Find this eight-letter word.
The first four letters are a variation of the weather.
What’s the word?
Mistaken.
Mist = Variation of weather.
Mistaken.
Mist = Variation of weather.
What does this represent?
esroh gnidir
Horse back riding. The words are horse and riding spelled backwards.
Horse back riding. The words are horse and riding spelled backwards.
A word square is a combination of words that can be spelled horizontally and vertically.
The most well known is called the Sator Square (in Latin):
S A T O R
A R E P O
T E N E T
O P E R A
R O T A S
What five words complete this word square?
I T C H E S
T _ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _
H _ _ _ _ _
E _ _ _ _ _
S _ _ _ _ _
Thrust, Crisco, Hussar, Escape and Stores.
Making this lovely word square below:
I T C H E S
T H R U S T
C R I S C O
H U S S A R
E S C A P E
S T O R E S
Thrust, Crisco, Hussar, Escape and Stores.
Making this lovely word square below:
I T C H E S
T H R U S T
C R I S C O
H U S S A R
E S C A P E
S T O R E S
Many foods can make me strong but give me water and I won’t last long. What am I?
Fire.
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window.
Fill in the blanks with the same 4 letters to make 5 different words.
A ____ old woman on ____ bent, picked up her ____ and away she went. “____ my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to ____ today?”
A vile old woman on evil bent, picked up her veil and away she went. “Levi my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to live today?”
A vile old woman on evil bent, picked up her veil and away she went. “Levi my son” she was heard to say, “what shall we do to live today?”
I occur twice in eternity,
What am I?
The letter ‘t’.
I’ve swallowed the dead,
A mansion once stood,
What am I?
Arlington National Cemetery, the burial place of soldiers from the United States Civil War. It also houses the tomb of unknown soldiers. General Robert E. Lee’s mansion once stood on the land that is now occupied by the cemetery. And on Memorial Day in the US, we honor all those who died while serving their country’s armed forces.
Arlington National Cemetery, the burial place of soldiers from the United States Civil War. It also houses the tomb of unknown soldiers. General Robert E. Lee’s mansion once stood on the land that is now occupied by the cemetery. And on Memorial Day in the US, we honor all those who died while serving their country’s armed forces.
Arrange the numbers from 1 to 8 in the following sequence.
a
b c d
e f g
h
Each number must not be diagonally or directly adjacent to any number directly before or after it.
For example, 2 can only be placed in one spot.
2
x x x
x 1 x
x
Here are two solutions (there might be more).
7
3 1 4
5 8 6
2
2
5 8 6
3 1 4
7
Here are two solutions (there might be more).
7
3 1 4
5 8 6
2
2
5 8 6
3 1 4
7
What is the answer to this math problem:
8 ÷ 2 (2 + 2)
16 or 1, depending.
According to PEMDAS, parentheses come first: 8 ÷ 2 (4)
Then, even though multiplication is first in PEMDAS, you go left to right: 4 (4) = 16
If you got 1, you’re in good company. That’s what I got at first too but most calculators I’ve tried get 16.
I found this at Popular Mechanics and the debate continues online.
16 or 1, depending.
According to PEMDAS, parentheses come first: 8 ÷ 2 (4)
Then, even though multiplication is first in PEMDAS, you go left to right: 4 (4) = 16
If you got 1, you’re in good company. That’s what I got at first too but most calculators I’ve tried get 16.
I found this at Popular Mechanics and the debate continues online.