52mp
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Post by 52mp on Aug 23, 2016 18:45:52 GMT
One of the goals of 52 Master Pieces has been to create and share a collection of favorite puzzles over the years. We'd be curious to know if any of you feel like we've missed a classic that you think ought to have been included.
If you know of any great puzzles that we missed, please share!
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Post by blueandbluepencil on Aug 25, 2016 2:57:26 GMT
There was this one puzzle type I saw in a Reader's Digest puzzle book in the 80's called "Kangaroo Words." They are words that have shorter words "inside" them that have the same meaning as the longer words. The inside words, called "Joeys," have all of their letters in the correct order, but the letters might not be consecutive in the longer word.
Three examples are "stun" inside "astound" (a S T o U N d), "bloom" inside "blossom" (B L O s s O M) and "charm" inside "charisma" (C H A R i s M a).
Can anyone find the following Joeys in these kangaroo words?
Shadowy
Weakening
Scrub
Perimeter
Encourage
Recline
Observe
Impair
Abnormality
Catacomb
Outspokenly
Eradicated
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Post by 52mp on Aug 26, 2016 7:14:43 GMT
Those are great, blue! The "joey" inside "abnormality" is my favorite of the bunch...that was satisfying to find. "encourage" took me the longest. Thanks for sharing them!
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Post by reesylou on Aug 27, 2016 14:28:45 GMT
I haven't seen those before - at least not with that name. I really like them.
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Post by catherwood on Oct 7, 2019 0:28:23 GMT
Hello again! I've heard about a new game/contest which might be of interest to this puzzle community: Kodeword Kards will consist of a deck of 52 cards -- but not traditional playing cards. These might be individual puzzles or some kind of sequence of puzzles, and likely will involve ciphers rather than riddles or brain teasers. (I'm just a consumer, not the creator, so I could be wrong.) I'll paste some of the promotion details below, which I'm taking from the forum where I first heard about it. Visit the Kodeword Kards forum on Mysterious WritingsTwo cash prizes of $500 each are up for grabs. Both prizes may be won by the same person or they may be won by different people. More details (plus links to the Facebook group) can be found at the discussion forum linked above. Also, "The teaser puzzle is different from the main Kodewords Kards in nearly every way, except that both involve puzzles and ciphers." I've solved it, and so have a dozen other people, but there is still time to give it a try yourself. |
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