Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 6, 2024): Two Word Place Names Q: Think of a place in America. Two words, 10 letters altogether. The first five letters read the same forward and backward. The last five letters spell something found in the body. What place is this? The first letter of […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 29, 2024): They’re Gr-r-reat! Q: Name a certain breakfast cereal character. Remove the third, fifth, and sixth letters and read the result backward. You’ll get a word that describes this breakfast cereal character. What is it? Change the fifth letter of the character’s name to an […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 22, 2024): New Towels Q: Take the phrase NEW TOWELS. Rearrange these 9 letters to get the brand name of a product you might buy at the supermarket. What is it? I saw an AD for this product just the other day.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 15, 2024): A Fancy Capital Entree Q: Name a U.S. state capital. Then name a world capital. Say these names one after the other and phonetically you’ll get an expensive dinner entree. What is it? Change the last letter of the dinner entree to the letter […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 8, 2024): Watercraft on Water Q: Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these? How close are you to the answer? Are […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 1, 2024): TV Personality of the Past Q: Name a famous TV personality of the past. Drop the second letter of this person’s last name. Phonetically the first and last names together will sound like a creature of the past. What celebrity is it? You can […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 25, 2024): Single Consonant Name Q: The word NONUNION has four N’s and no other consonant. What famous American of the past — first and last names, 8 letters in all — has four instances of the same consonant and no other consonant?

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 18, 2024): A Famous Movie Star Q: Think of a famous movie star — .first and last names, nine letters in all. The third, fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth letters, in order, name a profession. The star’s last name is something that this profession uses. Who […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 11, 2024): Six Letter Food Items Q: Think of a popular food item in six letters. Change the last two letters to a K to make a common five-letter word in which none of the letters are pronounced the same as in the six-letter food. What […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 4, 2024): Famous American Women Q: Think of a famous American woman with a two-syllable last name. The first syllable is spelled like a body part, but isn’t pronounced like one. The second syllable is pronounced like a body part, but isn’t spelled like one. Who […]