Here is a set of five clues for five words that only differ by one vowel (vowels are AEIOU, but not necessarily in that order). What are the words? small robotsmall parton the contrarynocturnal mammalwager
Here's another set of clues for five new words: struckheated (archaic British)straw dwellinga head warmernot cold
Answers
First set: bot = small robotbit = small partbut = on the contrarybat = nocturnal mammalbet = wager
Second set: hit = struckhet = heated (archaic British)hut = straw dwellinghat = a head warmerhot = not cold
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Puzzle 3
Here is a curious grid! The sums of the shapes are shown at the end of each row, and at the bottom of each column.
What is the missing sum, and what is each shape worth?
Vowels (AEIOU) are worth 2 miles and consonants are worth 3 miles.
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