Puzzle 129
Can you replace both sets of dashes with the same common 3-letter word to make two valid words?
s--- and ---ped
How many answers can you find?
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Can you find more than 10 answers?
Answers
cam – scam + camped
car – scar + carped
hip – ship + hipped
hop – shop + hopped
kip – skip + kipped
lap – slap + lapped
lip – slip + lipped
lop – slop + lopped
nap – snap + napped
nip – snip + nipped
tar – star + tarped
top – stop + topped
Puzzle 130
How many common five letter words can you make from the following letters, using all the letters in each word?
AELST
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There are quite a few anagrams, one of which is LEAST.
Answer
Least, slate, stale, steal, tales, teals.
Remember that the question asked for common words.
Puzzle 131
You are running in a marathon and you overtake the person in second place.
What position are you now in?
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If you think that you are now in first place, then think again!
If you overtake the person in second place, you are now in second place yourself!
Puzzle 132
Which is larger, the number of seconds in a week …
… or the number of minutes in a year?
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There are 60 seconds in a minute, and 60 minutes in an hour.
Answer
Seconds in a week.
Reasoning
There are 60 x 60 x 24 x 7 = 604,800 seconds in a week.
There are 60 x 24 x 365 = 525,600 minutes in a (non-leap) year.
