Q: There is a set of five five-letter words that vary by just their middle letter. If the middle is any letter from K through O, it makes a common word. However, no other letter can go in the middle to complete a word. What words are these?The first and last words are somewhat similar.
Sunday, July 26, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 26, 2026): K, L, M, N, O Puzzle
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 26, 2026): K, L, M, N, O Puzzle
Sunday, July 19, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 19, 2026): Animal Plurals
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 19, 2026): Animal Plurals
Edit: ZOOTOPIA -I +R --> PROTOZOA
Q: Take the name of a popular 21st-century film with animals, in eight letters. Remove the first and last letters, then change one of the remaining six letters to a C, to spell a plural word for certain animals. What words are these?Change the penultimate letter in the film title to an R and rearrange. The result is a plural for something else that can move and consume food.
Edit: ZOOTOPIA -I +R --> PROTOZOA
A: ZOOTOPIA, OCTOPI
Sunday, July 12, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 12, 2026): Filmed on Location
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 12, 2026): Filmed on Location
Edit: The liquid is GASOLINE
Q: Take the 10-letter (2-word) title of a popular TV series for which most of its seasons have been filmed in a foreign country. Remove the first and last letters, and the remaining letters can be rearranged to spell the name of a country. What are the two names?Take the 4th letter of the country and change it to a G. Rearrange to get the name of a popular liquid.
Edit: The liquid is GASOLINE
A: LOVE ISLAND --> SLOVENIA
Sunday, July 05, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 5, 2026): Marketing Buzzwords
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 5, 2026): Marketing Buzzwords
Edit: FLATWORM
Q: Name two words that are opposites. They share a single letter. Remove that shared letter from each word, put a hyphen between the two resulting words and you'll get a term you sometimes see in food ads. What words are these?Take the hyphenated term and add the letters M and R. Rearrange to get something you don't want to see in your food.
Edit: FLATWORM
A: SLOW, FAST --> LOW-FAT
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