Chicago Puzzling • Mar 2025
Puzzled Pint + My new daily word game, RADDLE
Puzzled Pint: Monkey King [Mar 11]
Puzzled Pint is Tuesday! The theme is Monkey King. Solve some puzzles and find out.
Chicago has two locations for Puzzled Pint!
- At Marz Community Brewing Company in Bridgeport (map) at 6:30 PM. RSVP here.
- At The Reveler in Roscoe Village (map) at 6 PM. RSVP here.
Announcing RADDLE
I just launched RADDLE, a web-based puzzle game about transforming words into other words — and not just changing one letter at a time. In each puzzle, you're shown a ladder with a starting word and an ending word, along with a list of clues. You have to figure out which clue goes with which step. And if you get stuck going in one direction, you can start at the other end. (Or you can take a hint.)
I've got about 10 days' worth of Raddles up there right now, and I'm adding a new one every day. Enjoy!
Puzzler of the Month
Every month on the main newsletter, I offer a new bite-sized puzzle. Here is this month’s:
Think of a five-letter word that can mean “places of refuge”. Change the first letter to get another word that can mean the same thing. What words are these?
Submit your answer here 🗳Til next time,
-Sandy