Puzzle 1
Each of these words can have a letter added, and then be rearranged to make a new 5-letter word.
For example: DENY + B = BENDY (not part of the answer!).
If the 7 added letters are an anagram of CHEMIST, what are the new words?
deny
mail
exit
gosh
city
newt
type
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Puzzle 2
Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right, adding up the numbers along the way, what is the largest sum that can be made?
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.
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Puzzle 3
Below, 9 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 9 words are?
ome clo ere ref int ere
bar ple pin ise phy gra
hni bio ewh eap sor fes
tec ckw som que tpr pro
nce ter foo
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Puzzle 4
How many grains of sand do you need …
… until you have a heap of sand?
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