Puzzle 1
Complete this grid of four common 4-letter words written horizontally.
Once complete, the first and last columns are two related words.
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
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Hint
The first word starts with H.
Answer
Hard and soft.
| H |
A |
T |
S |
| A |
L |
S |
O |
| R |
O |
O |
F |
| D |
E |
B |
T |
Puzzle 2
On which side of a cup …
… is it best to have the handle?
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Hint
It's neither LEFT not RIGHT.
Puzzle 3
Which letter is missing from this sequence:
B C D G P T V
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Hint
Try saying the letters out loud.
Answer
E.
These are letters which all sound the same, bee, see, dee, ee, etc. All depending on how you pronounce Z (zee or zed), you can include this.
Puzzle 4
Take a word from the first column, and a word from the second column.
You will now have 5 lots of eight letters, and each of these eight letters is an anagram of an animal.
What are the 5 animals?
soot tent
most then
much tire
area mare
leap pink
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Hints
Try: soot + tire, most + mare, much + pink.
Answers
soot + tire = tortoise
most + mare = marmoset
much + pink = chipmunk
area + tent = anteater
leap + then = elephant