Puzzle a Day
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A new puzzle, riddle, game or interesting tidbit posted every day. I'm Kyal Shepard and I'm from Adelaide, Australia. My goal is to post a different blog entry every single day. Topics will be broader than puzzles and will branch off into areas I find interesting.
Puzzle a Day
2d ago
The New York Times has introduced a new and addictive free game called Strands. The goal in Strands is to find words that fall within the daily theme. Words can be formed by connecting adjacent letters in any direction. Once you have found a valid theme word, those letter can no longer be used. You will also need to find the special word that unites all the theme words. This word is known as the spangram because it will link opposite sides of the board. Once you have found the spangram it will turn yellow. In the above solved example, the spangram was ‘INSTRUMENTS’. Some of the other words in ..read more
Puzzle a Day
2d ago
You are standing at the bottom of a staircase that has ten steps. You can take one step or two steps at a time. How many different ways are there to walk up the staircase?
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Clue: There is a pattern to be found. How many different ways are there to walk up a staircase with 1 step, 2 steps etc.
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Answer: There are 89 different ways to walk up the staircase.
There is 1 way to climb 1 step
2 ways to climb 2 steps
3 ways to climb 3 steps
5 ways to climb 4 steps
8 ways to climb 5 steps
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Puzzle a Day
4d ago
You are a spy trying to infiltrate a criminal organisation. When you reach the group’s headquarters, you discover a combination lock that requires four digits to open. Next to the combination lock is the letter grid (pictured above). What is the four-digit code that will open the combination lock?
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Clue: First, you need to find the six numbers in the word search.
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Puzzle a Day
5d ago
What number should replace the question mark below?
321738 = COUNTRY
531717 = FLOWERS
376608 = GAME
1806 = DESERT
461375 = TRANSPORTATION
? = LAUGH
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Clue: Look at the numbers from a different perspective.
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Answer: 376616.
The numbers are written in calculator writing. If you type each number into a calculator and turn the calculator upside down, the word will be described by the adjacent clue.
321738 = BELIZE (COUNTRY)
531717 = LILIES (FLOWERS)
376608 = BOGGLE (GAME)
1806 = GOBI (DESE ..read more
Puzzle a Day
6d ago
Six cats can catch six mice in six minutes. How many cats are needed to catch 60 mice in 60 minutes?
This is purely a logic problem, so assume the cats don’t get tired and that there is a constant supply of mice.
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Clue: How long does it take one cat to catch one mouse?
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Answer: Six cats are needed.
From “Six cats can catch six mice in six minutes”, we can deduce that one cat can catch one mouse in six minutes. This means that one cat can catch ten mice in sixty minutes; therefore, six ..read more
Puzzle a Day
1w ago
Today’s puzzle appeared on the UK TV show The 1% Club. It was the last question on the show, meaning that just 1% of the population could answer it correctly within the 30 second time limit. Can you solve it within 30 seconds?
What letter completes this sequence?
S M H D W M ?
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Clue: The letters represent the first letters of words.
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Answer: Y.
The letters represent the first letters of increasing periods of time.
S= Second
M= Minute
H= Hour
D= Day
W= Week
M= Month
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Puzzle a Day
1w ago
Alan, Belinda and Chris are going to play table tennis. However, they only have one table and two bats, so they decide that whoever loses a game will step out of the next game and let the other player join in. The two players who take part in the first game are decided randomly. At the end of the day, Alan has played 17 games, Belinda has played 15 games and Chris has played 10 games. Who lost the second game?
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Clue: It’s impossible for a player to sit out two consecutive games.
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Puzzle a Day
1w ago
Which of the following words is the odd one out? When you have worked out the correct answer, you will be in no doubt that you are correct.
REDIPS, DRIB, LEE, STAR, REWARD, FLOW, GOD, STAB,
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Clue: Look at the words from a different perspective.
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Answer: REWARD. The other words are all types of animals written backwards.
REDIPS= SPIDER
DRIB= BIRD
LEE= EEL
STAR= RATS
FLOW= WOLF
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Puzzle a Day
1w ago
Today’s puzzle was created over 100 years ago by the mathematician Henry Dudeney. Your challenge is to place 16 pawns onto a chessboard so that no three pawns lie in the same vertical, horizontal or diagonal line. One of your pawns must be placed on d4 and another of your pawns on e5. Where should you place your remaining 14 pawns?
You can attempt this puzzle at the interactive chessboard editor here: https://lichess.org/editor.
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Clue: In the top row, you need one pawn on c8 and another on g8.
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Puzzle a Day
1w ago
The above image appears to be a DJ’s business card; however, it actually represents something else. Can you work out what it really represents?
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Clue: Begin with the ‘J’ from ‘DJ’.
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Answer: The months of the year are represented.
The business card says: ‘J. Jason DJ FM/AM’. However, these letters really represent the first letters of the sequential ..read more