Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 8, 2023): Elementary! Q: Name a famous living person — first and last names. If you drop the last letter of the first name, you get an element on the periodic table. And if you drop the last letter of the last name, you get the […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 1, 2023): Opposites Attract Q: Name a U.S. state capital for which the name of another well-known U.S. city is an antonym. The second city has a population of more than 100,000 The second city was the setting of a sitcom from the ’70s.

Our Annual Family Video for 2022 is available now. The password can be found by solving our annual puzzle. Click this link or the image below to get a PDF of the full puzzle. Post a comment below about your favorite part of the video to show you’ve solved the […]

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 […]