Christa Allan

Forays
Find the clued answers. Each answer contains four A’s.
__________ 1. U.S. State
__________ 2. peace of mind
__________ 3. close fitting head cover
__________ 4. triangular stringed instrument
__________ [...]

In order to make sense of the letters below, you need to add a letter at the start of the expression, divide the string of letters, and [...]

NOTE FROM CHRISTA: Word Game Wednesday bumped to Thursday. Son’s birthday yesterday trumped!
A Stampede of Carniverbs
Provide the animal-verb which best matches the definition of each of the following. Some animals/verbs are used twice. Good luck! Don’t louse up! Thanks to Rex Stocklin for helping to corral some of the beasts…The number refers to the number [...]

Oxford Word Challenge
Hidden Word Squares: Answers
1. Marianne stood on the train,
Wringing her hands with glee:
Soon she would arrive in town,
A go-go dancer she would be.

A
R
I
A

R
I
N
G

I
N
T
O

A
G
O
G

2. The moon shone on the village inn,
But no pal could Nellie see.
She climbed upon a nag so fair:
A novel setting for a love story.

H
O
N
E

O
P
A
L

N
A
G
S

E
L
S
E

3. Getting rid of [...]

The Oxford Word Challenge

A Fiendishly Difficult Word Game
Hidden Word Squares

The origins of many word games are hidden in the mists of history: nobody can tell who invented them. However, we know that the game of Hidden Word [...]

A different kind of word game…ALPHABET STORY
RULES (because every game has them!):
1. 26 words
2. Must follow alphabetic sequence
3. Must be cohesive/coherent; that is, it can’t be a sequence of unrelated words for the sake of using all 26 letters. Think THEME.
4. No words that you “invented.”
5. Punctuation? Of course!
Here’s a beginning for demo purposes only!
“A [...]

Can you unscramble the letters to find ten US state capital cities?
G R Y O M O M E N
O X E N H I P
S M A R T O C E A N

H A S L A T E A L E S
A P L A I N S O N
I L L [...]

An amusing site…you’ll flip over it…

How many words can you make from the letters in the wheel? Each word must contain the hub letter R.
Can you find a 9-letter word and at least 15 other words of five letters or more avoiding proper nouns?

TOM CRUISE
AL PACINO
GEORGE CLOONEY
MORGAN FREEMAN
SYLVESTER STALLONE
BRUCE WILLIS
ROBERT DE NIRO
LEONARDO DI CAPRIO
TOM HANKS
MEL GIBSON
JUDE LAW
CLINT EASTWOOD
GWYNETH PALTROW
WINONA RYDER
SIGOURNEY WEAVER
JENNIFER ANISTON
GILLIAN ANDERSON
HALLE BERRY
NICOLE KIDMAN
ANGELINA JOLIE
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES
KATE WINSLET
JULIA ROBERTS
MERYL STREEP

No…these aren’t new Hollywood baby names; though one could never completely rule out that possibility.
Can you work out the name of each actor or actress from the following anagrams?
Name lengths are shown in brackets.
Answers later!
ACTORS:
OMIT CURSE (3,6)
A PAL ICON (2,6)
COOL EGO ENERGY (6,7)
GERMAN FOREMAN (6,7)
LESS RELEVANT TO SLY (9,9)
WILL USE CRIB (5,6)
INERT BROODER (6,2,4)
COOL [...]

Fill in the answers to the clues by selecting the correct syllables from the
list below. Each syllable can only be used once and the number of syllables
to be used is shown in brackets. When the correct words are filled in, the
first and last letters reading down will reveal a proverb.
CO, CONDS, DEN, EN, IN, NA, [...]

Use your compass directions to find the correct locations for the missing letters of the alphabet. When you have completed the grid, see if you can discover the hidden city, country, river or mountain.
Note:

North or south means any location along the same column.

East or west means any location along the same row.
Directions:
A is south of L: D [...]

Solutions - BRAINTEASERS 05
1. A=5, E=2, F=1, G=9, L=0, O=7, R=8, S=6. W=3
2. The third letter of each name is the same as the third letter of the method of transport, so Lucy travels by bicycle.
3. The second and fifth letters of each word in the top list are consecutive,so OBJECT.
4. The numerical value (A-Z=1-26) [...]

Not sure what happened here. . . I’d saved this before I left for Florida and set it to post on WGW. I didn’t set it to NOT post the letters for #1. If you were able to solve this without the letters, call MENSA immediately.
1. In this puzzle, each letter represents a different number. [...]

Something about being out of school makes me feel less compelled to keep up with days of the week, my hair, Louisiana politics, and my diet. So, I sat here (here being the kitchen table, aka the cat’s lounging area) for fifteen minutes, maybe it was more like four minutes, contemplating if I could sell [...]

9-letter word - NAVIGATOR

Some other words of five letters or more containing the hub letter R:

agora, antra, aorta, argon, argot, atria, grain, grant, griot, groan, groat,
groin, intro, naira, noria, organ, raita, ratio, riant, riata, taira, tiara, train,
varan, vigor (US), virga, angora, organa, rating, ration, raving, roving,
trigon, virago, aviator, orating, vagrant, variant.

How many words can you make from the letters in the wheel?
Each word must contain the hub letter R. Can you find a 9-letter word and at least 20 other words of five letters or more avoiding proper nouns?
CHECK BACK THURSDAY FOR SOLUTION!

NOTE TO MY STUDENTS: By all means, challenge your word savvy with today’s puzzle. Do not challenge my sanity, though; no submissions for bonus points will be accepted this week!!!!
 
DIRECTIONS: Fill in the answers to the clues by selecting the correct syllables from the list below. Each syllable can only be used once and the number [...]

Print the puzzle grid and use your compass directions to find the correct locations for the missing letters of the alphabet. When you have completed the grid, see if you can discover the hidden city, country, river or mountain.
Note:
North or south means any location along the same column.
East or west means any location along the same row.

Directions:
A [...]