Daily Brain Puzzlers Calendar

2/13

Summary
A P Y L
Y L P A
L Y A P
P A L Y
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Yes!

2/14

AWFULLY WORDED QUESTION

Candles
Candies

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Correct on all 3.

2/13

Summary

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2/14

Summary

CANDLES
CANDIES

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Pandles and Panties?

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Should be pantles

or Pandies

02/15/2022 Tromino Tiling

The 6 x 6 grid was tiled using only the two trominoes shown, with reflections and rotations of these tiles permitted. The locations of the tiles’ dots are indicated in the grid. Can you add the thickened lines to show the tiling?

02/16/2022 Consonantcies

TRY ON and TOURNEY form a “consonantcy”: a pair of words or phrases with the same consonants from left to right (T-R-N) but different vowels. From the clues below, identify five more consonantcy pairs. Each pair uses a different set of three consonants.

  1. Kitchen garment * “They’re all out to get me!” feeling
  2. Commence * showy houseplant
  3. Pep up * soccer team size
  4. Make a minister * she helped Theseus escape the Labyrinth
  5. Cake topping * newly invented word
2/15

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Correct!

2/16

So, basically, I cheated on 2 / 5 of these (or 2 / 10, depending how you look at it)

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Correct! Yeah, I’d not heard of Ariadne, either.

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02/17/2022 Six-Pack

Fill in each empty cell of this grid with a number 1 through 6 so that each row, each column, and each outlined region contains six different numbers. Can you finish the grid?

2/17

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Correct!

02/18/2022 Step By Step

Print the phrase BILL COLLECTOR without the space. Move the last letter so it becomes the first letter. Insert a J after the fifth consonant from the left. Move the third letter so it becomes the third-to-last letter. Change the second letter to the letter that immediately precedes it in the alphabet. Insert an E after the second L. Move the last letter so it becomes the third letter. Insert a P after the second C. Reverse the order of the letters. Find the name of a five-letter stringed instrument that appears twice, and delete both instances of that stringed instrument. Add a space after the third letter. What is the result?

02/19/2022 Back and Forth

Malik and Darius each start out with different sums of money. Malik gives Darius as many dollars as Darius currently has. Darius then gives Malik as much money as Malik has left. Malik then gives Darius as many dollars as Darius now has. This leave Malik with no money and Darius with $160. How much money did each have when they started?