Puzzle 1
Can you scramble each of these 6-letter words, and then split them into two common 3-letter words?
For example: notify = fin toy.
helium
latest
almond
eldest
placed
radium
desert
wealth
tricky
funnel
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helium = hum + lie
latest = let + sat
almond = man + old
eldest = led + set
placed = cap + led
radium = air + mud
desert = red + set
wealth = law + the
tricky = cry + kit
funnel = elf + nun
Alternative Answers
The following answers use less common words.
helium = him + leu
helium = hue + mil
helium = hum + lei
latest = els + tat
almond = don + lam
almond = lam + nod
eldest = eld + set
eldest = els + ted
placed = pec + lad
radium = mud + ria
radium = amu + rid
radium = aid + rum
wealth = awl + the
wealth = haw + let
There are more answers with even rarer words, but I've chosen not to include those.
Puzzle 2
Two fine fellows were working very hard all day at the local coal mine.
One of the fellows managed to get a really dirty face, but the other fellow managed to stay clean.
When they reached the end of their day and re-joined the surface in the lift, the fellow with the dirty face simply went home, however, the fellow with the clean face rushed off to wash.
Why?
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What could each fellow see?
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The fellow with the clean face saw the fellow with the dirty face and thought his face was also dirty and wanted to wash it and vice versa.
Puzzle 3
Which letter comes next in this sequence:
A K Q J {?}
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This is quite a common list.
Answer
T.
The first letters of playing cards in descending order of value.
Puzzle 4
What number comes next in this sequence:
15 20 20 6 6 19 19 5 14 {?}
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The sequence is related to 1, 2, 3, 4.
Answer
20.
Each term's initial letter position in the alphabet:
1 = One = O = 15th letter.
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4 = Four = F = 6th letter.
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20 = Ten = T = 20th letter.
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