Puzzle 197
What day would tomorrow be if …
… yesterday was five days before the day after Sunday's tomorrow?
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Hint
Try working backwards.
Answer
Saturday.
Reasoning
It's best to work backwards:
"Sunday's tomorrow"
is Monday.
"the day after Sunday's tomorrow"
is therefore Tuesday.
"five days before the day after Sunday's tomorrow"
is therefore Thursday.
"yesterday was five days before the day after Sunday's tomorrow"
yesterday was Thursday, making today Friday. Therefore tomorrow is Saturday.
Puzzle 198
Starting with any number on the top row, make your way to the bottom, adding the numbers as you go.
Each time you must move to the next row, but you can move either straight down, or one place to the left or right.
What is the highest total you can make? What is the lowest?
| 1 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
| 3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
| 2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| 2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
| 4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.
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Hint
The lowest route contains more 2's than the highest route.
Answers
Highest = 24. Lowest = 12.
Highest
Lowest
Puzzle 199
Below, you will find 10 seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
----igy
----aoh
----erg
----ynx
----lth
----mox
----ovy
----esh
----awe
----ipt
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Hint
The first letters of the words are: P, P, I, P, S, F, A, R, O, R.
Answers
----igy = prodigy
----aoh = pharaoh
----erg = iceberg
----ynx = pharynx
----lth = stealth
----mox = flummox
----ovy = anchovy
----esh = refresh
----awe = overawe
----ipt = receipt
Puzzle 200
By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word?
You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten-letter word when read downwards.
Therefore, what now reads 'krzsaprokg' will be a real word.
bake
cure
maze
pest
neat
rope
port
food
poke
bugs
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Hint
The first word is base.
Answer
Strawberry.
bake = base
cure = cute
maze = mare
pest = peat
neat = newt
rope = robe
port = poet
food = ford
poke = pore
bugs = buys