Puzzles for Adults and Children
A hint for Clue Conundrum, the puzzle from last week, is now available, as is the solution to Triple Rhyme Time from two weeks ago.
The final metapuzzle of the year is The Missing Piece. Use your answers from the past eight weeks to find the solution, then come back next week for the start of a new year of puzzles.
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The hint for Triple Rhyme Time, the puzzle from last week, is now available, as is the solution to Toe Touches from two weeks ago.
The new puzzle for this week is Clue Conundrum. Character names and spellings have varied over the years. The suspects are GREEN, MUSTARD, PEACOCK, PLUM, SCARLET, and WHITE. Thank you to Tower for catching this. This is the final regular puzzle of this year. Check back next week for the November-December metapuzzle!
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This is a word ladder from HAND to FOOT, but the clues are out of order. Each word differs by one letter from the previous word. The full ladder – including the clues which lead to each word – looks like this:
The only two four-letter combinations that can link FEST and MIST are FIST and MEST. Of those, FIST is the real word – and the answer to the puzzle.
The puzzle Triple Rhyme Time has been out for a week now. If you are stuck on solving it, check out the hint below.
Once you’ve finished that, check out this week’s new puzzle, Clue Conundrum.
A TWITCH HITCH ITCH will give you THI. Two of the words in the puzzle have one more syllable than their rhymes.
The first step in solving this puzzle lies in noticing the abundance of words from the NATO phonetic alphabet. In order, those words are Whiskey Oscar Romeo Delta Sierra Papa Echo Romeo Sierra Echo November Tango Echo November Charlie Echo, which spell out the phrase WORDS PER SENTENCE.
Counting the number of words in each sentence gives 1, 14 19, 23, 5, 18, 3, 15, 22, 5, 18, 20. With A=1, B=2, etc., this translates to ANSWER COVERT. The answer is COVERT.
The puzzle Toe Touches has been out for a week now. If you are stuck on solving it, check out the hint below.
Once you’ve finished that, check out this week’s new puzzle, Triple Rhyme Time.
Can you make a word ladder spanning from HAND to FOOT, changing only one letter at a time?
The hint for Toe Touches, the puzzle from last week, is now available, as is the solution to Secret Agent Recruitment from two weeks ago.
The new puzzle for this week is Triple Rhyme Time. It’s prime time to rhyme!
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Each of the clues leads to a phrase beginning with the name of a card, given in order from ace to king:
The cards given with each clue are the length of the answers, not counting the card names. This allows solvers to create a cipher key based on the answers. For example, the first row of cards spells out VENTURA, so the ace of diamonds must represent V, the two of clubs is E, etc.
Applying this cipher to the unclued cards at the bottom spells out the phrase A TWO SLANGILY. A slang term for two, used most commonly when referring to cards, is DEUCE.
The puzzle Secret Agent Recruitment has been out for a week now. If you are stuck on solving it, check out the hint below.
Once you’ve finished that, check out this week’s new puzzle, Toe Touches.
Would-be solvers might find it helpful to brush up on their NATO alphabet.
The hint for last week’s puzzle, Secret Agent Recruitment, is now available, as is the solution to What a Card.
The new puzzle for this week is Toe Touches. Just how flexible are you?
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