Swap the last letters of the two beverages. The words can now be rearranged separately to name something that hurts and a place.Q: Take the last name of a well-known figure in music. 11 letters. Drop the 9th and 10th letters. Say the result out loud. Phonetically, it will sound like two hot beverages one after the other. Who is the figure in music, and what are the beverages?
A: TCHAIKOVSKY --> CHAI, COFFEE
Why am I stuck thinking of Lyft and their pink branding?Q: Name a company that's known for transportation. Move the first two letters to the end. Reverse everything. Insert the name of an international tourist destination. And you'll get the name of a game that involves transportation. What things are these?
A: AMTRAK --> MA(RIO)KART --> MARIO KART
I'm thinking of a rectangle.Q: Name two well-known colleges or universities from the same state. The last letter of one is the first letter of the other. Change each instance of this letter to the same new letter to get the names of two other well-known colleges or universities. What four schools are these?
A: DePaul/Lake Forest (in Illinois) --> DePauw/Wake Forest (in Indiana and North Carolina)
Change the first letter of the first location and rearrange to get [REDACTED].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.
A: DENALI --> DENIAL --> THE NILE
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.Q: There are two neighboring countries whose names have anagrams that rhyme with each other. What are the countries and their anagrams?
A: CHINA, NEPAL --> CHAIN, PLANE
This puzzle might have been better next month.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?
A: SPIRITS --> STIR, SIP
The level of difficulty in this week's puzzle is just right.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?
A: DOGSLED --> DEUS, GOD
Matthew 26Q: Think of a state capital and say it out loud. Change one vowel sound in it to name something many schoolkids study. What things are these?
A: PHOENIX --> PHONICS
Again, Will has given us a "number" puzzle that doesn't expect any math knowledge.Q: Spell out the numbers from 13 to 20 -- THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY. Select one letter from each word, in order, to name another number. No anagramming is necessary. What number is it?
A: INFINITY
I got it on the fourth try.Q: Think of a famous movie villain. Insert one letter to get the brand name of a household product. Then change one letter of the product to get the last name of another famous movie villain. Who are the characters, and what is the product?
A: DR. NO, DRANO, DRAGO
