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ZSXK – After the recent BrainBashers annual marathon the judges were comparing notes ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLIA – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDWI – Hidden in the grid below are six hidden animals. The letters are in sequence ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNFV – During a recent trip to Scotland I filled my car's 10 gallon fuel tank to the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXWW – This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSVE – Below you can find 8 words that have had their beginnings and endings removed.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXLN – Complete this grid with the digits 1 to 6 to make the sum correct. Perform each ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNMB – Alex is a keen dog admirer and over the years has had a number of dogs. Alex ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAUE – Which of the shapes is identical to the first one? There might be more than ...

Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann


ZJNF – By changing the second letter of each word below you can make another valid ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQTF – The final of the BrainBashers triathlon was a close run thing. The whole ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVVT – Farmer Stone is quite an eccentric dairy farmer. He originally had a total of ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSDO – The BrainBashers Speed Skating championship was recently completed however the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSLQ – Start in the bottom left corner and move either up or right one square at a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEWF – Last week I decided to cycle to my Grandparents's house. On the 1{{^st}} day I ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXEN – Below you can find a proverb. The letters have been converted to their location ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGCN – Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. The ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXQO – How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRZH – Four friends were competing in the internationally renowned BrainBashers Bog ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYTT – If 7/28 of 64 is 16 and 9/12 of 100 is 75 and 3/9 of 33 is 11 what is 5/15 of ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEEF – At last year's BrainBashers snail race 10 fine snails completed the tabletop ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKNL – Can you add two lines to complete this sequence of towers? {{interactive}}

Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King


ZIJY – Below you will find 10 seven-letter words with only their endings remaining.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMJJ – In each of these sentences can you replace the missing number. The number is ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFRO – Can you highlight exactly three numbers that add to 17? {{interactive-numbers}}

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGDC – Take a word from the first column and a word from the second column. You will ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXGG – After a day picking strawberries I ended up with a full basket which is always ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFFC – What comes next in this sequence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGKK – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTNI – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUVM – You have a very large number of generic plastic building blocks each in the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGWK – What number comes next in this sequence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKRC – Which circle square and triangle have the closest area to the blue doughnut ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPJX – For being well-behaved at the garden fayre four children were each given two ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRJA – Can you scramble each of these 6-letter words and then split them into two ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKOT – What letter comes next in this sequence: M{{}}V{{}}E{{}}M{{}}J{{}}?


ZUKB – How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJLL – W B H F S K F V J P Z H S S H T J P P N W L A F P W P N T D S W S T R H S P L ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEHJ – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNGR – Start in the bottom left corner and move either up or right one square at a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBBE – Which of the four shapes comes next in this sequence:

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (193.06) and is used with permission.


ZGOE – What shape completes the bottom line? triangle pentagon square square hexagon ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPXP – Each of these words has had its vowels (AEIOU) removed. Can you re-add the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQIA – Below are ten words that have been split in half. The first column has the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQRF – After a local bank robbery five suspects were interviewed. Below is a summary ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXJG – Can you draw a continuous line that goes through every number in order starting ...

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay


ZQVP – At the local sweet shop three particularly nice sweets are on special offer. A ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEOW – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXDB – One fine morning twelve intrepid travellers found themselves facing a rather ...

Puzzle Copyright © Randall Fine


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

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXNW – A coin collector decides to divide his coin collection between his children.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHBL – I recently gave a new carriage clock to my friend for a very special birthday.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTIQ – A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter in turn can be replaced by ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNWN – Can you find the sum of the second column?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSAT – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph: After many years ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZQF – Which one of these letters is the odd one out?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBQS – Which of the shapes is identical to the first one? There might be more than ...

Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann


ZQUH – Each of these words can have a letter added and then be rearranged to make a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHAD – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph? Aliens landed in ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSVQ – If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIWD – At the local games evening four friends were competing in the chess and croquet ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWOH – Can you find anagrams of each of the words below? Each of the words has more ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLEL – Customer services at BrainBashers headquarters received the following letter ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUPZ – Using exactly four straight lines without taking your pen off the (virtual) ...

A Charming Puzzle – Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book, A. Cyril Pearson.


ZGBD – At last month's rehearsal four top athletes competed in two 400-metre ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWQL – Here we have a rectangular room measuring 30 feet by 12 feet and 12 feet high.

The Spider and the Fly – The Canterbury Puzzles, Henry Ernest Dudeney.


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

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMBD – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph: The local habitat ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOKL – During the recent BrainBashers school sports day four students were competing ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNMV – Which of the shapes is identical to the first one? There might be more than ...

Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann


ZOMD – My first is in bridge but not in ridge. My second is in awake and in mistake.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDTU – A kind old person decided to give 12 sweets to each of the adults in the town ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNDY – Can you place a different 4-letter word into each of the brackets to create two ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEIA – How many hexagon-type shapes in total can you find in this puzzle?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFJQ – Many years ago befor modern educashun in the new millenium one problem in ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHRT – A large fresh water reservoir has two types of drainage system: small pipes and ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVBY – The second group of trainee astronauts are all sitting around the table waiting ...

Puzzle Copyright © Randall Fine


ZTNY – The river Pregel ran through the town of Konigsberg. In the river were two ...

This is the 'Seven Bridges of Konigsberg' puzzle – tackled by Leonhard Euler in 1736.


ZSQP – Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. The ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZJG – A very long time ago at the beginning of the week I was given some money for my ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGDD – You find yourself playing a game with your friend. It is played with a deck of ...

Puzzle Copyright © E.J. Shamblen


ZMZL – Which of the shapes is identical to the first one? There might be more than ...

Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann


ZXTO – The infamous BrainBashers encyclopedia has been suffering from its usual ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUXV – Which one of these sentences is the odd one out? Sam wanted another newt. Every ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGIR – The first group of trainee astronauts are all sitting around the table waiting ...

Puzzle Copyright © Randall Fine


ZXIQ – Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. The ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDMN – Complete the fifth circle with the correct dots.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKLD – Three teachers were discussing how long they had been teaching. Alex and Billie ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVJV – You find yourself playing a game with your friend. It is played with a deck of ...

Puzzle Copyright © E.J. Shamblen


ZDYR – Which of the shapes is identical to the first one? There might be more than ...

Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann


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

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYFP – What day would tomorrow be if yesterday was five days before the day after ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIXY – This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAGD – Below you will find ten common 6-letter words however every other letter is ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPYU – Tommy: "How old are you mamma?" Mamma: "Let me think Tommy. Well our three ages ...

Mamma's Age – Amusements In Mathematics, Henry Ernest Dudeney.


ZFKX – Imagine a bottle recycling skip empty other than one lonely bottle. Every hour ...


ZGQN – You find yourself playing a game with your friend. It is played with a deck of ...

Puzzle Copyright © E.J. Shamblen


ZRFG – Which of the shapes is identical to the first one? There might be more than ...

Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann


ZRTD – What number is three-quarters of eight-ninths of one-half of 2001?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMVO – What word is missing from this sequence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNLA – At the recent BrainBashers downhill mountain bike race four entrants entered ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAGW – Complete this grid of 4 four-letter words written horizontally. Once complete ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRZL – How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLCG – If four kittens can catch four toys in four minutes how many toys can twelve ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZINR – After the recent BrainBashers drone racing contest the four contestants were ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVZH – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDFX – I recently travelled from my home town to a distant music concert on a pedal ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEPE – Which number when written as a word makes this true: Cleverly there are exactly ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIJL – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIXB – At the local model boat club four friends were talking about their boats. There ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZMR – Can you find a number such that{{}} {{}}its double is fourteen more than its ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWJI – These five words are connected somehow which word is missing? origami reptilian ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZURT – In this puzzle all of the numbers from 1 to 8 are used. The differences between ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHEF – By changing the third letter of each of the words below can you make another ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCGQ – Hidden below are eight 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central S and ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNWV – I am compiling the new BrainBashers world almanac and it now contains lots more ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIFY – Take a set of three letters from the left column and a set of three letters ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDPX – How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRIL – During a recent BrainBashers thinking contest(!) the total number of points ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOYA – Moving from letter to letter using the moves of a chess knight can you find the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEFV – After a local bank robbery four suspects were interviewed. Below is a summary ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJWJ – The results of a recent Chess tournament between five close rivals is described ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTJK – What word comes next: jangled febrifuge marbles apricot mayflower jungle ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVLZ – What four-digit number has Digit 2 smaller than Digit 4 which is two thirds of ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIRD – From each of these words remove one letter and then rearrange the remaining ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDNQ – Can you find the number that best completes this puzzle?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBIL – During the recent BrainBashers Football Competition 5 teams were competing.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFZK – hwayetritipzl omnltesnhsuze

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYOT – Here is a snippet of section A of the curious multiple-choice entrance exam ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRBH – Last week I travelled from London to Stoke. On the first day I travelled one ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXYR – Below 9 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. The ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPXQ – Can you find a five-digit number that has no zeros nor ones in it and no digit ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZISK – The recent BrainBashers annual marathon has just taken place. The judges have ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBUN – Below are safari animals however each letter has been replaced by its position ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAXQ – Can you find at least 10 different colours hidden in the following paragraph? ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZENX – Frankie the Squirrel can find one acorn in 15 minutes and Glenn the Squirrel ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSEA – Below you will find 15 well-known seven-letter words with only their endings ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRDF – Four clowns were getting ready for the evening's performance. From the clothes ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQOI – What word most logically goes in the brackets: EASY [HEAD] HARD OOZE [----] ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSXC – This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKCX – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXLF – Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right adding up the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBEI – At the recent BrainBashers code-breaking convention Billie Brisk won the speed ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVHE – What 5-digit number am I thinking of? It has two prime digits. Digit 3 is the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSAO – At the end of the last volleyball season the main results table had been ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNCT – These words have had their vowels (AEIOU) removed can you replace them to find ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNKP – Last week I drove from Aardvark to Beeville. On the first day I travelled 1/3 ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOIV – Imagine a chessboard of size 20 x 20 instead of the normal 8 x 8. How many ...


ZXSC – After the local BrainBashers Horse Show some friends were telling everyone who ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDBX – Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. The ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYVT – This famous river has a number of cities along its course. What is its name?

Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King


ZNXG – My local library decided to hand out some of its old books to the 1400 people ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGZM – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a binary code contest took ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEEG – Each of these sets of arrows represents a word. What are the words?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCBS – This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJFC – Here is a curious grid! The sums of the shapes are shown at the end of each row ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZINF – Below you will find well-known eight-letter words with only their endings ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZVA – Last week I travelled from Birmingham to Glasgow (via bicycle). On the first ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAYQ – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph: As a keen ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIGY – What number comes next in this sequence: 914275{{}}94275{{}}9475{{}}975{{}}?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGKO – Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKPU – How many squares have been placed in the drawing below?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTAH – Last week I travelled from London to Leeds a distance I measured as 174 miles.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCVZ – Can you find a five-digit number that has no zeros and no digit is repeated ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOAN – Here is the latest BrainBashers questionnaire how well can you do? Q1. The ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGNB – Hidden in the grid below are eight 7-letter words. Each word begins with the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWOL – My local bus company has recently expanded and no longer has enough room inside ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTOX – In my collection of classical music I have a range of pieces that last 6 7 8 ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPLM – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJLX – During a recent gymnastics gala four athletes competed in three events the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZYU – Within the BrainBashers school the science department has three disciplines. In ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTKI – How many squares of any size are on a board divided up into 6 squares by 6 ...


ZYJU – Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. The ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZROR – At the recent spring fayre four keen gardeners were displaying their fine ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLXH – Starting with a five-letter word change one letter to create a new word. This ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQPU – What comes next in this sequence: iron{{}}bromine{{}}uranium{{}}argon{{}}?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKWM – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWTB – Using the new BrainBashers programming language BrainBasic the following words ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVZB – In the following sum the digits 0 to 9 have all been used and the top row's ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNEC – A large freshwater reservoir has two types of drainage system. Small pipes and ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJCD – During a recent plane and train spotting contest five eager entrants were lined ...

Puzzle Copyrighted. Created by Kevin Stone using Brain Cell.


ZBFF – Which word is the odd one out: seventy brawl clover proper carrot swing emerged ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYWM – Can you find every occurrence of the word LOVE that appears in this grid ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNTH – My current age is the age of my favourite book (which is 14 years old) plus one ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUYK – After a local art theft six suspects were interviewed. Below is a summary of ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZQO – Each of these words can be split in half and two letters can be placed in the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQIO – Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right adding up the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOFE – Yesterday I went for a short bicycle ride around the local lakes. As the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYNI – During the latest round of the BrainBashers school triathlon the final results ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYIT – The Miller next took the company aside and showed them nine sacks of flour that ...

The Miller's Puzzle – The Canterbury Puzzles, Henry Ernest Dudeney.


ZUII – Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo


ZKGX – There are three houses and three utilities: water gas and electricity. Your ...


ZWJD – Hidden in these sentences are the numbers 1 to 10 (in words). A number might ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJRZ – Using the clues from below can you find ten words? Once you have placed the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMJP – Take away eight of the matches below and leave one matchstick behind. There are ...

Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King


ZSQB – In the local wood there are a number of trees. On these trees there are a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUZN – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGSB – Six people whose names are Fred Alberts Larry Smith Brian Martin Marty Jones ...

Puzzle Copyright © David Leithauser


ZKRV – Can you find anagrams of the following words? COAGULATE CAVITATES BACTERIAL ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDJB – At midnight at the start of Monday January 1st Professor Stone set two ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSGJ – A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter in turn can be replaced by ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOTY – Alex and Billie were rowing their canoe along the River Trent. In the morning ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWSC – Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right adding up the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCZL – What letter comes next in this sequence: E{{}}O{{}}E{{}}R{{}}E{{}}?


ZNNJ – Five People were all taking a vacation in Shriekville unfortunately all of ...

Puzzle Copyright © The Logic Zone


ZPSJ – Place the following words into the grid: MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS SATURN URANUS ...

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay


ZZEQ – Place the words below into pairs. You will then have 5 lots of eight letters ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCTJ – Using the clues below can you find 8 four-letter words? Once you have placed ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYQO – My 7658 is a large stick. My 5634 is a strong desire. My 712 holds animals. My ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKPQ – Can you draw a line through all of the edges in this picture? Each side is ...


ZFSL – The other day I was sitting in my local tavern The Spyglass which overlooks the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King


ZCJP – At the local sports club some veteran members were photographed together for ...

Puzzle Copyrighted. Created by Kevin Stone using Brain Cell.


ZBVT – In the illustration we have a sketch of Sir Edwyn de Tudor going to rescue his ...

Sir Edwyn De Tudor – Amusements In Mathematics, Henry Ernest Dudeney.


ZZEC – Can you find the book titles hidden in these phrases? ROME OR OSLO? ANDREW ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQZE – Place an arrow in each empty square. Every arrow can either point left or right ...

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter


ZJMF – Below you will find 10 well-known six-letter words with only their endings ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDBT – Can you create a sentence that contains the word 'and' five times in a row? ...


ZZVV – Each empty white square in the grid contains one of the numbers 1 2 3 8. Each ...

Puzzle Copyright © Erich Friedman


ZEQH – I was having trouble sleeping last night and I tossed and turned well into the ...


ZTBA – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZJE – Below are five phrases that have been altered. Rearrange the words so that when ...

Puzzle Copyright © Carl Ginnow. Used with permission.


ZBTC – Your objective is to place some diagonal mirrors into the grid. If a ray of ...

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (196.26) and is used with permission.


ZNQL – During a recent music festival four DJs entered the mixing contest. Each wore a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYZN – Freddie was in love with three girls from his school! He couldn't decide which ...

Puzzle Copyright © Rodins Ltd


ZFCI – What am I? I'm amazing 'cause I've got the force To hold down a cow or a horse ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson
Website: www.stillsonworks.com


ZEGX – Four friends were discussing their prize winning carp. There were four ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCSB – At a musical recital five students (John Kate Larry Mary and Nick) performed ...

Puzzle Copyright © Chris Joh


ZNSV – Many years ago a cruise liner sank in the middle of the ocean. The castaways ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZKV – Can you fill the thermometers with mercury such that the numbers outside the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter


ZVNP – What are the next two numbers in this sequence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZURU – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIAG – This year Farmer Stone's harvest of apples was quite significant. He decided to ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSRG – Place all of the digits from 1 to 9 into the circles so that the sum of the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay


ZEJH – At the local nursery school I was chatting to my daughter's friends and noticed ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZACP – What is the 20th prime number? 2 3 5 7


ZYBC – Five tree surgeons are waiting to start their day's work in the local forest ...

Puzzle Copyrighted. Created by Kevin Stone using Brain Cell.


ZKSK – A trout's tail weighs eight pounds. Its head weighs as much as the tail and ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFDK – Can you complete the following four 5-letter words? The missing letters in ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPYT – Add lines to this grid and create five areas that each have 4 letters to spell ...

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (194.34) and is used with permission.


ZHIZ – Starting with any number on the top row make your way to the bottom adding the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIZG – Four shepherds were watching over their flocks and they were commenting on how ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLPQ – What word can prefix (go before) these letters to make a valid word in each ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQRW – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph: We told Cliff to ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCIK – Just last week Stacey's nieces and nephews met up to go to the cinema to see ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKDH – Each of these words can have the same letter placed at the beginning and the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMHZ – Start from the central 'F' and move horizontally or vertically and collect the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZICD – What number comes next in this sequence: 31{{}}30{{}}31{{}}31{{}}? Clue: the ...


ZEQO – What letter comes next in this sequence: P{{}}O{{}}I{{}}U{{}}Y{{}}T{{}}?


ZEVM – Place the digits from 1 to 9 in each closed area so that the sum of the digits ...

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay


ZBCD – Look at the following sentence once and once only how many times can you find ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRJI – The following words have had their vowels removed can you find the missing ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHNZ – My friend's son Billy has the same number of brothers as sisters. His sister ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSHC – Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. The ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZADD – These five business people represented different companies at a recent trade ...

Puzzle Copyright © Rodins Ltd


ZCNS – Below you will find 15 well-known five-letter words with only their endings ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHQK – My special BrainBashers clock works in a very unusual way. It only ever shows ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZESK – Can you complete this grid of letters. Each line is a valid 5-letter word with ...

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ZILN – Place the digits 1 to 8 into the grid. The numbers you can see are the totals ...

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ZLRW – By changing the second letter of each word below you can make another valid ...

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ZNCV – As oou oan oee oy poinoer oepoacos eoero thord oetoer oito tho leoteo 'o'. How ...

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ZYLQ – How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?

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ZNDX – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph? Welsh horses are my ...

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ZYEA – Can you complete the grid without forming a 3-In-A-Row of the same colour. Each ...

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ZIIQ – What is the name of this city?

Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King


ZAJG – In each of these 5 words can you change the highlighted letter to produce a new ...

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ZCEJ – This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the ...

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ZJCL – Some months have 30 days some have 31 but how many have 28 days?


ZDDT – Customer services at BrainBashers headquarters received the following letter ...

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ZRWB – Below 10 countries have been broken into chunks of letters. The chunks have ...

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ZEXF – My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed a fault I did a listing of ...

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ZCCR – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

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ZCXS – Kevin wants to go and see his brother who lives across the valley and he wants ...


ZAHN – This arrow is currently pointing from South to North. Move one line and add one ...

Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King


ZPUC – My first is in kendo but not in squash. My second is in hurdles and in hunting.

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ZWCO – What is so unusual about this sentence: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy ...


ZQZZ – Alex's child Drew is exactly one fifth of Alex's age. In 21 years Alex will be ...

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ZJGT – Hidden in the grid below are eight 7-letter words. Each word begins with the ...

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ZWPF – What value of X makes the following correct:

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ZIZV – Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo


ZWSW – This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the ...

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ZRQK – Painter Pete our local DIY expert is renovating the local hospital. He has to ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTZP – Combine the word fragments below to produce pairs of words that have opposite ...

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (194.21) and is used with permission.


ZIMH – Two friends were driving from their home to Manchester Alex drove the first 90 ...

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ZFSC – During a recent police investigation Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing ...

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ZBOM – The legendary BrainBashers calendar had a recent bug. Here is a listing showing ...

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ZNNB – Exactly how many minutes is it before seven o'clock if 40 minutes ago it was ...

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ZDUC – Moving up or right what is the largest total you can make using the ...

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ZZVB – Once you have unscrambled the following countries the first letters can be ...

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ZWTL – After a local bungled heist five suspects were being interviewed by the police.

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ZDEZ – This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the ...

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ZAPY – I recently went to the shop and purchased 4 items. Three of the items cost: ...

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ZSWW – After a recent spate of home improvements four couples were having a dinner ...

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ZUMS – Below you will find some eight-letter words with only their endings remaining.

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ZBQK – Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence: A popular newspaper ...

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ZSOP – There are four bungalows in our cul-de-sac. They are made from these materials: ...

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ZAFM – At a recent painting competition the results were mislaid. Luckily I remembered ...

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ZXYZ – I have a bottle and a straw which cost me 60 pence. The bottle cost 10 pence ...


ZQUZ – As my autumnal birthday approaches I like to collect leaves! A little bizarre ...

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ZVGV – Here is a snippet of section B of the curious multiple-choice entrance exam ...

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ZBQB – Complete the grid such that every row and column contains the digits 1 to 6.

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter


ZSKP – Take a word from the first column and a word from the second column. You will ...

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ZCGP – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

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ZIWR – Disastrous Dave was washing windows on a multi-storey office building when he ...


ZVXI – Here is a snippet of section D of the curious multiple-choice entrance exam ...

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ZCDD – These 4-letter words can each have a letter added and then be rearranged to ...

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ZRSR – Fill in the missing numbers with the digits 1 to 9. A diamond shape in the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (195.08) and is used with permission.


ZIEU – Can you complete this grid of letters? Each line is a valid 5-letter word with ...

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ZRZE – During a recent expedition three intrepid adventurers were left stranded in the ...

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ZTNZ – At the recent BrainBashers Mixed National Hurdle trials ten contestants ...

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ZVZE – I started out on the journey from the forest with a full tank of fuel 12 ...

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ZIKX – At the local BrainBashers Sunday School meeting the teacher brought in some ...

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ZGBB – Alex can eat 27 chocolates in an hour Billie can eat 2 chocolates in 10 minutes ...

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ZJYZ – Can you find anagrams of the following words? aspirate alarming bleating ...

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ZPOC – After a recent marathon the following was noted. Alex finished after Frankie.

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ZFXF – Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right how many ways ...

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ZUDY – Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo


ZETP – Matthew Shelborn frequently has to travel for his company which gives him a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Rodins Ltd


ZMKA – At the recent BrainBashers Championships 2022 the 100 metres heats were closely ...

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ZMFH – Which two letters come next in this sequence: ...


ZRYM – What letter comes next in this sequence: X{{}}L{{}}C{{}}D{{}}?


ZQCQ – Three builders are laying a brick wall. Freddie can lay 1000 bricks in three ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTBG – The weather at the Cape of Good Hope makes it a notorious location where many ...

Puzzle Copyright © Rodins Ltd


ZCAG – Are there more: square inches in a piece of carpet 15 yards by 5 yards or feet ...

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ZHFJ – I recently asked my friend Alex to buy me some ribbon for my child's bonnet.

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ZNKT – As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven ...


ZHFC – Our local scrap merchant had to travel to the county recycling plant 60 miles ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJXI – I have three daughters and each has one brother. How many children do I have?

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ZCIV – Can you complete these common 5-letter words? -S-G- --R-F -ZU-- E--X- -P--C ...

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ZRNJ – I started a journey to my Aunt's yesterday with a full tank of gasoline 10 ...

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ZYMX – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a binary code contest took ...

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ZSSX – Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence: After falling off ...

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ZDVN – Can you find common anagrams of the following words: BINARY ABROAD RASCAL ...

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ZJSA – The legendary BrainBashers calendar has had a small problem. Here is a listing ...

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ZBOE – Using a tap a seven gallon container and an eleven gallon container can you ...

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ZPGD – Below are 8 Academy Award winners. The letters of their names have been mixed ...

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ZVRC – This is a very special sequence and is complete but what is the missing letter? ...

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ZFHQ – If: SAFE + STAY + SOON + SKIP = STOP then: PINK + PORE + PUSH + PLOT = ?

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ZYUS – A local school teacher wanted to share 703 sweets equally between the pupils.

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ZOHI – What three-letter word best completes these words? c---on he--- e---h m---yr ...

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ZSLY – Below you will find 9 well-known five-letter words with only their endings ...

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ZFLF – Place a horizontal or a vertical line into every blank square. Each number ...

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter


ZRPG – Using the letters AAAAEERRRRTT complete this grid. The grid reads the same ...

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ZQSQ – What comes next in this sequence: fawn{{}}bear{{}}lion{{}}mole{{}}? Choose ...

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ZEZT – Can you find three consecutive even numbers that total 85008 when multiplied ...

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ZZPN – At a recent bowling match two games were played. Kelly beat Sam in both games ...

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ZWSK – Unluckily last week I lost my measuring tape. It was unlucky as I had to ...

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ZEWS – Add one Z to the following word to form another valid English word: LEG You may ...

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ZMUN – Four related words are merged below: MAAP EABA NNGP PRLE ANAO

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ZTDT – My BrainBashers calculator is low on batteries again and the following ...

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ZITA – Complete this grid using the letters AAADDEEEEKSSSS.

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ZTVA – Each of the following sets of letters can be made into a real word by adding ...

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (203.08) and is used with permission.


ZNIT – The BrainBashers Dictionary of Proverbs is running out of memory. Below are ...

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ZPEQ – I was quite bored yesterday so I visited my local animal sanctuary. To pass the ...

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ZCUJ – Below is a grid which should contain boy's names. The missing letters for a ...

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ZIPY – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

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ZVNZ – The month of March in the year 1980 contained 5 Saturdays and 5 Mondays. What ...

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ZSKV – Apparently one side of a cat has more hair. The findings of the scientific ...


ZMUA – The map below shows the street locations of a city. Position three police ...

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay


ZQDR – After visiting one of my very old relatives I travelled home in their old ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYJB – A rope swing hangs vertically down so that the end is 12 inches from the ground ...

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (198.24) and is used with permission.


ZWPU – Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2 x 2 block has ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo


ZWYX – Starting with the 6 in the bottom left corner what is the highest total you can ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQJS – A woman had three old coins: a silver dollar a quarter and a dime. Each coin ...

Based on a puzzle by Henry Ernest Dudeney.


ZVLW – Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. The ...

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ZKQL – Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these common words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNOU – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

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ZXZJ – Below you will find 10 well-known seven letter words with only their endings ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZULZ – Painter Pete did such a good job of the housing estate he was asked to paint ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLYW – How many squares of any size can be found on a standard chessboard? How many ...


ZAJT – Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo


ZCPD – My first is in horse but not in pony. My second is in coyote but not in jackal.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLCF – Which is larger the number of seconds in a day or the number of hours in 10 ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZTF – Here is a set of five clues for five words that only differ by one vowel ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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

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ZGFJ – This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCSN – I am compiling the BrainBashers world almanac and it now contains quite a few ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKAZ – Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo


ZMQO – How many grains of sand do you need until you have a heap of sand?


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

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQNG – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a binary code contest took ...

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ZVAR – Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo


ZMHE – At the local mid-summers fayre four ladies are planning to delight the visitors ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMDW – Below is a grid which should contain animals. The missing letters for a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLIN – Using only horizontal and vertical lines connect every number to its pair (1 ...

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter


ZJCA – Below is 88 moving only two lines can you turn this into 81? {{interactive}}

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDIE – Can you find all of the spokes? A digit on a hub denotes the number of spokes ...

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter


ZTCA – Can you find every occurrence of the word APPLES that appears in this grid ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHNJ – Are there more inches in a mile{{}} {{}}or Sundays in a thousand years?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJBE – Which word does not belong with the others: dgo act ehors ceffio elrttu ekmnoy

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOKI – Yesterday I was asked to buy some stamps. Stamps in the land of BrainBashers ...

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ZZKL – My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault. I listed ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFDI – Workers with the surnames Butcher Baker Carpenter and Plumber are currently ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQFR – Without using any reference material can you find the hidden countries? In each ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVQX – By changing the second letter of each of the words below can you make another ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHIR – We have been quite lucky with the weather recently it has got steadily warmer ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSSR – If cat and a half can catch a mouse and a half in a day and a half how many ...


ZPQT – The four clowns in this puzzle all competed for the much-prized 'Clown of the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Rodins Ltd


ZVUZ – What is missing from this sequence: ...


ZAAF – What four related words are merged here: SWAS PURI UINM NTTU MGER MNER

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAKM – What common word has 4 vowels one after the other?


ZQDY – Hidden in the grid below are three boys names. Starting at any point trace out ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHQY – What is missing from this sequence: Greenland{{}}New ...


ZSZX – Can you find the encoded countries? The letter indicates the first letter of ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCXN – Last week I spent half of my money on a new jacket and then I spent half of ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNHQ – My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault. I listed ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJFH – What 5-letter word can be added to the end of these words to make new words: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFMM – What four related words are merged together? TOUS RGQC URRO IAAN RLGS EEET ENE

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ZIMZ – Using the letters EEIIIISSSTTT complete this grid. The grid reads the same ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVAO – What comes next in this sequence:

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ZXXR – The BrainBashers football world tour is well underway and Alex is planning the ...

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ZEKA – At the local play group for babies and toddlers I was asking about the number ...

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ZKRS – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

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ZWFI – If 5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes how many cats do you need to catch 100 ...


ZGXH – Hidden in the grid below are three boys names. Starting at any point trace out ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVUS – What word goes in the brackets: FOOD [ROAD] HARD WEEP [----] FALL

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ZLIJ – What word comes next in this sequence: ...

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ZNQP – My trustworthy (?!) BrainBashers word processor is playing its silly tricks ...

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ZRHH – At last week's Girl Guide's picnic four girls were tucking into their packed ...

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ZTZV – Without using any reference material can you find the hidden countries? In each ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRUP – What starts with an E ends with an E and usually contains only one letter?


ZVOM – Using a tap a nine gallon container and a four gallon container can you measure ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNRA – Yesterday I was asked to buy some stamps. In the land of BrainBashers stamps ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHKG – HWAYETRDETIPZLHV OMNLTESOSHSUZEAE

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ZIQX – What four-digit number has Digit 1 three smaller than Digit 4 which is one more ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVAQ – I recently asked a friend of mine to buy me some ribbon for my latest ...

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ZFFK – Can you complete this paragraph using two words that are anagrams of each ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYYP – Alex likes soda very much. At the local convenience store for every 5 empty ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUKF – In this long division each number has been replaced by another. The answer has ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSVL – Which word is the odd one out: football polo badminton baseball golf tennis ...

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ZXDM – At the recent interdepartmental jam making contest four lucky candidates took ...

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ZCWM – I was travelling from Chesterton to Newcastle recently when I came across a ...


ZLDH – Hidden in the grid below are eight 7 letter words. Each word begins with the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIWB – Below is a very special grid around each shaded number are 8 white squares.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEXR – Can you find five hidden countries in the following paragraph: Dominic had a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXEW – How many days before 17 th August is it if 50 days before then it was four ...

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ZTKW – Which name is missing from this sequence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWXM – Start with a number larger than 0 square it add 4 double take away 3 times 4 ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZVX – Place JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER ...

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay


ZEYS – Hidden in the grid below are eight 7-letter words. Each word begins with the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHGN – Jake has some unusual likes and dislikes. He likes balloons but does not like ...

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ZSCT – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

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ZVYU – In Farmer Stone's hay loft there were several animals in particular birds mice ...

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ZFUD – What three letter word best completes the below words? LOE EDUE VAE STER SHE ER

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ZNAQ – Which four related foods have been merged together? COP ENK EAC UCO NTA RNM UQI ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEPS – The following words have had their vowels removed can you find some animals? ln ...

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ZZPD – In the following line cross out nine letters such that the remaining letters ...

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ZPYH – Using the letters AAEENNPPPPSS complete this grid. The grid reads the same ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXTC – Below is a grid which should contain girl's names. The missing letters for a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOCW – My local greengrocer is a would-be mathematician. She likes to arrange the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOWY – The local River Trent is 4100 inches wide which happens to be a fantastic ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWOI – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNOJ – Workers with the surnames Baker Teacher Carpenter and Plumber are currently ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZLZ – My 12 8 and 9 is a sheep. My 3 5 and 6 is not high. My 1 8 and 9 is a starchy ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUBJ – Last week my wife and I found ourselves stranded on an island oops! ...


ZBPS – Can you find every occurrence of the word AUGUST that appears in this grid ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYPO – Starting with HATE change one letter at a time until you have the word LOVE- ...


ZKJA – You are running in a marathon and you overtake the person in second place. What ...


ZHJJ – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYKA – At a local village gala the entire population turned up 500 people. The event ...

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ZPUU – My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed a fault I did a listing of ...

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ZZDN – In each of these sentences can you replace the missing number. The number is ...

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ZIJZ – During an exciting weekend of paintball four friends were having great fun. The ...

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ZKZL – The Winter Festival is well underway and BrainBashers control is working out ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTUW – Alex and Billie have to empty all of the bookshelves in the library and move ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXJD – This multiplication contains the numbers 1-9. Can you complete it? 3. x ---- .

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCDE – Can you find a five-digit number that if you place a 9 at the beginning is four ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUHT – Starting with WARM change one letter at a time and end with COOL? Each change ...


ZBUQ – Which word is the odd one out: ceelry caorrt caabbeg caefilloruw caehikort

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKHA – My first is in camel and in hamster. My second is in otter but not in ferret.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMOP – What letter should complete this sequence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHDO – A well-known seven-letter word can be created by starting with a single letter ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWRU – What always weighs the same no matter how large it is?


ZGXF – Five men whose names are Bob Edison Tom Stevenson Marty Brown Jim Davis and ...

Puzzle Copyright © David Leithauser


ZUBN – I really must replace my BrainBashers word processor. I recently spell checked ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBIP – At the local racetrack Alex was testing the latest car. During the eight test ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUGC – A farmer buys chicken feed for 47c per tonne pig feed for 1.23 per tonne and ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZNC – What letter is missing from this sequence: ...


ZJRY – How many people must be at a party before you are likely to have two having the ...


ZQML – Would you believe that this amazing sentence contains ninety two letters one ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAFX – Start in square 'S' and end in square 'E' moving either horizontally or ...

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay


ZVLI – What common animal comes next in this sequence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJPL – A rich aristocrat decided that he would give every man 45 dollars and every ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTTO – Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence: If a Dalmatian dog ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYAG – Can you find every occurrence of the word LEMON that appears in this grid ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPWK – You've been asked to buy the cakes for the school party and you've been given ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBKU – What comes next in this sequence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFOV – At the equator the radius of the earth is 6378 km so its circumference is ...


ZIFG – Below is a very special grid around each shaded number are 8 white squares.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJEA – What comes next in this sequence: ...


ZRIY – Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb? ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZNP – What letter comes next in this sequence: ...


ZPLR – Which fruit comes next in this sequence: banana{{}}pear{{}}kiwi{{}}tomato{{}}? ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZITV – A grocer has to place 28121 carrots into bags each bag containing the same ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLUI – How should these words actually be spelled without using a dictionary.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDXF – Can you find a word which can go in front of each of these words to make a new ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOKW – If a farmer buys chicken feed for 1.26 per tonne pig feed for 2.74 per tonne ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQRJ – Below are ten everyday words each of which has had some letters removed. The ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZLD – Are there more seconds in a week or feet in 100 miles?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJQQ – Can you find a five letter word which when written in upper-case reads the same ...


ZNXA – Which word comes next in this sequence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWSM – What number replaces the question mark?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPHH – The same three-letter word has been removed from all of these words leaving the ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVHV – As the auditor for my local theme park I noticed that on Saturday there were ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIPI – Which are there more of: rolls in a dozen baker's dozen or hours in a week?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUPW – If a farmer buys chicken feed for 57c per tonne pig feed for 1.52 per tonne and ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBXV – What number comes next in this sequence: 986888 724864 143224 ==??==

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUPT – Which is larger the number of seconds in a week or the number of minutes in a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBZT – Find two words which are anagrams of each other which complete this sentence: ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDQD – On the charts I remain number one This position cannot be undone If I burn you ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson
Website: www.stillsonworks.com


ZQFL – If 7 ingots of IRON weigh 112 tonnes 4 ingots of COBALT weigh 104 tonnes and 3 ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNBA – If one small rabbit can dig a warren in nine hours a medium rabbit can dig a ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYJX – Richard Kevin and James like coffee Andrew Anne and John don't. Does Simon like ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCIM – In 1978 what happened on the 5th of June at 34 minutes past 12?


ZELW – Can you guess what the following abbreviations mean COM DRA ADV ACT SPO MUS HOR ...

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson
Website: www.stillsonworks.com


ZUVL – During a recent school reunion four friends were discussing their starting ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJXK – I recently gave a new watch to my friend for their birthday. However as usual ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSVM – I am a 10-letter word. My 9 6 1 2 is something a swimmer may do. My 5 4 4 3 is ...

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAON – Which is greater the number of grooves on one side of a vinyl record (if you ...


ZTPH – What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?


ZNEH – Alex and Billie Stone have three daughters and each daughter has two brothers.

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ZDIN – If you are running in a marathon and you overtake the person in last place what ...


ZTNN – A donkey is tied to a rope 6 feet long and there is a bale of hay 8 feet away.


ZFBC – Can you find a three-digit number such that when you reverse the numbers you ...

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ZKMP – What three-letter word best completes the below words? sw--- ---y al--- f--- ...

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ZFEW – I was recently given a new watch for my birthday. However as usual with my ...

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ZHCM – Gib is to llams{{}} {{}}as nepo is to desolc{{}} {{}}as pu is to ?.

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ZKQK – Using the letters AAEEHHLLLLMMNNOOSSTT complete this grid. The grid reads the ...

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ZXEV – In this sequence of planets can you work out why they are listed in this order? ...

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ZCOG – Starting with BALL change one letter at a time until you have the word HEAD.

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ZLSY – This is a well known children's musical piece the vowels have been removed and ...

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ZBTP – At my local farmer's merchant you can buy chicken feed for 15c per tonne pig ...

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ZXBI – You have a barrel filled to the top with water which weighs 150 pounds. What ...


ZNCR – Every year just before my birthday I open my money box to see how much money I ...

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ZJPY – Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1 B=2 C=3 and so on ...

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ZHOV – Which word if pronounced right is wrong but if pronounced wrong is right?


ZNFP – This is a well known children's musical piece the vowels have been removed and ...

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ZRPE – Which name comes next in this sequence: Sarah{{}}Helen{{}}Diane{{}}Joanne{{}}? ...

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ZHVZ – What letter completes this sequence: ...

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ZFLZ – Can you find a three-letter word that completes these words? b--- d--- m---et ...

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ZLUS – Can you find three words which contain EE twice?

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ZMYC – What are the next five letters in this sequence: HDSOAW HDHAGF ATKHAATKM


ZMYR – Which letter completes this sequence: ...

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ZOHO – Which are there more of days in a year or bones in an adult human body?

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ZNET – Can you find a word that can suffix (go after) each of these letters: re deva ...

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ZJDJ – Last night I was looking at a road sign and could see that Leeds was 13 miles ...

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ZWBR – At my local farmer's merchant you can buy chicken feed for 4 per tonne pig feed ...

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ZODU – Which is the odd one out: CAT DOG GOLDFISH HAMSTER COW

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ZSBO – In Farmer Donald's hay loft there are a number of ants mice and chickens. There ...

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ZNWU – What three-letter word best completes the below words? t---ed b---et fl--- ...

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ZVTF – Starting with SOFT change one letter at a time until you have the word LENS.

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ZNJA – This is an annoying paragraph in which you try and work out what is unusual ...

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ZJAY – Can you unscramble the letters below to find four cheeses popular in the UK? c ...

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ZCWY – Why are 2024 UK pound coins worth more than 2023 UK pound coins?


ZMZK – Looking at a usual clock how many times does the minute hand pass the hour hand ...


ZPLY – The BrainBashers golf world tour is well underway and Fred is planning the ...

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ZTXN – Tuif cumzye if n fizpye trsg go sre hbw ensl n EOG13 caet eaceyctrd phzmlr paa ...

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ZQSE – What are the next 3 digits in this sequence: ...

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ZYES – What is the next number in this sequence: ...

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ZOXV – At the annual BrainBashers puzzle discussion conference 20 people attended. At ...


ZZIY – What comes next in this sequence: 31{{}}41{{}}51{{}}61{{}}71{{}}81{{}}92{{}}?

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ZBNM – Two fine fellows were working very hard all day at the local coal mine. One of ...


ZCNQ – Which word is the odd one out? erah reed yenkom tibbar tac tesomram gip

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ZRSQ – During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...

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ZAII – How many common five letter words can you make from the following letters using ...

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ZVXY – Which cheese is made backwards?


ZDOM – What comes next in this sequence: ...

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ZFEX – What word most logically goes in the brackets: SAFE [FAST] MALT OUST [----] ...

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ZNQV – The local CD shop operates an unusual discount policy. The discount on the next ...

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ZWYD – What comes next in this sequence: jnry{{}}fbrry{{}}mrch{{}}prl{{}}my{{}}jn{{}}?


ZIKB – What comes next in this sequence: 2{{}}3{{}}5{{}}7{{}}11{{}}31{{}}71{{}}91{{}}?

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ZTQN – Which letter comes next in this sequence: A{{}}K{{}}Q{{}}J{{}}?


ZIRB – What are the next three letters in this sequence: HDD TMRUTC TCSO TMRD


ZVDB – James Simon Ian and William all like walking. But Dave Steven Alan and Alastair ...

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ZUCZ – What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all ...


ZCTD – On which side of a cup is it best to have the handle?


ZFFG – Can you find a valid sentence which has two consecutive ANDs in it?


ZFAS – What number comes next in this sequence: ...

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ZUVH – Which are there more of ounces in gross pounds or seconds in an hour?

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ZDEC – If I give you seven apples you will then have five times as many as I would ...

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ZXEO – Only using the letters A I O S T what is the longest word you can find? You may ...

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ZSCU – Which one of these sentences is the odd one out? The answer is nothing to do ...

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ZVKK – What comes next in this sequence: Dave{{}}Edward{{}}Duncan{{}}Neil{{}}Liam{{}}? ...

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ZIDS – How many cubic feet of earth are removed to make a hole 4 feet wide by 7 feet ...


ZCSC – What letter completes this square in the most logical manner? ...

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ZKVF – At a recent school fayre 500 people attended and 500 was raised. The prices ...

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ZQSV – Can you find a five digit number which is four times its reverse?

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ZQIZ – Can you find a five-digit number whose digits add up to 18 and whose product is ...

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ZVTM – Which letter is missing from this sequence: B C D G P T V


ZKNU – Which letter is missing from this sequence: B{{}}C{{}}E{{}}G{{}}K{{}}Q{{}}S{{}}W


ZJDY – During a recent school trip to the seaside I sat at the rear of the bus. I ...

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ZNTM – If I buy a melon and a coconut the cost will be 1.19. If I buy a melon and a ...

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ZYUU – At a recent motorsport gathering four proud owners were gathered around the ...

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ZPKQ – If Malcolm Laura John Alan Brenda and Kevin like chocolate and Norman Steve ...

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ZWUL – This equation contains the numbers 1-8. Can you complete it? 6. .. x ---- .

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ZDCZ – What is made from nothing yet you can see it?


ZMZY – What comes next in this sequence: ...


ZTFP – Using the letters AAEEIIMMPPTT complete this grid. The grid reads the same ...

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ZIGT – What comes next in this sequence: ...

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ZQKD – Albert married Carol. Steven married Katie. Bob married Virginia. Who did Simon ...

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ZVFT – Can you fill the thermometers with mercury such that the numbers outside the ...

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ZPHY – Cen yee rell wrer er wreng werr rrer peregrepr? Er ferrr glence yee mey rrenk ...

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ZHRW – Can you find a number whose double exceeds its quarter by 7.

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ZVTQ – Which three letters come next in this sequence: ...

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ZVHZ – Which is greater? The number of seconds in a year. Miles that light can travel ...

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ZPSD – If a bottle weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle what is the weight of a ...

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ZIZW – The following words have had their vowels removed can you find the missing ...

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ZGLU – What is the next number in the sequence: 32{{}}35{{}}40{{}}44{{}}52{{}}112{{}}?

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ZPTA – Can you find every occurrence of the word APRIL that appears in this grid ...

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ZQBH – Can you find three consecutive odd numbers that total 7644585 when multiplied ...

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ZNGN – Can you find every occurrence of the word MARCH that appears in this grid ...

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ZGRS – Can you find every occurrence of the word JANUARY that appears in this grid ...

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ZJSH – Can you find every occurrence of the word FEBRUARY that appears in this grid ...

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ZSWH – In each of these sentences can you replace the missing number. The number is ...

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ZLBV – Can you highlight exactly three numbers that add to 19? {{interactive-numbers}}

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ZGCD – Practical Pat was asked to cut a 99 foot rope into three smaller equal length ...

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ZQEH – Can you find every occurrence of the word DECEMBER that appears in this grid ...

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ZICN – Which name is missing from this sequence: ...

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ZSEO – Can you find every occurrence of the word JULY that appears in this grid ...

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ZTAB – Add lines to this grid and create five areas that each have 4 letters to spell ...

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ZEZB – Can you find every occurrence of the word JUNE that appears in this grid ...

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ZKRA – What is the only number not found in the Roman numerals system?


ZJLO – Many years ago a cruise liner sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The ...

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ZTXP – During a recent BrainBashers race meeting the fastest driver managed to ...

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ZEQM – If I was in Florida and dropped a heavy ball into a bucket of water which was ...


ZTJY – Here are some less well known proverbs. What is the missing word in each? ...

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ZXZD – My first is in mammoth but not in elephant. My second is in racoon but not in ...

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ZHAI – Which is larger: the tenth root of 10 or the cube root of 2?

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ZTMP – What number comes next in this sequence: 3{{}}3{{}}5{{}}4{{}}4{{}}3{{}}5{{}}?


ZVUP – Where do the biggest potatoes grow?


ZVIB – What are the next five letters in this sequence: JAJWUTH TFAPOW JFDABHC


ZXLA – Alex Smith was born on December 25th 1971 yet their birthday is always in the ...


ZLQD – Tha Brainaasaera elactaonac ward aroaesaor aas aeea playiag ua. It as raplaciag ...

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ZBKQ – What gets wetter the more it dries?


ZCVJ – Which four colours have been mixed up below? bylv guee rllo iweo elen t

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ZOPB – Take a normal piece of paper exactly 0.1 mm thick. Fold it in half and then in ...


ZZDY – Using the letters EEEENNNNPPSS complete this grid. The grid reads the same ...

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ZFOS – How can you drop an egg exactly 30 feet above a concrete floor without breaking ...


ZYVH – Billy has twice as many sisters as brothers. His sister Frankie has one more ...

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ZTMI – Can you find three 11-letter words which use the letters from ANTHROPOLOGIST?

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ZRQL – What do you get if you add 2 to 200 four times?


ZAVC – Find three common nine letter words that can be formed on an upside-down ...

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ZYLJ – Can you calculate which word is the odd one out: giggle soil bells gobble gosh ...

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ZFTF – Using the letters EEEEGGLLOOSS complete this grid. The grid reads the same ...

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ZCFT – Can you complete this sentence using words which are anagrams of each other? ...

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ZCBQ – What number completes this sequence: 4{{}}15{{}}14{{}}11{{}}5{{}}?

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ZTXL – What comes next in this sequence: boron{{}}carbon{{}}nitrogen{{}}oxygen{{}}?


ZWSX – Which bird is the odd one out: finch gull eagle ostrich sparrow

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ZBZL – Which are there more of{{}} {{}}fathoms in a kilometre{{}} {{}}or hours in a ...

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ZYEP – Can you find three consecutive prime numbers which total 190747 when multiplied ...

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ZYWK – Which pair of letters comes next in this sequence: ...


ZQCJ – At a recent BrainBashers party I noted the ages of the children who attended.

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ZSUP – What word completes this square: ferret rabbit otter ? Choose from: giraffe ...

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ZLDZ – Can you find an anagram of PROBATIONS?

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ZMFT – Which four animals have been mixed up below: but rare odes came bit

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ZNJH – If you turn a right handed glove inside out which hand will it now fit?


ZDGO – My wonderful BrainBashers printer has made a few errors in my latest puzzle. In ...

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ZOWI – In the sentence below all of the missing words are anagrams of each other: When ...

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ZVAG – What well-known saying has been altered below: lla doog shingt eomc ot ehost ...

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ZBMQ – Find two words which are anagrams of each other that complete this sentence: ...

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ZUIR – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph: I recently bought a ...

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ZEJB – What comes next in this sequence: M{{}}N{{}}B{{}}V{{}}C{{}}X{{}}?


ZPSM – Tew is to yrd{{}} {{}}as toh is to dloc{{}} {{}}as ni is to ?.

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ZDRT – What well known saying has had its consonants removed: -a-- -a--- -a-e -i--- ...

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ZIMG – What comes next in the sequence: ...


ZCJT – What is significant about this paragraph: I once found two tiny ferrets tired ...

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ZIPJ – I have a jar of sweets. There are 234 red 26 blue 67 green and 63 yellow ...

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ZUYX – What number comes next in this sequence: 7{{}}8{{}}5{{}}5{{}}3{{}}4{{}}4{{}}?


ZLCH – What proverb is hidden below? Llamas often overlook khaki bagels. Every furry ...

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ZACX – Kevin's mother has three children. The first was called Alpha the second was ...


ZFYV – What occurs twice in a lifetime but once in every year. Twice in a week but ...


ZYCS – Can you decode this well-known saying: V CCVCCC VC CVCV CVCVC CVCV

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ZCXT – Can you find a word starting with BR that with the addition of the letter E ...

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ZOAQ – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph: Once upon a time in ...

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ZKGF – 10 100 1000 10000 Which number comes after 10000?


ZLFH – Again my BrainBashers thesaurus has let me down again. This time I was after ...

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ZAZA – What number comes next in this sequence: 16{{}}21{{}}26{{}}26{{}}12{{}}5{{}}?

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ZVUB – Can you find a word that begins with the letter R and with the addition of the ...

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ZUQW – I have a jar of sweets. 114 red 35 blue 67 green and 9 yellow. What chance do I ...

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ZLTE – My 6 7 3 is a tear to a newspaper. My 5 4 1 is damper than moist. My 1 7 6 4 ...

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ZFND – What are the next three characters in this sequence: ...

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ZZAI – Astrology begins with the letter A biology with B. Can you find an 'ology' that ...

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ZLOP – Where on Earth do the winds always blow from the South?


ZZTV – Which three US states have been merged together: C O N E A L H I W J I F E R S ...

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ZGNA – Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence: I really fear lions ...

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ZMFO – What four-letter word can be placed between the two following words to make two ...

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ZIEI – What number comes next in this sequence: 302{{}}202{{}}102{{}}002{{}}991{{}}?

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ZRYO – In my money box I found 36.80 made up of equal numbers of quarters dimes and ...

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ZUKE – What number comes next in the sequence: ...

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ZPOF – How much soil is there in a circular hole 2 metres deep and 1 metre across?


ZWGZ – What is the smallest integer which when multiplied by 7 gives a number ...

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ZQPS – Can you find a word that begins with the letter I and by the addition of the ...

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ZZHW – What number comes next in the sequence: 1{{}}2{{}}3{{}}5{{}}9{{}}12{{}}?

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ZOYC – Can you decode the following well known saying? Each encoded letter represents ...

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ZJOU – Can you find a word that means perimeter and by adding a letter A another word ...

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ZXNL – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph: At school most of ...

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ZIWQ – How many words can you find that contain two consecutive U's?


ZGXI – Here is a well-known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb? ...

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ZEHF – Which is heaviest a pound of feathers a pound of wood a pound of steel


ZAHU – Can you find three consecutive prime numbers that equal 409457 when multiplied ...

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ZZJY – Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb.

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ZZMQ – Using a 3 gallon container and a 7 gallon container (along with a water source ...

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ZWFN – What number comes next in this sequence: 7{{}}8{{}}5{{}}5{{}}3{{}}4{{}}4{{}}?


ZEPY – Are there more millimetres in a mile or{{}} {{}}sixteenths of an inch in 2 ...

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ZPIR – Which is longer 250 centimetres or 8 feet?

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ZJGL – What well known saying is expressed here: Refrain from enumerating your owned ...

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ZIPL – Eddie The Elephant can eat 110 bananas in 10 minutes and Hugo The Hippo can eat ...

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ZDKN – Which are there more of{{}} {{}}square feet in half a square mile or cubic ...

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ZNSI – What is the simplest way of making this equation correct?

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ZNZU – What four related items have been mixed together: K N A N O T E E X H I W S Y O ...

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ZTQM – How many times can you take 7 away from 49?


ZNZY – Cabbage is to sprouts as carrot is to: pea cucumber potato tomato artichoke ...

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ZKKY – Hot is to freeze as ? is to melt?

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ZMWQ – What letter comes next in this sequence: M{{}}A{{}}M{{}}J{{}}J{{}}?


ZBWI – Are there more centimetres in a mile or miles travelled by light in a second?

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ZIHG – A Proof That 2 = 1. Let A = B: A = B multiply by A on both sides: A x A = A x B ...


ZOPI – What kind of room has no windows or doors?


ZVMO – Can you place a different 3-letter word into each of the brackets to create two ...


ZTOK – Strong is to weak as hot is to ?

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ZIPM – At a picnic recently I noticed that James liked chocolate but didn't like ...

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ZYWH – Starting with COLD change one letter at a time until you have the word WARM.


ZDLG – Horses is to equine as cattle is to bovine as sheep is to ovine as deer is to ?.

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ZEUN – Are there more loaves in a dozen baker's dozen or points in the highest snooker ...

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ZNAY – What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?


ZJTN – A farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field. How ...


ZWBX – What can go up a chimney down but can't go down a chimney up?


ZLFX – What letter comes next in this sequence: A{{}}O{{}}E{{}}A{{}}O{{}}T{{}}F{{}}?


ZVHB – Find an word which is singular add an 's' and it becomes plural and add another ...


ZENA – What is the smallest integer which when multiplied by 3 gives a number ...

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ZWZQ – What letter is missing from this sequence: A{{}}B{{}}G{{}}D{{}}E{{}}?{{}}E


ZOJK – Water is to ice as steam is to ?

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ZHGX – What is the 10{{^th}} prime number? 2 3 5 7 {{}}


ZDOV – My shirt has 5 buttons my cardigan has 2 buttons and my suit jacket has no ...

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ZBWT – Sam takes 20 days to build a wall. Taylor and Kelly each take 10 days to build ...

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ZCXA – What is the smallest integer which when multiplied by 6 gives a number ...

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ZGSO – Which four-letter word can be placed between the two following words to make ...

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ZIBW – Someone purchases 1 for 38p 23 for 76p and 102 for 1.14. What are they buying?


ZZYM – Iron is to shirt as steam roller is to ?.

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ZZYO – Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence: During the recent ...

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ZETS – What is the 1000th prime number? 2 3 5 7


ZWKD – What letter comes next in this sequence: J{{}}F{{}}M{{}}A{{}}M{{}}J{{}}J{{}}?


ZCTI – If York is 9 miles away London is 14 miles and Manchester is 23 miles away. How ...

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ZAPP – What letter comes next in this sequence: B{{}}r{{}}a{{}}i{{}}n{{}}B{{}}?

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ZFJD – What is the test to see if a number is divisible by nine?


ZNZE – Kevin is 5 years old James is also 5 and Rebecca is 7. How old is Jacqueline?

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ZCHT – What number comes next in this sequence: 1{{}}2{{}}6{{}}24{{}}120{{}}?


ZELV – What number comes next in this sequence: 1{{}}4{{}}11{{}}20{{}}31{{}}44{{}}?

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ZVQR – What number comes next in this sequence: 1{{}}3{{}}6{{}}11{{}}18{{}}?


ZPWG – What number comes next in this sequence: 1{{}}4{{}}1{{}}5{{}}9{{}}2{{}}?


ZCKQ – You can replace the dashes with the same four-letter word and create two new ...

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ZATA – Which letters come next in this sequence: NE{{}}US{{}}RN{{}}ER{{}}RS{{}}?


ZPPV – What number comes next in this sequence: ...


ZUCY – What number comes next in this sequence: 3{{}}24{{}}102{{}}312{{}}777{{}}?

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ZNDM – What are the next two numbers in this sequence: ...

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ZOSU – What number comes next in this sequence: ...


ZHSX – What number comes next in this sequence: ...

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ZVKU – Can you find three words which contain two consecutive i's.


ZJJD – What animal comes next in this sequence: ...


ZOYR – What number comes next in this sequence: ...

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ZNLY – What letter comes next in this sequence: Z{{}}X{{}}C{{}}V{{}}B{{}}N{{}}?


ZKIY – What number comes next in this sequence: 1{{}}3{{}}5{{}}7{{}}11{{}}?

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ZCVD – What letter comes next in this sequence: A{{}}E{{}}H{{}}L{{}}O{{}}S{{}}?

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ZYWV – At the toy factory 2 toy makers can make 6 boxes of toys in 3 hours. By this ...

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ZXRQ – What is the next number in this sequence: 100{{}}365{{}}24{{}}60{{}}?


ZHXO – What is the next number in this sequence: 1{{}}2{{}}4{{}}14{{}}21{{}}?

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ZLAV – What is the next number in this sequence: 2{{}}5{{}}8{{}}11{{}}?


ZDRD – What is the next number in this sequence: ...

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ZHOH – Using a tap a container of 9 litres and a container of 4 litres can you measure ...

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ZXYE – How far can a horse run into a forest?


ZTTM – Two explorers went wandering one day one mile south then one mile east then one ...


ZLVW – What is the next number in this sequence: 1{{}}2{{}}3{{}}4{{}}?


ZZKJ – What is the next letter in this sequence: Q{{}}E{{}}T{{}}U{{}}?


ZGDX – What is the missing number in this sequence: ...

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ZKIV – What has four legs and only one foot?


ZYZT – If it took Alex Billie and Charlie exactly 60 minutes to dig a hole how long ...


ZDHD – Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph: As managers we deny ...

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ZJWM – What word is the same backwards and upside down?


ZNJX – Which word in the English language is most often pronounced incorrectly?


ZTKF – What number comes next in this sequence: 2{{}}5{{}}9{{}}19{{}}37{{}}?


ZQNS – Which letter comes next in this sequence: Y{{}}P{{}}I{{}}D{{}}?


ZTYP – What is the smallest integer which when multiplied by 7 gives a number ...

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ZZMN – Which is the odd one out: curtain door veil shutter screen

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ZLFP – What is missing in this sequence: 8{{}}10{{}}14{{}}18{{}}?{{}}34{{}}50{{}}66


ZMWM – Can you replace both sets of dashes with the same common 3-letter word to make ...

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ZVGH – What is the next letter in this sequence: E{{}}H{{}}L{{}}O{{}}S{{}}?


ZFUI – What are the next two letters in this sequence: ...


ZKSL – How can you throw a ball such that it comes back? No bounces are involved!


ZZWA – In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards?


ZAMH – Can you find three consecutive odd numbers that total 1287 when multiplied ...

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ZJQX – If I can boil 2 eggs in 10 minutes. How long will it take me to boil 5 eggs?


ZJXZ – You can imagine an arrow in flight toward a target. For the arrow to reach the ...


ZNPA – Consider an arrow in flight towards a target. At any given moment of time a ...


ZKUM – This statement is false.


ZDFQ – Focus on this conundrum do it quickly or do it slowly. What is so wrong with ...

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ZDIM – The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.


ZLHJ – What well known saying is this: lla ta devol evah ot reven naht tsol dna devol ...

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ZCMX – Are there more 2's or 8's in the numbers from 1 to 50000?


ZXUV – Complete these three letter words the first letters form a word reading down ...

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ZRLO – These words have had their vowels removed can you replace them to find some ...

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