Puzzle 1
Starting with any C, using the move of a chess knight, can you find the letters of Christmas in the correct order?
The moves of a knight are:
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A knight moves in the shape of an L, two squares one way, one square the other.
Answer
Puzzle 2
Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right, how many ways are there to get to the top right corner and make a total of 10?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.
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You can only go up, or right.
Answer
6.
With U = Up, and R = Right, you can move in the following ways:
UURR
URUR
URRU
RUUR
RURU
RRUU
Puzzle 3
Can you find common anagrams of the following words:
BINARY
ABROAD
RASCAL
ALTARS
BADGER
BARKED
MARBLE
UNABLE
TABLET
CALLER
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The first letters of the words are: B, A, S, A, B, B, R, N, B, C.
Answer
BINARY = BRAINY
ABROAD = ABOARD
RASCAL = SCALAR
ALTARS = ASTRAL
BADGER = BARGED
BARKED = BRAKED
MARBLE = RAMBLE
UNABLE = NEBULA
TABLET = BATTLE
CALLER = CELLAR or RECALL
There are some less common anagrams such as:
RASCAL = SACRAL
ALTARS = TARSAL
ALTARS = RATALS
ALTARS = TALARS
BADGER = GARBED
BARKED = DEBARK
MARBLE = BLAMER
MARBLE = AMBLER
MARBLE = LAMBER
UNABLE = UNBALE
TABLET = BATTEL
So you can have an extra half point if you found one of these! There are some even rarer anagrams, but I don't think I'll allow those!
Puzzle 4
How far can …
… a horse run into a forest?
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Some might argue that this isn't a puzzle.
Answer
Half way, after which it would be running out!
