Puzzle It Out!

[Sookie]

I will be posting various puzzles, riddles, games and the like in this thread.

Please feel free to post some as well!

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[Sookie]

SHORT RIDDLE
What is greater than God,
more evil than the devil,
the poor have it,
the rich need it,
and if you eat it, you'll die?​

 

[PMM]

haha, tricky....My answer is "Nothing"

 

[Sookie]

haha, tricky....My answer is "Nothing"

It was tricky but you got it and all the bragging rights to go with it!

 

[Sookie]

LETS TRY ANOTHER ONE~

Each of the following sets of letters can be made into a real word by adding three letters to the beginning, and the same three letters in the same order to the end.

For example, ANGLEM can have ENT added at the start and the end to become ENT + ANGLEM + ENT = ENTANGLEMENT.

ERTAINM
ISCOVE
ROW
IOXID
ROCOS
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[PMM]

Those were fun...The third and fifth one stumped me for some time. Very fun.

ENT ENTERTAINMENT
RED REDISCOVERED
ING INGROWING
ANT ANTIOXIDANT
MIC MICROCOSMIC

 

[Sookie]

Those were fun...The third and fifth one stumped me for some time. Very fun.

ENT ENTERTAINMENT
RED REDISCOVERED
ING INGROWING
ANT ANTIOXIDANT
MIC MICROCOSMIC

Wow, you're very good at this Pam! You solved it again!

 

[Sookie]

LETS do it again!

These words can all have a letter added and then be rearranged to make a new 5-letter word, e.g. noun union NOUN + I = UNION.

The 7 added letters are an anagram of a 7-letter word. What is the 7-letter word, and what are the new words?

MAIL
EXIT
GOSH
CITY
NEWT
DENY
MINI

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[Sookie]

(Ohhh I like this one!)

THE UNUSUAL PARAGRAPH

This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any hints or coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for a bit, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Good luck!


The Question: What is unusual about the above paragraph?​

 

[PMM]

LETS do it again!

These words can all have a letter added and then be rearranged to make a new 5-letter word, e.g. noun union NOUN + I = UNION.

The 7 added letters are an anagram of a 7-letter word. What is the 7-letter word, and what are the new words?

MAIL
EXIT
GOSH
CITY
NEWT
DENY
MINI

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Okay....Here goes....

Mail = Claim if you add a C
Exit = Exist if you add a S
Gosh = Ghost of you add a T
City = Itchy if you add a H
Newt =Twine if you add a I
Deny =Needy if you add a E
Mini =Minim if you add a M (this one was tuff, had never heard of the word)

CSTHIEM = Chemist.

Now I will take a Advil for my headache. LOL

 

[Sookie]

Okay....Here goes....

Mail = Claim if you add a C
Exit = Exist if you add a S
Gosh = Ghost of you add a T
City = Itchy if you add a H
Newt =Twine if you add a I
Deny =Needy if you add a E
Mini =Minim if you add a M (this one was tuff, had never heard of the word)

CSTHIEM = Chemist.

Now I will take a Advil for my headache. LOL

Wow, Pam. Undefeated contender so far, I guess its good I put a new one up today huh? I must have felt you about to answer that one.

 

[PMM]

lolol, every puzzle you post, takes me longer and longer. I am not sharp with these by any means. Likely someone could just look at them and know it much quicker than I. Anyways, they are fun.

I may give this last one you posted a few more glances, cause I am clueless as of right now. lol

Thanks for the fun.

 

[Sookie]

lolol, every puzzle you post, takes me longer and longer. I am not sharp with these by any means. Likely someone could just look at them and know it much quicker than I. Anyways, they are fun.

I may give this last one you posted a few more glances, cause I am clueless as of right now. lol

Thanks for the fun.

Glad you like it. I've always likes word puzzles - though this thread wont be exclusive to them, it just has been so far, lol. And please, if you find one you would like to share, go right ahead and post it here!

 

[LuckyBonkers]

(Ohhh I like this one!)

THE UNUSUAL PARAGRAPH

This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any hints or coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for a bit, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Good luck!


The Question: What is unusual about the above paragraph?​

It uses the word unusual a real lot in the paragraph.

 

[Sookie]

It uses the word unusual a real lot in the paragraph.

Well, that is true but not the answer I'm looking for. HINT: Maybe there is something that it doesn't use a lot, ...or at all for that matter?

 

[LuckyBonkers]

that the paragraph has a title. Now that is unusual.

 

[Sookie]

that the paragraph has a title. Now that is unusual.

Well that's true too. Look at my hint Maybe there is something that it doesn't use a lot, ...or at all for that matter?

 

[LuckyBonkers]

The paragraph doesn't use any comma's. That has got to be it.

 

[Sookie]

The paragraph doesn't use any comma's. That has got to be it.

Nope.

 

[Sookie]

Do you guys want the answer and a new puzzle?

 

[LuckyBonkers]

Answer: That it is not a paragraph at all.

 

[LuckyBonkers]

2nd Answer: The letter e does not appear at all in the paragraph.

 

[Sookie]

2nd Answer: The letter e does not appear at all in the paragraph.

Ding, ding ding!

"The letter "E" is not used" is the correct answer!

 

[Sookie]

Lets do another one!

Can you complete these 5-letter words?

.S.G.
..R.F
.ZU..
E..X.
.P..C
..LN.
.W..M
...JO
Q...A
.V.K.
I..H.
.B.Y.
..DT.

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[PMM]

Oh noooo, another word puzzle.... I ....love/hate these. I find myself not able to ignore them. hahaha
You are killing me Sookie. LOL I have stuff to do, and when you post these, my days plans go out the window until it is solved. lol

 

[Sookie]

Oh noooo, another word puzzle.... I ....love/hate these. I find myself not able to ignore them. hahaha
You are killing me Sookie. LOL I have stuff to do, and when you post these, my days plans go out the window until it is solved. lol

I assure you that is not my intention!

 

[Sookie]

No takers on the last one?
Ok, how about this one:

Hidden in each of the sentences are the numbers 1 to 10 in words.

A number might appear in more than one sentence, but there is only one way to find all ten numbers.

For example 'My parents told me to never cross the road without looking.' contains the number 1: 'My parents told me to never cross the road without looking.'

The robins love hiding amongst the smooth reeds.

It's always worth looking after your friends, even if they've upset you.

Even heavyweight boxers like using soft tissues when they have a cold.

To avoid the calf, I veered sharply to the left.

The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozen in each baker's delivery box.

Having salmon every day for lunch gets a little boring after a while.

The attendance at the local football match exceeded last weeks by many thousands.

We need to waterproof our boots to make sure we don't get wet.

Meeting friends after work allows executives to network effectively.

The orchestra sounded magnificent with the three virtuosi xylophonists.

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[PMM]

I'm still working on the last one.....Been busy, and had company, but I'll bust it by end of the day. (I hope)

 

[PMM]

Lets do another one!

Can you complete these 5-letter words?

.S.G.
..R.F
.ZU..
E..X.
.P..C
..LN.
.W..M
...JO
Q...A
.V.K.
I..H.
.B.Y.
..DT.

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Okay....Here goes....

Usage
Serif
Azure
Epoxy
Optic
Kilns
Swarm
Banjo
Quota
Evoke
Itchy
Obeys
Width

Oh my head hurts again....

 

[Sookie]

Okay....Here goes....

Usage
Serif
Azure
Epoxy
Optic
Kilns
Swarm
Banjo
Quota
Evoke
Itchy
Obeys
Width

Oh my head hurts again....

And here are the answers I have - a perfect match!

.S.G. >> USAGE
..R.F >> SERIF
.ZU.. >> AZURE
E..X. >> EPOXY
.P..C >> OPTIC
..LN. >> KILNS
.W..M >> SWARM
...JO >> BANJO
Q...A >> QUOTA
.V.K. >> EVOKE
I..H. >> ITCHY
.B.Y. >> OBEYS
..DT. >> WIDTH

Wow Pam, I do believe you really like these, LOL!