Can you trace a path from S to F so that the numbers you cross along the way total up to 25? Each number can only be used once — you can’t retrace your path.
Archive for June, 2007
Number Path
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007All Year Long
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Can you fill each blank below with a three-letter abbreviation for one of the months of the year, to make twelve words? Two of the answers are proper names.
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
- DIS___
- D___OR
- ___EL
- ___IDE
- ___IET
- ___IOR
- ___ITOR
- JO___H
- L___H
- LI___OAT
- P___IKA
- PRI___Y
Sight Seeing
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
Double Triple Play
Friday, June 15th, 20071. Take the baseball term TRIPLES. Change two letters to make the name of a baseball team.
2. Now take the word TRIPLES, change one letter, and scramble all the letters. You’ll get the name of another baseball team.
Hexed
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007The answer to each clue below is a six-letter word that encircles its number in the hex grid. The indicator by each number shows where that answer starts, but you’ll have to figure out if the word should go clockwise or counterclockwise. When the grid is complete, the first and last column of hexes, reading down, will give you some magic words.
1. One of the four seasons
2. It makes the car go
3. Like treasure in the ocean
4. Breakfast cereal sound
5. ___ up (cleans)
6. Not outdoors
7. ___-Robbins (ice cream store)
8. Item in a car’s trunk that’s useful for refueling (2 words)
9. Soda container
10. California baseball team
11. Make possible
12. Confuse utterly, or a popular word game
For easier solving, you can also download this puzzle.
Word Ladder
Friday, June 8th, 2007Today’s puzzle comes in two flavors: regular and a little more challenging.
It’s All Fun and Games
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Each of these letters comes from the cover of a different game. Can you identify all of them?
Scrambled States
Friday, June 1st, 2007Each 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.