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Puzzle 1 


all matchstick puzzles

Can you make this equation correct by moving exactly one matchstick?

4 + 5 = 6

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the matchsticks cannot be moved. The matchstick layouts for each digit are:

Default Digits

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Puzzle 2 


Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 4 different answers, can you find them all?
--ust -ue-n o-o-e --and -a-er id-o- -uc-y e-i-t hea-- tou-- -rie- -ry-t h-m-n

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Puzzle 3 


By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word?

You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten-letter word when read downwards.

Therefore, what now reads 'krzsaprokg' will be a real word.
bake cure maze pest neat rope port food poke bugs

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Puzzle 4 


Each of these words can be split in half, and two letters can be placed in the middle to create a new six-letter word.

The four added pairs of letters, in order, spell an 8-letter word. What is that word?
lend
liar
pale
coin

For example:
door + ct = do + ct + or = doctor
suit + nl = su + nl + it = sunlit

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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