Puzzle 1
Below you will find 15 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
--lta
--yss
--pty
--dth
--day
--ybe
--dex
--fth
--nda
--aph
--alp
--era
--njo
--eue
--xty
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Hints
The first 5 words begin with D, A, E, W, T.
Answers
--lta = delta
--yss = abyss
--pty = empty
--dth = width
--day = today
--ybe = maybe
--dex = index or codex
--fth = fifth
--nda = panda
--aph = graph
--alp = scalp
--era = opera
--njo = banjo
--eue = queue
--xty = sixty
Puzzle 2
You can replace the dashes with the same four-letter word, and create two new words, one that starts with ARM, and one that ends in ING.
Can you find all possible four-letter words that work?
arm----
----ing
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Hint
There are 4 possible answers.
Answer
Band, load, lock, and rest, all create new words:
armband and banding
armload and loading
armlock and locking
armrest and resting
Note
Some dictionaries also allow ARMRACK, but others don't. So RACK is a unofficial possible answer.
Puzzle 4
Which of the shapes are identical to the first one?
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann
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Hint
Try to rotate them around in your head, but watch out for mirror images.