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Puzzle 1
Place letters into the grid such that every row, column, and 2 x 2 block has letters (in any order) that form a common word. Each letter is only used once, and no letter is repeated in the rows / cols / blocks.
Letters allowed: D O G D A Y S
| C | |||
| L | K | ||
| A | T | E | |
| S | P | I |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo
Puzzle 2
These words have had their vowels (AEIOU) removed, can you replace them to find some girl's names:
gl
rs
dth
ptsy
mxn
dwn
gth
dry
Puzzle 3
Which two letters come next in this sequence:
ME · VE · EA · MA · JU · SA · UR · ?
Puzzle 4
A woman had three old coins: a silver dollar, a quarter, and a dime. Each coin was a little battered and had a piece missing. She found that exactly the same fraction had broken away from each coin.
What fraction of each was missing if the value of the remaining bits of coins was now exactly one dollar in total?
For this puzzle it can be assumed that 1⁄2 a coin is worth 1⁄2 of its value.
Based on a puzzle by Henry Ernest Dudeney.