Puzzle 198
My trustworthy (?!) BrainBashers word processor is playing its silly tricks again.
This time, it has replaced all of the consonants with random ones.
I can at least be thankful that it has left the vowels untouched.
Can you find all of the animals?
fahjec
qsaxe
eep
zoth
epessawx
feyuv
zowqud
pol
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Hints
The first letters of the words are: B, S, E, W, E, L, P, C.
Answers
Any animal that fits is correct, but these are possible answers:
fahjec = badger, barbet, gannet, marten
qsaxe = crane, skate, snake, whale
eep = eel
zoth = fowl, lory, moth, pony, wolf, worm
epessawx = elephant
feyuv = lemur, xerus
zowqud = possum
pol = cod, cow, dog, fox, hog
Puzzle 199
Which of the shapes is identical to the first one?
There might be more than one.
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Hint
Try to rotate them around in your head, but watch out for mirror images.
Puzzle 200
Can you find common anagrams of each of the words below?
Each of the words has more than one anagram, but the initial letters of the correct anagrams form another anagram related to the word QUESTION.
bruise
warned
please
listen
veined
trance
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Hint
Find anagrams of the words in this order: PLEASE, TRANCE, LISTEN, WARNED, VEINED, BRUISE.
Answer
ANSWER.
Reasoning
The initial letters are RWASEN, which is an anagram of ANSWER.
bruise becomes r ubies
warned becomes w ander (or warden)
please becomes a sleep
listen becomes s ilent
veined becomes e nvied (or endive)
trance becomes n ectar
The word DEBATE can also be made, but this requires an obscure anagram.
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