January 15, 2019
What stateâs abbreviation, when spoken aloud, sounds like an example of the
nickname of the stateâs largest city?
Sandy Weisz
Hella Good
Puzzler
Name a word you might use as a first word in a conversation. Change one letter and youâll end up with a word that means, in some contexts, âfirstâ. What words are these?
Agents of F.I.E.L.D. Reddit AMA
Agents of F.I.E.L.
January 07, 2019
Name a word you might use as a first word in a conversation. Change one letter
and youâll end up with a word that means, in some contexts, âfirstâ. What words
are these?
The Clandestine Mystery Hunt
Oh el el
Chicagoans: Iâm putting on my tabletop puzzle game The Unknown Islands Thursday night (November 15) at Empirical Brewery. In it, you and your team are secret agents who must break into the bag and use the objects you find inside â a bottle, ancient coins, postcards, a newspaper, a whale-watching
November 14, 2018
Take something frequently written in text messages. Swap two letters and say the
result out loud, and phonetically youâll describe something else frequently
written in text messages. What are they?
This or that
October 19, 2018
Think of a place where youâre often asked to make a couple of choices, one right
after another. For both choices, youâre asked to choose between two things, and
in both cases you could use the same two words to describe your options. But, in
each case, the
Dice Less, Julianne Moore
Cat Power & Snoop Dogg, happy again
Hereâs a creative challenge. Yesterdayâs twitter puzzle combined a fantastical musical duo along with a song they should cover:
* Brian May & The Decemberists, âA Thousand Yearsâ
* Cat Power & Snoop Dogg, âSinginâ in the Rainâ
* Lorde & James Taylor, âSharp Dressed Manâ
* Prince & John Popper, âItâ
Fo' Paw
September 13, 2018
Name a very modern two-word phrase thatâs used when describing a foolish
decision. It is a homophone of another two-word phrase, itself popular for only
about 30 years old, that describes a now-common object. What phrases are these?
Lady! Ladi! Ladé!
The autumn is rich will puzzle hunts: DASH [https://playdash.org/DASH10/],
Puzzle Boat [http://www.pandamagazine.com/island5/], Mark Halpinâs Labor Day set
[http://www.markhalpin.com/puzzles/puzzles.html], Cryptic Puzzle Hunt
[http://crypticpuzzlehunt.epizy.com/], and now REDDOT (link below). Battle that
SAD by digging into
Phalanges that Intersect Metacarpal and Resemble ThĂŒringers
Iâm continuing to publish daily Twitter puzzles at @pzlr
[https://twitter.com/pzlr]. Each tweet offers five items that share a quality
and asks you to reply with another item with that same quality. Iâm trying to
come up with puzzles that allow room for some creative expression.
What's the connection?
Over the last week, Iâve been publishing daily Twitter puzzles. I was inspired by â and using the same format as â P&A Magazine, whoâs been posting their own for a while, and @puzzletheory, who did the same kind of thing years ago. Each tweet offers five items
Reespiecer
Puzzler
Name a product found in a supermarket checkout line, in two words. Remove the space and 2 adjacent letters, and change the last letter, and youâll end up with one word that describes an activity only possible to do at night. What are they?
Anti-Match Game: Announcerâs
July 31, 2018
Name a product found in a supermarket checkout line, in two words. Remove the
space and 2 adjacent letters, and change the last letter, and youâll end up with
one word that describes an activity only possible to do at night. What are they?
National Puzzlers League
I just returned from the 179th National Puzzlers League Convention, known informally as the Con, in Milwaukee, a brilliant three days of meeting fellow puzzle mavens, solving puzzles, and playing original games designed by attendees that you canât find anywhere else. It was my first time going, but I
July 17, 2018
Name a famous person from Chicago â first and last names. The last name ends in
an E. Change the E to an I and rearrange the letters in just the last name to
get a famous actor â whose first name is the same as the first person's. Who