Puzzle 109
Customer services at BrainBashers headquarters received the following letter recently.
Luckily, our top puzzle solvers were able to determine the meaning and help Sam South.
Can you work out what the problem was?
D-a- K-v-n,
- ---ld l-k- -- c-m-la-n ab--- -h- --- --- -f m- ----------.
-h-s- l-----s d- n-- a---a- -- b- ---k-ng c----c-l-.
As --- can s--, -h-- a-- m-ss-ng f--m -h-s d-c-m-n-.
- ---ld b- v--- g-a--f-l -f --- c--ld c----c- -h-s ---bl-m -mm-d-a--l-.
K-nd --ga-ds.
Sam S---h.
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Hint
Which letters are missing?
Answer
The letter was written on a typewriter that has a problem with the top row of letters printing correctly. The letter should have read:
Dear Kevin,
I would like to complain about the top row of my typewriter.
These letters do not appear to be working correctly.
As you can see, they are missing from this document.
I would be very grateful if you could correct this problem immediately.
Kind regards.
Sam South.
Puzzle 110
How many hexagon-type shapes, in total, can you find in this puzzle?
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Hint
There are more than 37, look at the different sizes.
Answer
There are 64 hexagon-type shapes in total.
Reasoning
37 single hexagons
+ 19 hexagons that contain 7 smaller hexagons
+ 7 hexagons that contain 19 smaller hexagons
+ 1 large hexagon that contains all of the smaller hexagons.
Puzzle 111
Which letter completes this sequence:
T A O T B I E S O T R H N E O Q T U T E O S B T E I T O H ?
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Hint
Look for the question.
Answer
N.
Reasoning
Starting with the first letter and taking every other letter gives: TO BE OR NOT TO BE TH
Starting with the second letter and taking every other letter gives: AT IS THE QUESTIO
Combining gives: TO BE OR NOT TO BE THAT IS THE QUESTIO, and the last letter of QUESTION is missing.
Puzzle 112
Starting with COLD, change one letter at a time until you have the word WARM.
Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a common word.
What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?
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The second word is CORD.
Answer
COLD, CORD, WORD, WARD, WARM
or
COLD, CORD, WORD, WORM, WARM
or
COLD, CORD, CARD, WARD, WARM.
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