Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 25, 2024): Here to Grant Three Wishes Q: Take the word SETS. You can add a three-letter word to this twice to get a common phrase: SPARE PARTS. Can you now do this with the word GENIE, add a three-letter word to it twice to get […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 18, 2024): Famous Year in History Q: Think of a famous character in American literature. Change each letter in that character’s name to its position in the alphabet — A=1, B=2, etc. — to get a famous year in American history. Who is this person and […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 11, 2024): Types of Movies Q: Start with the name of a blockbuster movie star. Remove the first letter of the first name and last two letters of the last name to get the types of movies he almost never stars in. Who is this? I’m […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 4, 2024): Checking a Liszt… Q: Name a famous classical composer in three syllables. Change the vowel sounds in the first and third syllables, and phonetically you’ll name a sport. What is it? I thought I was close with Tchaikovsky

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 28, 2024): Take a Pill Q: Think of brand name in seven letters that you might find in a pharmacy. Drop the last letter and rearrange the letters that remain. You’ll get another brand name, in six letters, that you might also find in a pharmacy. […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 21, 2024): There Is No Time Like The Present Q: Think of a familiar saying in seven words. The initial letters of the first three words in order spell a type of container. And the initials of the last four words in order spell something edible […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 14, 2024): Helping Hurting Q: Think of a word for a person who helps you. Copy the last three letters and repeat them at the front, and you’ll get a new, longer word that names a person who hurts you. What words are these? If you […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 7, 2024): Hammer Time Q: Name certain weapons. Remove the middle four letters. The remaining letters, spelled backward, describe what these weapons do. What if I don’t reverse the letters?

Happy New Year! In Our Annual Family Video we star in our own comic book adventure as we travel back to the beginning of 2023. The password can be found by solving our annual puzzle. Click this link or the image below to get a printable PDF of the full […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 31, 2023): Mixed Up Movies Q: Name a famous movie in 4 letters. Change one letter and anagram the result to name another movie that came out 20 years later. Then change one letter in that and anagram to name a third movie that came out […]