Each word below can be turned into the name of a country. Just add one more letter and then scramble all the letters together. How many countries can you figure out?

1. INCH

2. LIBRA

3. FARCE

4. MANGER

5. PANS

6. LASER

7. RANKED

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I made a bit of a mess at the grocery store, spilling a number of products together. Each puzzle below consists of two competing food brands. Both brand names read from left to right, but the letters have been intertwined. Can you separate the products and clean up this mess?

1. PCOEKPSEI
2. SPEKITPEPPRPAYN
3. HENRSESHTELYES
4. CDOALNONMOBON
5. PCROAGMRPEBSELSLOS
6. TMIRONPUTIECMAAINDA

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In the three puzzles below, you can trace a path along the lines to spell out the name of a movie. In each puzzle, you’ll have to figure out where to start. Can you find all three movie titles?

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What holiday, with two words in its name, can you make by scrambling the letters in the word ADORABLY?

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The answer to each clue below can be formed by taking the answer that precedes it, adding a letter, and scrambling all the letters. So, the answer to the first clue has one letter, the answer to the second clue has two letters, and so on. When an answer has more than one word, I’ll show you the lengths of all the words in the answer. Getting all the way to ten is going to be tough — can you do it?

1. One of the four main points on a compass
2. Article that precedes words that start with vowels
3. Participated in a race
4. Close
5. Long-legged waterbird
6. What a hypnotist puts you into
7. Sure of the facts
8. Flinching, for instance
9. “It doesn’t matter to me” (1, 4, 4)
10. Preparing a room, as for a birthday party

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Each string of letters below consists of two words, each reading from left to right — the letters of the words have simply been intertwined. The two words in each puzzle are synonyms. The hints below, in no particular order, provide a clue to one of the word pairs. Can you untangle every puzzle?

1. TOSTUAML
2. SBHEOACRHE
3. SPTUDUPEINLT
4. RSEMTAIANY
5. GARODWUNLUTP
6. JDOIAURNRAYL
7. PIREMATGEINDNE

Dream up
Secret writing place
Parent, for example
Coastline
Teacher’s responsibility
Don’t go
Addition result

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Each pair of clues leads to two four-letter words, the letters of which can be rearranged to make one of the eight-letter words listed below. Can you answer all the clues and scramble all the words together?

BRUNETTE
LEAPFROG
LOLLIPOP
PINWHEEL
THOUSAND

1.
Aspirin, for instance
Feature of many a roller coaster

2.
Drink made from grapes
Assist

3.
Factually correct
Curved

4.
Wave one’s wings, like a bird
Vice-president before Cheney

5.
Look for animals
Fizzy drink

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You can’t have your Thanksgiving turkey without a side of mixed vegetables! In each puzzle below, you can find the names of two different vegetables. Both read from left to right, but the letters have been intertwined. If you can’t find them all, then no dessert for you.

1. BCOERENT
2. CREADLEIRSYH
3. SCAQBUABASGHE
4. SCAPRINRACOHT
5. OPNEIPPOENR
6. BASROPACRACGOLUIS
7. CAURTCIUCMHBOEKRE

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The answer to each clue below can be formed by taking the answer that precedes it, adding a letter, and scrambling all the letters. So, the answer to the first clue has one letter, the answer to the second clue has two letters, and so on. When an answer has two words, I’ll show you the lengths of both words in the answer. Getting all the way to ten is going to be tough — can you do it?

1. Fifteenth letter of the alphabet
2. Exclamation of surprise
3. Long-handled gardening tool
4. It might be high-heeled
5. Racetrack animal
6. NBC drama about people with special powers
7. Retort akin to “Take that!” (2, 5)
8. Residence for the elderly (4, 4)
9. Covered; deprived of oxygen, like a fire
10. Women in the Boy Scouts (3, 7)

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Each silly phrase below is made from the letters from two United States, scrambled all together. Can you figure out which states are used in each phrase? The numbers in parentheses show how many letters are in each pair of state names.

1. I MOVE HARD TON (5, 7)

2. HUMANE STATION (4, 9)

3. WE NEED MALARIA (8, 5)

Need a list of the United States? It’s here.

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