Fill in the blank at the end of each four-letter word below, using one of the letters at the bottom per word. Each letter is used only once and if you put it on the wrong word it might prevent another letter from being used. All the letters must be used exactly once.
LIF_
YEA_
DOO_
POE_
AUN_
CLU_
MUC_
GNA_
OVE_
FRO_
B E G H K M N R T W
From the 2020 Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers for 2020 calendar, puzzle for September 14, by Fraser Simpson, Workman Publishing, New York, NY.
Here are the words that each word could be.
1. life, lift
2. yeah, year
3. doom, door
4. poem, poet
5. aunt
6. club, clue
7. much, muck
8. gnat, gnaw
9. oven, over
10. frog, from
Here are the letters.
1. E, T
2. H, R
3. M, R
4. M, T
5. T
6. B, E
7. H, K
8. T, W
9. N, R
10. G, M
5 must be aunt, so 5=T. Then, 1=E, 4=M, 8=W. This gives the words life, poem, and gnaw. Since 1=E, 6=B, giving the word "club". Since 4=M, 3=R, giving the word "door". Also, 10=G, giving the word "frog". Since 3=R, 2=H, giving the word "yeah". Then, 7=K, giving the word "muck". Also, 9=N, giving the word "oven".
1. life
2. yeah
3. door
4. poem
5. aunt
6. club
7. muck
8. gnaw
9. oven
10. frog
1=E, 2=H, 3=R, 4=M, 5=T, 6=B, 7=K, 8=W, 9=N, 10=G
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Posted by Math Man
on 2020-09-24 17:55:39 |
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