Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 7, 2024): Camping Trip Q: Think of something in two words (7,5) that you might take camping. The phrase has seven consonants, which are all different and appear in alphabetical order through the phrase. What camping item is this? You can rearrange the letters to name […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 30, 2024): Beach Fun Q: Name a state capital. Remove its first two letters, and you can rearrange the rest to name something in two words that you might find while beachcombing in that state. What is it? Burt Reynolds has a connection to the capital.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 23, 2024): Colorful Film Actor Q: Name a famous film actor of the past (4,6). Swap the second and third letters of the first name to name a color. Change the third letter of the last name to get another color. What actor is it? The […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 16, 2024): Mixed-up Body Parts Q: Think of two parts of the human body that start with the same letter of the alphabet. Drop one instance of that letter and rearrange the remaining letters to name another part of the body that is not near the […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 9, 2024): Don’t Judge My Baguette or Biscuit Storage Q: This is a little tricky. What item containing a silent “u” is commonly found in kitchen drawers? If you change the “u” to a different letter of the alphabet, you get a name for a similar […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 2, 2024): Name That Writer Q: Think of a famous writer with a three-word name. The first two letters of the last name followed by the first two letters of the middle name followed by the first two letters of the first name, in order, spell […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 26, 2024): Lights, Camera, Action! Q: Think of a well-known actor of the past whose last name is also a brand name. Remove the last letter of the actor’s first name and you’ll have a product produced by that brand. What is it? We could have […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 19, 2024): Easy as 1, 2, 3… Q: Think of a famous film with a three-word title (six letters in the first word, three letters in the second, and four letters in the last), in which the first and last words are rhymes for consecutive numbers. […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 12, 2024): Mother Earth Q: Think of a well-known seven-letter geographical name in a single word that has just two consonants and yet is pronounced in five syllables. I’m seeing a genus of aphids in the anagram.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 5, 2024): Rhyme Doesn’t Pay Q: Think of three common six-letter words that have vowels in the second and fifth positions. The last five letters of the words are the same. Only the first letters differ. And none of the words rhyme with either of the […]