Sunday, September 27, 2026

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 27, 2026): Getting There

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 27, 2026): Getting There
Q: Name a well-known U.S. geographic location in six letters. Move the last letter two places earlier in the name and you'll get a regular English word. Say that word out loud. It will sound like a well-known geographic location abroad. What places are these? Here's a hint: Neither place name is a city.
Change the first letter of the first location and rearrange to get [REDACTED].

Edit: Change the D to a B and rearrange to get BLAINE
A: DENALI --> DENIAL --> THE NILE

Sunday, September 20, 2026

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 20, 2026): Rhyming Country Anagrams

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 20, 2026): Rhyming Country Anagrams
Q: There are two neighboring countries whose names have anagrams that rhyme with each other. What are the countries and their anagrams?
Change the first letter of one of the countries so it is four earlier in the alphabet and rearrange all the letters to name two other countries.

Edit: CHINA + (J)EPAL --> JAPAN, CHILE. This week's puzzle has two of the four countries from the May 4, 2025 NPR puzzle.
A: CHINA, NEPAL --> CHAIN, PLANE

Saturday, September 12, 2026

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 13, 2026): Going to the Shop

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 13, 2026): Going to the Shop
Q: Name a product in seven letters that people buy in a shop that typically sells only this product. The last four letters backward spell what people often do to this product. Rearrange the first three letters to spell what people then do to this product. What product is it?
This puzzle might have been better next month.

Edit: I was thinking of Halloween
A: SPIRITS --> STIR, SIP

Sunday, September 06, 2026

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 6, 2026): From the Latin, transportare "to carry across"

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 6, 2026): From the Latin, transportare "to carry across"
Q: Think of a means of transportation in seven letters. Change the fifth letter to a U and read the result backward. You'll get a common Latin word followed by its English synonym. What words are these?
The level of difficulty in this week's puzzle is just right.

Edit:"Just right" --> Goldilocks --> Porridge --> "Mush" --> Dogsled.
A: DOGSLED --> DEUS, GOD