Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 18, 2025): You Read It Here First Q: Name a popular magazine. Rearrange its letters. Then add an O at the end and you’ll name a prominent subject in this magazine’s new issue. What magazine is it? Hint: You don’t need to read this magazine in […]

As part of a birthday celebration for Bob, we created a short crossword puzzle. The partygoers seemed to have a fun time with it. How many answers can you figure out? Update: If the dynamic version of the crossword stops working (it has a limited number of sessions), you can […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 11, 2025): Famous Singer Q: Name a famous singer past or present. Remove the first and last letter from the first name and the result will be a potential partner of the last name. What singer is this? Little did I know that my first guess […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 4, 2025): Rhymes with Spain Q: There are four countries whose names have one-syllable anagrams that rhyme with “Spain.” What are they? Check your globes; I think you could fly in a straight line over all 4 countries.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 27, 2025): Getting Around Q: Name an activity in the form of “blank and blank.” Move the first letter of the second word to the start of the first word. The result will be two modes of transporting things. What is the activity and what are […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 20, 2025): Hoppy Easter! Q: Name an animal in five letters. Add two letters and rearrange the result to name a bird in seven letters. Then add two letters to that and rearrange the result to name another animal in nine letters. What creatures are these? […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 13, 2025): European Vacation Q: Name a famous European tourist site in nine letters. Rearrange its last four letters to name something that its first five letters can be planted in. I believe in behavior which is positive and helpful.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 6, 2025): Milk and Beef Q: Think of an 11-letter word that might describe milk. Change one letter in it to an A, and say the result out loud. You’ll get a hyphenated word that might describe beef. What is it? Pour out a sunrise smile!

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 30, 2025): Answers Delayed Until Thursday Q: Think of a word meaning “delay.” Remove one W from it and you’ll be left with another word meaning “delay.” What words are these? Read carefully, if you don’t want to be delayed.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 23, 2025): TH: Think vs. That Q: In English the two-letter combination TH can be pronounced in two different ways: once as in the word “booth,” the other as in “smooth.” What is the only common English word, other than “smooth,” that ends in the letters […]