NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 20, 2026): Rhyming Country Anagrams
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 20, 2026): Rhyming Country AnagramsQ: There are two neighboring countries whose names have anagrams that rhyme with each other. What are the countries and their anagrams?Change...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 13, 2026): Going to the Shop
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 13, 2026): Going to the ShopQ: 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...
View ArticleNPR 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....
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 30, 2026): Back to School
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 30, 2026): Back to SchoolQ: 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?Matthew 26
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 23, 2026): Thirteen to Twenty
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 23, 2026): Thirteen to TwentyQ: Spell out the numbers from 13 to 20 -- THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY. Select one letter from each...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 16, 2026): Movie Villains
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 16, 2026): Movie VillainsQ: 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...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 9, 2026): Faces North
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 9, 2026): Faces NorthQ: Using only the letters in the words FACES NORTH, repeating them as often as you wish, you can spell a familiar expression in seven words (4,3,3,6,3,3,5)....
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 2, 2026): Get Moving
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 2, 2026): Get MovingQ: Think of a type of exercise equipment in three syllables. Remove the two middle letters and you'll name a means of transportation. What words are these?It...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (July 26, 2026): K, L, M, N, O Puzzle
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 26, 2026): K, L, M, N, O PuzzleQ: There is a set of five five-letter words that vary by just their middle letter. If the middle is any letter from K through O, it makes a common...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (July 19, 2026): Animal Plurals
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 19, 2026): Animal PluralsQ: Take the name of a popular 21st-century film with animals, in eight letters. Remove the first and last letters, then change one of the remaining six...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (July 12, 2026): Filmed on Location
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 12, 2026): Filmed on LocationQ: Take the 10-letter name of a popular TV series for which most of its seasons have been filmed in a foreign country. Remove the first and last...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (July 5, 2026): Marketing Buzzwords
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 5, 2026): Marketing BuzzwordsQ: Name two words that are opposites. They share a single letter. Remove that shared letter from each word, put a hyphen between the two resulting...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 28, 2026): Going Places
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 28, 2026): Going PlacesQ: Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Add a letter to the first word, without rearranging letters, to name a country. Then, without adding a...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 21, 2026): Nocturnal Creature
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 21, 2026): Nocturnal CreatureQ: Take the name of a nocturnal creature, in two words. The first word is a spooky sound. Move the last letter of the first word to the start of the...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 14, 2026): From the Kitchen to Something Unwanted
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 14, 2026): From the Kitchen to Something UnwantedQ: Name something in 10 letters that's found in a kitchen. Drop its sixth letter to name something on a keyboard. Then drop the...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 7, 2026): Necessary Misprint
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 7, 2026): Necessary MisprintQ: Rearrange the letters of "NECESSARY MISPRINT" to spell a familiar phrase.There are many words that can be created from those letters, e.g....
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (May 31, 2026): Song Title: Two Words, Two Countries
NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 31, 2026): Song Title: Two Words, Two CountriesQ: Name a classic song with a two-word title. Drop the first letter. Add an R after the new first letter. The result will be the...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (May 24, 2026): A Singer of Human Desire
NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 24, 2026): A Singer and Human DesireQ: Think of a famous female singer (eight and four letters, respectively). The first syllable of her first name, the second syllable of her...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (May 17, 2026): Actor and Character
NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 17, 2026): Actor and CharacterQ: Name a famous actor of the past, seven letter first name and seven letter last name. Remove three consecutive letters from his last name and the...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (May 10, 2026): Baseball and Movie Franchises
NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 10, 2026): Baseball and Movie FranchisesQ: Think of a popular film franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its name is a place mentioned multiple times...
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