Puzzle 5
Complete this grid of four common 4-letter words written horizontally.
Once complete, the first and last columns are two related words.
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Hint
The first word starts with H.
Answer
Hard and soft.
H
A
T
S
A
L
S
O
R
O
O
F
D
E
B
T
Puzzle 6
How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?
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Hint
There are no larger squares than size 4 x 4.
Answer
There are 110 squares without a rook.
Reasoning
There are 60 squares of size 1 x 1.
There are 35 squares of size 2 x 2.
There are 12 squares of size 3 x 3.
There are 3 squares of size 4 x 4.
Giving a total of 60 + 35 + 12 + 3 = 110 squares.
Puzzle 7
Combine the word fragments below to produce pairs of words that have opposite meanings. There are 9 pairs of words, one pair on each line.
For example, USE REF EPT ACC becomes ACCEPT + REFUSE.
AB ANT RCE SCA UND
WA RY RD BR ICE CO AVE
ETY NG SAF ER DA
ACT AND CO EXP NTR
WN US UNK NO MO FA
TR TE IBU HER GAT DIS
CAL HO RI RTI TAL VE ZON
TIO AL CID EN ENT INT NAL AC
OWL OR KN IGN GE ED CE AN
Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (194.21) and is used with permission.
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The first letters of one half of the words are: A, B, D, C, F, D, H, A, I.
Answer
ABUNDANT + SCARCE
BRAVERY + COWARDICE
DANGER + SAFETY
CONTRACT + EXPAND
FAMOUS + UNKNOWN
DISTRIBUTE + GATHER
HORIZONTAL + VERTICAL
ACCIDENTAL + INTENTIONAL
IGNORANCE + KNOWLEDGE
Puzzle 8
Can you find three words …
… which contain two consecutive i's.
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The words begin with the letters R, S, T.
Answer
RADII, SKIING, TAXIING.
You could also have GENII.
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