Puzzle 1
Below, you will find some eight-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
-----yee
-----egy
-----igm
-----lse
-----com
-----bet
-----lel
-----dee
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Hints
The first letters of the words are: E, S, P, C, I, A, P, A.
Answers
-----yee = employee
-----egy = strategy
-----igm = paradigm
-----lse = convulse
-----com = intercom
-----bet = alphabet
-----lel = parallel
-----dee = attendee
Puzzle 2
Can you calculate which word is the odd one out:
giggle, soil, bells, gobble, gosh, boss, hole, blesses, coil
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Hint
You might need an old calculator.
Answer
Coil.
Reasoning
This is the only word that cannot be spelled using a calculator.
For example, if you enter 376616 into an old-fashioned calculator, and look at the number upside down, you can read GIGGLE.
376616 = giggle
7105 = soil
57738 = bells
378806 = gobble
4506 = gosh
5508 = boss
3704 = hole
5355378 = blesses
coil = ????
Puzzle 3
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
cl--h
co--h
di-r-
-rea-
in-e-
-ok-r
-a-or
-ua-l
re-e-
-to-e
s-am-
ya--t
-eb-a
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Hint
The 4th word begins with the letter F.
Answers
cl--h = cloth (OT)
co--h = cough (UG)
di-r- = diary (AY)
-rea- = freak (FK)
in-e- = index (DX)
-ok-r = joker (JE)
-a-or = manor (MN)
-ua-l = quail (QI)
re-e- = rebel (BL)
-to-e = stove (SV)
s-am- = swamp (WP)
ya--t = yacht (CH)
-eb-a = zebra (ZR)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
Puzzle 4
Can you find every occurrence of the word FEBRUARY that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.
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Hint
The word FEBRUARY appears 21 times.
Answer
The word FEBRUARY appears 21 times.
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