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Puzzle 1 


In each of these sentences, can you replace the missing number.

The number is written as a word (e.g. five, twenty-four, thirty-three), and each sentence is correct after the replacement.

This sentence contains exactly ? E's and not one more.
However, this sentence contains exactly ? S's, with a single Z.
Finally, to finish, this sentence has exactly ? I's.

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Puzzle 2 


Which four vegetables have been merged together?
cab swe rpr eed oaa etn

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Puzzle 3 


Alex likes soda very much. At the local convenience store, for every 5 empty soda bottles the reward is a full fresh bottle.

As part of a local recycling initiative, Alex collected 77 empty bottles.

How many bottles of soda could Alex drink in total?

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Puzzle 4 


Below you will find 15 well-known six-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
---amt ---nue ---rtz ---oze ---mth ---iek ---gry ---thm ---koo ---spy ---sip ---lem ---uid ---tyr ---meg

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