Change one letter in each word so that all the words belong to the same category.
BANTER
EMPIRE
HATCH
PINCH
STROKE
WALL
YIELD
Archive for May, 2007
One Away
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Birdwatching
Friday, May 25th, 2007There are seven birds hidden in the grid below. To spell out each one, start at a letter and move up, down, left, right, or diagonally. Letters can be used more than once — even within a word — but you can’t use a letter two times in a row. Can you find all seven birds?
Secret Agent
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007You’re a spy, and you’ve just received an important message from your contact. But something must have gone wrong — not only are there no spaces between the words, but the entire middle of the message has been wiped away! Can you figure out enough of the letters to learn what your contact wants you to do?
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Five Across
Friday, May 18th, 2007In each puzzle below, you can take a letter (or two letters) from a box in each column, and spell out a word that belongs to the category shown. For instance, you can spell EARTH by taking the shaded letters from each column. Can you get the rest of the planets, and then solve the other puzzles as well?
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The Missing Domino
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Give Me a Ring
Monday, May 14th, 2007Each set of numbers below, when dialed on a phone keypad, will spell out the name of a sport. For instance, the first set of numbers, 4653, can be turned into the word GOLF. You’ll have to figure out which of the three (or four) letters each digit stands for. Can you call up all the answers? The last few are a little on the tricky side.
a. 4653
b. 462539
c. 836647
d. 762237
e. 2695464
f. 22732255
g. 2724379
h. 4966278427
i. 223646866
Hi, Mom!
Friday, May 11th, 2007Each pair of clues below will lead you to two words. The second word is just like the first… except that the letters MA have been inserted somewhere. Can you solve all ten pairs?
- Attila the ___ / Like you or me
- Crow’s call / Colorful bird
- Say “yes” without speaking / Wanderer in the desert
- Came in first / Lady
- Grassy area / Sherriff, for instance
- Strap attached to a horse / Stick around
- Story / Item on a Mexican restaurant’s menu
- Dorothy’s dog / Salad ingredient
- Small building / Crushed, as potatoes
- Structure kids make out of snow / .mp3, for instance
Word Maze
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007No, really, this is a maze. Start at the word WAY in the top row, and make your way to the word OUT. You can only move up, down, left, or right, and each word you move to must share a letter with the word you’re currently on. So you can move in any direction from WAY, because AGE shares the A, OWE shares the W, and BOY shares the Y. But which way should you go? Watch out for dead ends. Can you find your way out?
