Daily Brain Puzzlers Calendar

10/29/2022 Places, Please

Each of the letters A through F represents a different number 1 through 6. Determine which number goes with each letter to make the equations true.

A x B x C = 24
D x E + F = 11
A x D / B = 9

10/28

Summary

LEGALESE

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Correct!

10/29

A 3
B 2
C 4
D 6
E 1
F 5
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Correct!

10/30/2022 It’s Your Call

A public health department wants the phone number 358-7468 because of the seven-letter phrase that the number spells. What’s the phrase?

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10/31/2022 Overlaps

Each row consists of two 5-letter words overlapping by two letters. Fill in two letters to finish the first word and start the second. For example, with S E I _ _ B R A you’d fill in ZE to make SEIZE and ZEBRA. The letters you add, reading vertically, will spell out what kids do during the day on Halloween.

L I L _ _ O R N
F A T _ _ L T Z
P E C _ _ V I L
H U M _ _ I O T
P A R _ _ P O S

10/30

flu shot

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10/30

FLU SHOT

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Correct!

10/31

Summary

LILACORN
FATWALTZ
PECANVIL
HUMIDIOT
PARTYPOS

AWAIT CANDY

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I had it, but didn’t want to assume a word that wasn’t English, even though I couldn’t think of an alternative

Correct!

Right. I thought the same thing. I’m guessing they started with the vertical words and went backwards, so were stuck trying to find a _ _ _ W A word and took what they could get.

I did a search and it turned up 13 ___WA words, but, really, the only other one that I’d ever heard of, and the only one that seemed to be even close to a standard English word, was schwa (did we have that in wordle?).

11/01/2022 Pathfinder

A path of 36 consecutive numbers, connected horizontally or vertically, and never diagonally, will complete this grid. Some numbers are given to get you started. Can you fill in the rest of the path?

(My note: “Some numbers are given to get you started” sounds like they think they’re doing you a favor, but really it would be way easier if they hadn’t)

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11/02/2022 Slide Show

Slide the 18 letters surrounding the grid into the empty squares so that four words are formed reading across and five words are formed reading down. Letters above and below the grid slide vertically to any position without changing columns, and letters to the left and right slide horizontally to any position without changing rows. Each exterior letter is used only once. Two additional letters are already positioned in the grid. Can you slide all of the others into place?

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11/1

|28|27|48|47|46|45|
|—|—|—|—|—|—|
|29|26|25|24|23|44|
|30|17|18|19|22|43|
|31|16|13|20|21|42|
|32|15|14|37|38|41|
|33|34|35|36|39|40|

11/2

F R O S T
E A R T H
E M C E E
S P A W N
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11/1

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I think PZ missed the placed 35

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