Sunday, 21 October 2018

Solution to Puzzle no 284

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Sudoku no 284 (Tough)

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Saturday, 13 October 2018

Word Puzzle no 6

How many words can you make using the letters in the table below?
Each word must have at least three letters and must include the red letter in the middle.
Target = 42 words:


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Thursday, 11 October 2018

Solution to Puzzle no 5

cord
coring
corn
crop
croup
crud
cur
curd
curing
curio


dour
drip
drop
drug
during
gird
gourd
grid
grin
grind


grip
groin
ground
group
incur
iron
nor
orc
our
poring


porn
pour
pouring
prig
pro
prod
producing
prong
proud
rid


rig
rind
ring
rip
rod
roping
round
rug
ruin
run


rung
uric
urn


The following words were not in the Concise Oxford Dictionary but I found them in the Shorter Oxford Dictionary:

cording
ruing

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Word Puzzle no 5

How many words can you make using the letters in the table below?
Each word must have at least three letters and must include the red letter in the middle.
Target = 53 words.


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Tuesday, 9 October 2018

Solution to Sudoku no 277

Here is my original version of the solution:


...and here is another version from Mustapha Maazouz, a member of the Sudoku Puzzles Facebook group:


Christian Grailach created this one:

...and this one came from Hildebrando Murcia Camacho:

Sudoku no 277 (Diabolical)

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Saturday, 6 October 2018

Word Puzzle no 4

How many words can you make using the letters in the table below?
Each word must have at least three letters and must include the red letter in the middle.
Target = 26 words:


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Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Solution to Sudoku no 273

Here is my original version of the solution:


...and here is another one from Alfredo Cacao Jr, a member of the Sudoku Puzzles Facebook group:

Sudoku no 273 (Tough)

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Solution to Puzzle no 3

amp
ape
apt
imp
impatient
inapt
inept
map
nap
nape
nip
pain
paint
pan
pane
pant
pantie
pat
pate
patent
patient
pea
peat
pen
pent
pet
pie
pin
pine
pint
pit
tamp
tap
tape
temp
tempi
tempt
timpani
tip

Monday, 1 October 2018

Word Puzzle no 3

How many words can you make using the letters in the table below?
Each word must have at least three letters and must include the red letter in the middle.
Target = 39 words:


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