BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 1

A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter, in turn, can be replaced by another to form a new word.

For example, RUG is a complete word because:
-ug = hug
r-g = rig
ru- = run

How many of the following words are not complete words? Proper nouns and names are not allowed.

team cost flew ward fail rook soft most lamp load

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Puzzle 2

What starts with an E, ends with an E …

… and usually contains only one letter?

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Puzzle 3

Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.

The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.

Can you determine what the 10 words are?
hol rec ant imp fer con
man dif ice pol acq htn
ort myt new air sag duc
dec lig kch ogy ing tan
uit ent gle tal tor ent

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Puzzle 4

How many common five letter words can you make from the following letters, using all the letters in each word?
AELST

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