keep Calm and Carry On Q: Many people carry _____ (4-letter word) in a _____ (5-letter word) to make _____ (9-letter word). You can rearrange the letters of the first two words (the 4- and 5-letter ones) to get the last word (the 9-letter […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 4, 2022): Getting Straight to the Point Q: Name a symbol or punctuation mark on a computer keyboard. Anagram it to get the brand name of a product you might buy at a grocery, in two words. What is it?

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 27, 2022): Common Eight-Letter Noun Q: What common eight-letter noun can be shortened in two ways — using either its first three letters or its last four letters? The answer is a familiar item. Gasoline is NOT the answer, but an example. While “gas” is a […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 20, 2022): Weird Science Q: Name a branch of scientific study. Drop the last letter. Then rearrange the remaining letters to name two subjects of that study. What branch of science is it? A fun puzzle, I’ll give you that, but not that difficult.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 13, 2022): A Pair of Companies Q: Think of two well-known companies with two-syllable names starting with J and D, respectively and whose names rhyme. One of these companies was founded in the last 10 years. What companies are these? I calculate 44 years between the […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 6, 2022): Punctuation is Important People! Q: Name a punctuation mark found on a computer keyboard. Somewhere inside this insert a word for what this punctuation mark may be part of or what it may represent. The result will be a 10-letter word associated with painting. […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 30, 2022): (Blank) of my (Blank) Q: Think of a common phrase in the form “___ of my ___.” The word that goes in the first blank is the name of a well-known company. And the word that goes in the second blank sounds like part […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 23, 2022): Movie with a Five-Word Title Q: It’s unusual for a multi-word movie title to consist entirely of words starting with vowels, none of which are the article “a.” or pronoun “I.” Can you name a popular movie with a five-word title — with word […]