Puzzle 5
My shirt has 5 buttons, my cardigan has 2 buttons, and my suit jacket has no buttons.
How many buttons do my trousers have?
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Hint
It depends on the length of the word.
Answer
2 buttons.
The number of buttons is 10, minus the length of the word.
Puzzle 6
Below you will find 9 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Once you have found the words, their initial letters are an anagram of a 9-letter word.
What is the word?
--xic
--ien
--nre
--ppo
--pil
--loo
--day
--uip
--elf
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Hint
The anagrammed word begins with the letter S.
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Spaghetti.
--xic = toxic
--ien = alien
--nre = genre
--ppo = hippo
--pil = pupil
--loo = igloo
--day = today
--uip = equip
--elf = shelf
Giving the letters TAGHPITES, which is an anagram of SPAGHETTI.
Puzzle 7
Can you find the number that best completes this puzzle?
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Hint
The answer involves a square root.
Answer
4.
The middle of each triangle contains the square root of the sum of the three surrounding numbers.
Puzzle 8
Add lines to this grid and create five areas that each have 4 letters, to spell five 4-letter words.
Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (194.34) and is used with permission.
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Hint
One of the words is FREE.
Answer
Dare, Shin, Typo, Free, and Lawn.
