Puzzle 201
Can you add one Z to the following word to form another valid English word:
LEG
You may change the order of the letters.
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Hint
Add 'one Z', literally.
Answer
Lozenge.
Reasoning
'one Z' + LEG = ONE Z LEG = ONEZLEG > LOZENGE.
Puzzle 202
Starting with SOFT, change one letter at a time until you have the word LENS.
Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word.
What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?
SOFT
....
....
....
LENS
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The first change makes SOFT into LOFT.
Answer
SOFT, LOFT, LEFT, LENT, LENS.
Puzzle 203
Below are safari animals, however, each letter has been replaced by its position in the alphabet, but the spaces between the resulting numbers have been removed.
For example, DOG = 4 15 7 = 4157.
What are the safari animals?
18891415
3181531549125
79181665
38552018
12515161184
89161615
512516811420
2216611215
1291514
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The first letters of the words are: R, C, G, C, L, H, E, B, L.
Answers
18 8 9 14 15 = rhino
3 18 15 3 15 4 9 12 5 = crocodile
7 9 18 1 6 6 5 = giraffe
3 8 5 5 20 1 8 = cheetah
12 5 15 16 1 18 4 = leopard
8 9 16 16 15 = hippo
5 12 5 16 8 1 14 20 = elephant
2 21 6 6 1 12 15 = buffalo
12 9 15 14 = lion
Puzzle 204
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
a-a-e
--ave
-uie-
--gon
p--ot
vi-e-
-ac-t
--met
b--ep
-u-ge
-lan-
-ra-e
bon--
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The 2nd word begins with the letter B.
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a-a-e = amaze (MZ)
--ave = brave (BR)
-uie- = quiet (QT)
--gon = wagon (WA)
p--ot = pivot (IV)
vi-e- = vixen (XN)
-ac-t = yacht (YH)
--met = comet (CO)
b--ep = bleep (LE)
-u-ge = judge (JD)
-lan- = flank (FK)
-ra-e = grape (GP)
bon-- = bonus (US)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
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