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This page shows all of the puzzles in the BrainBashers collection. You can see them in full detail (with images, etc) on the main puzzles page.


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 seven black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more ...
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 — This puzzle is called 'Mamma's Age' and is taken from 'Amusements In ...


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 seven black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more ...
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: begin inch channel elastic ? cellar ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNLA — At the recent BrainBashers downhill mountain bike race four entrants entered ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAGW — Complete these four letter words. The first letters form a word reading down ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRZL — How many squares of any size can you find on this chessboard that do not ...
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 words: ban- ...
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 — Below are thirteen 5-letter words each of which has had two of its letters ...
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 quarter?
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 (larger ...
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 can you find on this chessboard that do not ...
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. These ...
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. These ...
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 hidden country 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 — Below are thirteen 5-letter words each of which has had two of its letters ...
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. These ...
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 of the alphabet once only complete these words: -E--A ...
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. O = Odd E = Even ...
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 change ...
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 Hayden was fourth.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYIT — The Miller's Puzzle - 'The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems' by ...


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 Blake 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


ZLIA — Below are thirteen 5-letter words each of which has had two of its letters ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDWI — Hidden in the grid below are 6 hidden animals. Once you have crossed off the ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNFV — During a recent trip to Scotland I filled my petrol tank to the top a total of ...
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 five black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more ...
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


ZSLQ — Starting in the bottom left corner what is the highest total you can make? You ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXEN — Below you can find a proverb. The letters have been converted to their location ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEWF — Last week I decided to cycle to my Grandparents's house. On the first day I ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSDO — The BrainBashers Speed Skating championship was recently completed however the ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGCN — Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPSJ — Place the following words into the grid: MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS SATURN URANUS ...
Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay


ZXQO — How many squares of any size can you find on this chessboard which do not ...
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?
Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King


ZIJY — Below you will find 10 seven-letter words with only their endings remaining.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSWH — Can you find the three missing numbers each of which is written as a word? For ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLBV — Can you circle exactly three numbers and make a total of 19?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZEQ — Place the words below into pairs. You will then have 5 lots of eight letters ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXGG — After a day picking strawberries I had a basket full. I ate 5 and gave Alex ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFFC — What comes next in this sequence: elgnairt erauqs nogatnep nogaxeh nogatpeh ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGKK — During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCTJ — Using the clues below can you find 8 four-letter words? Once you have placed ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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


ZKRC — Which square which circle and which triangle has the closest area to the ...
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


ZPJX — For being good at the garden fayre four children were each given two sweets.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUKB — How many squares of any size can you find on this chessboard that do not ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJLL — The question is somewhere in the grid. W B H F S K F V J P Z H S S H T J P P N ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEHJ — Below are thirteen 5-letter words each of which has had two of its letters ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNGR — Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right one square at ...
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 — These words have had their vowels removed. Can you replace the vowels to make ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQIA — Below are ten words that have been split in half. The first column has all 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 travels in order from 1 to 6? You can only ...
Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay


ZQVP — At the local sweet shop three particularly nice sweets are on special offer. A ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEOW — Below are thirteen 5-letter words each of which has had two of its letters ...
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 numismatist decides to divide their coin collection between their 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


ZCJP — At the local sports club some veteran members were photographed together for ...
Puzzle Copyrighted. Created by Kevin Stone using Brain Cell.


ZNWN — Can you find the sum of the second column?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSAT — Can you find the hidden country 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 four black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more ...
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann


ZQUH — These words can all have a letter added and then be rearranged to make a new ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHAD — Which country is hidden in the paragraph below? Aliens landed in downtown ...
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 people were competing in the draughts and chess ...
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


ZGWK — What number comes next in this sequence: 1 23 124 1251 26127 128129 ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGBD — At last month's rehearsal four top athletes competed in two qualifying 400 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTNI — Below are thirteen 5-letter words each of which has had two of its letters ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMBD — Which country has been hidden in the paragraph below: The local habitat around ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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


ZOKL — During the recent BrainBashers school sports day four students were competing ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNMV — Which of the six black shapes is identical to the red one? There may be more ...
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


ZVBY — The second group of trainee astronauts are all sitting around the table waiting ...
Puzzle Copyright © Randall Fine


ZZEC — Below are five book titles. Each title has had the spaces removed and then ...
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
Visit www.puzzlepicnic.com for more Arrow Puzzles.


ZHRT — A large fresh water reservoir has two types of drainage system: small pipes and ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTNY — The river Pregel runs through the town of Konigsburg. In the river are two ...


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


ZGNX — Can you identify this common sequence:
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 six black shapes is/are identical to the red one? There may be ...
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. These ...
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 Blake ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTAB — 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 (195.13) and is used with permission.


ZRJA — Each of the 6-letter words below can be mixed up and then broken down into two ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFLW — Below you will find 15 well-known six-letter words with only their endings ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 tinkered with. Rearrange the words so ...
Puzzle Copyright © Carl Ginnow
Used with permission from rec.puzzles


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Rodins Ltd


ZKOT — What letter comes next in this sequence: M V E M J ?


ZFCI — I'm amazing 'cause I've got the force To hold down a cow or a horse As you've ...
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


ZFJQ — Many years ago befor modern educashun in the new millenium one problem in ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZKV — Can you fill the thermometers with mercury such that the numbers outside the ...
Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter
Visit www.puzzlepicnic.com for more Thermometer Puzzles.


ZRZH — Four friends were competing in the internationally renowned BrainBashers Bog ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVNP — What is the next number in this sequence: 14 91 62 53 64 96 ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZURU — Below are thirteen 5-letter words each of which has had two of its letters ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNDY — Can you place a common 4-letter word into each of the brackets to create two ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIAG — A local angler caught a large trawler load of haddock. They decided to donate ...
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


ZEIA — How many hexagon-type shapes in total can you find in this puzzle? Clue: there ...
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 hidden country 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 — Move from letter to letter and collect the necessary letters for FIND (in any ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZICD — What number comes next in this sequence: 31 30 31 31 ? Note: the answer is NOT ...


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 son Daniel has the same number of brothers as sisters. His sister Laura has ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSHC — Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These ...
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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZILN — Place the digits 1 to 8 into the grid. The numbers you can see are the totals ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLRW — By changing the second letter of each word below you can make another valid ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNCV — As oou oan oee oy poinoer oepoacos eoero thord oetoer oito tho leoteo 'o'. How ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYLQ — How many squares of any size can you find on this chessboard that do not ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNDX — Can you find the hidden country 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?
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ZAJG — In each of these 5 words can you change the underlined letter to produce 5 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. These 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 ...
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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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ZSXK — After the recent BrainBashers annual marathon the judges were comparing notes ...
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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 ...
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ZWSW — This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the ...
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ZRQK — Daft Dave our local DIY expert is renovating the local hospital. He has to ...
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ZTZP — Combine the word fragments below to produce pairs of words that have opposite ...
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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 highest total you can make using the ...
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ZZVB — Below are seven countries whose letters have been scrambled. Once you have ...
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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 hidden country in the following sentence: A parish 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.
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ZSKP — Take a word from the first column and a word from the second column to create 5 ...
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ZCGP — Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these words: -e-er ...
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ZIWR — Daft Dale was washing windows on a multi-storey office building when a fall ...


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 ...
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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 a 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 ...
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ZUDY — Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has ...
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ZETP — Matthew Shelborn frequently has to travel for his company which gives him a ...
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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: ME VE EA MA JU SA UR ?


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 ...
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ZTBG — The weather at the Cape of Good Hope makes it a notorious location where many ...
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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 ...
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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 hidden country 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 a eleven gallon container can you ...
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ZPGD — Below are 8 Academy Award winners 4 female and 4 male. The letters of their ...
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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? CON HE EH MYR QUER ST
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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 ...
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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 ? Select from: seal duck ...
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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 — The BrainBashers calculator is low on batteries again. 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 ...
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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 ...
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ZQDR — After visiting one of my very old relatives I travelled home in their old ...
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ZYJB — A rope swing hangs vertically down so that the end is 12 inches from the ground ...
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ZWPU — Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has ...
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ZWYX — Starting with the 6 in the bottom left corner what is the highest total you can ...
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ZQJS — A woman had three old coins - a silver dollar a quarter and a dime. Each coin ...


ZVLW — Below 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These ...
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ZKQL — Using all of the letters A to Z each once only complete these words: -e-el b-d ...
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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 ...
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ZULZ — Daft Drew did such a good job of the housing estate they were asked to paint ...
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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 ...
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ZCPD — My first is in horse but not in pony. My second is in coyote but not in jackal.
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ZLCF — Which is larger the number of seconds in a day or the number of hours in 10 ...
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ZZTF — Here is a set of five clues for five words that only differ by one vowel ...
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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 ...
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ZCSN — I am compiling the BrainBashers world almanac and it now contains quite a few ...
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ZKAZ — Place letters into the grid such that every row column and 2x2 block has ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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ZMHE — At the local mid-summers fayre four ladies are planning to delight the visitors ...
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ZMDW — Below is a grid which should contain animals. The missing letters for a ...
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ZLIN — Using only horizontal and vertical lines connect every number to its pair (i.e.
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ZJCA — Below is 88 moving only two lines can you turn this into 81?
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ZDIE — Can you find all of the spokes? A digit on a hub denotes the number of spokes ...
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ZTCA — Can you find every occurrence of the word APPLES that appears in this grid ...
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ZHNJ — Are there more inches in a mile or Sundays in a thousand years?
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ZJBE — Which word does not belong with the others: dgo act ehors ceffio elrttu ekmnoy
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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 ...
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ZFDI — Messrs Butcher Baker Carpenter and Plumber are currently attending another ...
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ZQFR — Without using any reference material can you find the hidden countries? In each ...
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ZVQX — By changing the second letter of each of the words below can you make another ...
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ZHIR — We have been quite lucky with the weather recently it has got steadily warmer ...
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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 ...
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ZVUZ — What is missing from this sequence: teloiv ogidni eulb ? wolley egnaro der


ZAAF — What four related words are merged here: SWAS PURI UINM NTTU MGER MNER
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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 ...
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ZHQY — What is missing from this sequence: Greenland New Guinea Borneo Madagascar ? ...


ZSZX — Without using any reference material can you find the hidden countries? In each ...
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ZCXN — Last week I spent half of my money on a new jacket and then I spent half of ...
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ZNHQ — My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault. I listed ...
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ZJFH — What 5-letter word can be added to the end of these words to make new words: ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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ZVUS — What word goes in the brackets: FOOD [ROAD] HARD WEEP [----] FALL
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ZLIJ — What word comes next in this sequence: penguin umbrella zebra zip llama egg ? ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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ZNRA — Yesterday I was asked to buy some stamps. In the land of BrainBashers stamps ...
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ZHKG — HWAYETRDETIPZLHV OMNLTESOSHSUZEAE
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ZIQX — What four-digit number has Digit 1 three smaller than Digit 4 which is one more ...
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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 ...
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ZYYP — Alex likes soda very much. At the local convenience store for every 5 empty ...
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ZUKF — In this long division each number has been replaced by another. The answer has ...
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ZSVL — Which word is the odd one out: football polo badminton baseball golf tennis ...
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ZXDM — At the recent inter-departmental 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 ...
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ZIWB — Below is a very special grid around each shaded number are 8 white squares.
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ZEXR — Can you find five hidden countries in the following paragraph: Dominic had a ...
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ZXEW — How many days before 17 th August is it if 50 days ago it was four times as ...
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ZTKW — Which name is missing from this sequence: Richard ? Keith Graham Kevin James ...
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ZWXM — Start with a number larger than 0 square it add 4 double take away 3 times 4 ...
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ZZVX — Place JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER ...
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ZEYS — Hidden in the grid below are eight 7 letter words. Each word begins with the ...
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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 Brown's hay loft there are a number of animals in particular crows ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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ZXTC — Below is a grid which should contain girl's names. The missing letters for a ...
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ZOCW — My local greengrocer is a would-be mathematician. She likes to arrange the ...
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ZOWY — The local River Trent is 4100 inches wide which happens to be a fantastic ...
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ZWOI — During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention a Morse code contest took ...
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ZNOJ — Messrs Butcher Baker Carpenter and Plumber are currently attending an annual ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 three sentences can you replace the missing number which ...
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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 ...
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ZTUW — Alex and Billie were busily emptying their book shelves from one room to ...
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ZXJD — This multiplication contains the numbers 1-9. Can you complete it? 3. x ---- .
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ZCDE — Can you find a five-digit number that if you place a 9 at the beginning is four ...
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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
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ZKHA — My first is in camel and in hamster. My second is in otter but not in ferret.
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ZMOP — What letter should complete this sequence: L A H A R U R E D L ?
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ZHDO — A well-known seven-letter word can be created by starting with a single letter ...
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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 ...
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ZUBN — I really must replace my BrainBashers word processor. I recently spell checked ...
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ZBIP — At the local F1 race track Alex was testing the latest car. During the eight ...
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ZUGC — A farmer buys chicken feed for 47c per tonne pig feed for 1.23 per tonne and ...
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ZZNC — What letter is missing from this sequence: A A A A ? A A A A A A Note: the ...


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 ...
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ZAFX — Start in square 'S' and end in square 'E' moving either horizontally or ...
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ZVLI — What comes next in this sequence: eel cat lion ibex panda skunk ?
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ZJPL — A rich aristocrat decided that he would give every man 45 dollars and every ...
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ZTTO — Can you find the hidden country in the following sentence: If a Dalmatian can ...
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ZYAG — Can you find every occurrence of the word LEMON that appears in this grid ...
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ZIGS — The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the ...
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ZPWK — You've been asked to buy the cakes for the school party and you've been given ...
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ZBKU — What comes next in this sequence: Bucket raisins aardvark igloo north Bradawl ? ...
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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.
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ZJEA — What comes next in this sequence: hydrogen helium lithium beryllium boron ?


ZRIY — Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb? ...
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ZZNP — What letter comes next in this sequence: Y Y H L Y E Y T ?


ZPLR — Which fruit comes next in this sequence: banana pear kiwi tomato ? Choose from: ...
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ZITV — A grocer has to place 28121 carrots into bags each bag containing the same ...
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ZLUI — How should these words actually be spelled - without using a dictionary.
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ZDXF — Can you find a word which can go in front of each of these words to make a new ...
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ZOKW — If a farmer buys chicken feed for 1.26 per tonne pig feed for 2.74 per tonne ...
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ZQRJ — Below are ten everyday words each of which has had some letters removed. The ...
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ZZLD — Are there more seconds in a week or feet in 100 miles?
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ZXVU — A clue-giving paragraph of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each ...
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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: India Victor X-Ray Lima Charlie ?
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ZWSM — What number replaces the question mark?
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ZPHH — The same three-letter word has been removed from all of these words leaving the ...
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ZVHV — As the auditor for my local theme park I noticed that on Saturday there were ...
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ZIPI — Which are there more of: rolls in a dozen baker's dozen or hours in a week?
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ZUPW — If a farmer buys chicken feed for 57c per tonne pig feed for 1.52 per tonne and ...
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ZBXV — What number comes next in this sequence: 986888 724864 143224 ==??==
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ZUKW — The beginning of a well-known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the ...
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ZUPT — Which is larger the number of seconds in a week or the number of minutes in a ...
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ZBZT — Find two words which are anagrams of each other which complete this sentence: ...
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ZDQD — On the charts I remain number one This position cannot be undone If I burn you ...
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ZQFL — If 7 ingots of IRON weigh 112 tonnes 4 ingots of COBALT weigh 104 tonnes and 3 ...
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ZNBA — If one small rabbit can dig a warren in nine hours a medium rabbit can dig a ...
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ZYJX — Richard Kevin and James like coffee Andrew Anne and John don't. Does Simon like ...
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ZCIM — On the 6th of May 1978 something happened at 12:34 which will not happen again ...


ZELW — Can you guess what the following abbreviations mean COM DRA ADV ACT SPO MUS HOR ...
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ZUVL — During a recent school reunion four friends were discussing their starting ...
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ZJXK — I recently gave a new watch to my friend for their birthday. However as usual ...
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ZSVM — I am a 10-letter word. My 9 6 1 2 is something a swimmer may do. My 5 4 4 3 is ...
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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 Blake Stone have three daughters and each daughter has two brothers.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 W
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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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXEV — In this sequence which planet would be listed last: Jupiter Saturn Uranus ...
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ZBQP — The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCOG — Starting with BALL change one letter at a time until you have the word HEAD.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLSY — This is a well known children's musical piece the vowels have been removed and ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBTP — At my local farmer's merchant you can buy chicken feed for 15c per tonne pig ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJPY — Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1 B=2 C=3 and so on ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRPE — Which name comes next in this sequence: Sarah Helen Diane Joanne ? Choose from: ...
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ZHVZ — What letter completes this sequence: A U E O I I O E U ?
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ZFLZ — Can you find a three-letter word that completes these words? B D MET PING SH
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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: T A O T B I E S O T R H N E O Q T U T E O ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJDJ — Last night I was looking at a road sign and could see that Leeds was 13 miles ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWBR — At my local farmer's merchant you can buy chicken feed for 4 per tonne pig feed ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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? C C E D H B H E A E ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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: 7 3 1 8 2 8 5 3 1 5 3 0 3 3 1 4 3 ...
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ZYES — What is the next number in this sequence: 1 1 2 4 3 9 4 61 5 52 6 63 7 94 8 ?
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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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ZWUU — The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the ...
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ZVXY — Which cheese is made backwards?


ZDOM — What comes next in this sequence: dog cat mouse mole deer pig ? Choose from: ...
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ZFEX — What word most logically goes in the brackets: SAFE [FAST] MALT OUST [.] FLAW
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ZNQV — The local CD shop operates an unusual discount policy. The discount on the next ...
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ZLLI — The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the ...
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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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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


ZZAP — The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the ...
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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: 42 1412 11141112 31143112 132114132112 ...
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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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVKK — What comes next in this sequence: Dave Edward Duncan Neil Liam ? Choose from: ...
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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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYUU — At a recent motorsport gathering four proud owners were grouped together around ...
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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 ---- .
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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


ZMZY — What comes next in this sequence: eno owt ehret rouf eivf xis ?


ZTFP — Using the letters AAEEIIMMPPTT complete this grid. The grid reads the same ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIGT — What comes next in this sequence: dog goat tarantula aardvark koala ? Choose ...
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ZQKD — Albert married Carol. Steven married Katie. Bob married Virginia. Who did Simon ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVFT — Can you fill the thermometers with mercury such that the numbers outside the ...
Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter
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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.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVTQ — Which three letters come next in this sequence: pes gua luj nuj yam rpa ?
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ZVHZ — Which is greater: the number of seconds in a year or miles light can travel in ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPSD — If a bottle weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle what is the weight of a ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIZW — The following words have had their vowels removed can you find the missing ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGLU — What is the next number in the sequence: 32 35 40 44 52 112 ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNGN — Can you find every occurrence of the word MARCH that appears in this grid ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGRS — Can you find every occurrence of the word JANUARY that appears in this grid ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJSH — Can you find every occurrence of the word FEBRUARY that appears in this grid ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGCD — Practical Pat was asked to cut a 99 foot rope into three smaller equal length ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQEH — Can you find every occurrence of the word DECEMBER that appears in this grid ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZICN — Which name is missing from this sequence: Joshua Caleb Eric ? Vince Cliff Craig ...
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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? ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZXZD — My first is in mammoth but not in elephant. My second is in racoon but not in ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHAI — Which is larger: the tenth root of 10 or the cube root of 2?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBKQ — What gets wetter the more it dries?


ZCVJ — Which four colours have been mixed up below? BYLV GUEE RLLO IWEO ELEN T
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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


ZYVH — Daniel has twice as many sisters as brothers. His sister Jessica has one more ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZTMI — Can you find three 11-letter words which use the letters from ANTHROPOLOGIST?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYLJ — Can you calculate (clue!) which word is the odd one out: giggle soil bells ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFTF — Using the letters EEEEGGLLOOSS complete this grid. The grid reads the same ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCFT — Can you complete this sentence using words which are anagrams of each other? ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 month?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYEP — Can you find three consecutive primes which total 190747 when multiplied ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZYWK — Which pair of letters comes next in this sequence: on et wo th re ef ou ?


ZQCJ — At a recent BrainBashers party I noted the ages of the children who attended.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZSUP — What word completes this square: ferret rabbit otter ? Choose from: giraffe ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLDZ — Can you find an anagram of PROBATIONS?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMFT — Which four animals have been mixed up below: BUT RARE ODES CAME BIT
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOWI — In the sentence below all of the missing words are anagrams of each other: When ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZVAG — What well-known saying has been altered below: lla doog shingt eomc ot ehost ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBMQ — Find two words which are anagrams of each other that complete this sentence: ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUIR — Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: I recently bought a ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ?.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDRT — What well known saying has had its consonants removed: -a-- -a--- -a-e -i--- ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIMG — What comes next in the sequence: red orange yellow green blue indigo ?


ZCJT — What is significant about this paragraph: I once found two tiny ferrets tired ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIPJ — I have a jar of sweets. There are 234 red 26 blue 67 green and 63 yellow ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 hidden country in the following paragraph: Once upon a time in ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZZA — What number comes next in this sequence: 16 21 26 26 12 5 ?
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ZVUB — Find a word that begins with R and with the addition of the letter A gives ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUQW — I have a jar of sweets. 114 red 35 blue 67 green and 9 yellow. What chance do I ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZLTE — My 6 7 3 is a tear to a newspaper. My 5 4 1 is damper than moist. My 1 7 6 4 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZFND — What are the next three characters in this sequence: 2 1 F 1 1 F 0 1 F 9 F ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZAI — Astrology begins with the letter A biology with B. Can you find an 'ology' that ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGNA — Can you find the hidden country in the following sentence: I really fear lions ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZMFO — Which word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIEI — What number comes next in this sequence: 302 202 102 002 991 ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRYO — In my money box I found 36.80 made up of equal numbers of quarters dimes and ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZUKE — What number comes next in the sequence: 11 13 17 31 37 71 73 79 97 ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZQPS — Can you find a word that begins with the letter I and by the addition of the ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZHW — What number comes next in the sequence: 1 2 3 5 9 12 ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZOYC — Can you decode the following well known saying? Each encoded letter represents ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJOU — Can you find a word that means perimeter and by adding a letter A another word ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNPR — What comes next in this sequence: fish archer scorpion bull maiden ?


ZXNL — Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: At school most of ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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? ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZJY — Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZMQ — Using a 3 gallon container and a 7 gallon container (along with a water source ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 kilometres?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZPIR — Which is longer 250 centimetres or 8 feet?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZJGL — What well known saying is expressed here: Refrain from enumerating your owned ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIPL — Eddie The Elephant can eat 110 bananas in 10 minutes and Hugo The Hippo can eat ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZDKN — Which are there more of square feet in half a square mile or cubic yards in a ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNSI — What is the simplest way of making this equation correct? 81 + 18 = 66
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNZU — Which four states of the United States of America have been mixed together ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKKY — Hot is to freeze as ? is to melt?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZIHG — A Proof That 2 = 1: let X = Y: X = Y multiply by X on both sides: X.X = X.Y ...


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


ZVMO — Which three-letter word can be placed between the two following words to make ...


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ?.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEUN — Are there more loaves in a dozen baker's dozen or points in the highest snooker ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZWZQ — What letter is missing from this sequence: A B G D E ? E


ZOJK — Water is to ice as steam is to ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHGX — What is the 10th prime number? 2 3 5 7


ZDOV — My shirt has 5 buttons my cardigan has 2 buttons and my suit jacket has no ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZBWT — Sam takes 20 days to build a wall. Taylor and Kelly both take 10 days to build ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZCXA — What is the smallest integer which when multiplied by 6 gives a number ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZGSO — Which four-letter word can be placed between the two following words to make ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ?.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZZYO — Can you find the hidden country in the following sentence: During the recent ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZAPP — What letter comes next in this sequence: B r a i n B ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 dots with the same four-letter word and create two new ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZATA — Which letters come next in this sequence: NE US RN ER RS ?


ZPPV — What number comes next in this sequence: 1 8 9 64 25 216 49 ?


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: 202 122 232 425 262 728 ? ?
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ZOSU — What number comes next in this sequence: 15 20 20 6 6 19 19 5 14 ?


ZHSX — What number comes next in this sequence: 1 2 2 4 8 11 33 37 148 ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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


ZJJD — What animal comes next in this sequence: dog rooster monkey sheep horse snake ?


ZOYR — What number comes next in this sequence: 1 4 8 13 21 30 36 ?
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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 bread factory 2 bakers can make and bake 6 batches of rolls in 3 hours.
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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: 0 0 1 2 2 4 3 6 4 8 5 ?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHOH — Using a tap a container of 9 litres and a container of 4 litres can you measure ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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: 4 9 28 125 ? 5047 40328
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZKIV — What has four legs and only one foot?


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


ZDHD — Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: As defendants we ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 stars with the same 3-letter word to make two ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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


ZFUI — What are the next two letters in this sequence: O T T F F S S E ? ?


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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


ZCTO — Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only ...


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 and do it slowly. What is so wrong with ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


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 ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZRLO — These words have had their vowels removed can you replace them to find some ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEVJ — Can you find the hidden country in the following sentence: Alex's aches and ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZEMQ — My local shop wanted to create a sign that said PUZZLES and they had the ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZNID — Traffic was bad going to work this morning. I only managed to average 30 mph.


ZDFT — What number is one half of one third of one quarter of 360?
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ZQZH — Can you unscramble the following anagrams to find ten well known seasonal ...
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone


ZHHP — The following are the first letters of the first few lines of popular Christmas ...
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ZPTI — The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the ...
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