July 2025

Think of a five-letter animal. Change one letter to get an activity that the animal can help you achieve. Or, change a different letter to get an object often employed in that activity. (Hint: both the activity and object involve counts.) What words are these?

June 2025

Take the last name of a famous nineteenth century novelist. Change one letter to get a word for someone who enjoys pot. Alternatively, change a different letter to get a different term for the same. Alternatively still, remove a letter to get yet another term for the same. Who is this?

May 2025

Start with the name of a famous Hollywood director. Take his first name, remove the first letter, and you'll get the name of an organ. Adjacent to that organ is another organ that may be afflicted with the director's last name. Who is this?

March 2025

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?

February 2025

Think of a word that means "treasure," and another word for a container that that treasure typically comes in. Both words also name parts of the body. What words are these?

January 2025

Think of a two-word phrase that means “a secret mission”. Move the last letter of the 1st word to be the first letter of the 2nd word, and you’ll end up with two words that are synonyms. What are they?

November 2024

Think of an Asian capital in 5 letters. Shift the 1st and 4th letters forward in the alphabet by 3 positions to get the name of an African country. Shift them forward again 5 more positions to get a different Asian capital. What places are these?

October 2024

Think of a hit song from 1992. Remove all of the first word except the first two letters and the result will be a hit song from 1993. Both were released by bands, and both bands have the same number of letters in their names. Which songs are these?

September 2024

Take the name of a caffeinated drink. Remove a letter, then add a letter, and you’ll get the last name of an actor whose first name is also a caffeinated drink. Who is this?

August 2024

Think of a hyphenated phrase that means “fine”. Take the second half, change just the middle of it to its opposite, and you’ll get a word that also means “fine”. What words are these?

July 2024

Think of a pair of actors who headlined a beloved movie from the late ‘80s. The female actor’s first name, when reversed, and the male actor’s last name, are two words often used interchangeably. Who are they?

May 2024

Think of a six-letter nut. Change the first and last letters to get something that is often nut-adjacent. What two words are these?

April 2024

Think of the full name of an actor who was big in the ‘90s, and is still working today. Remove the first letter and last letter, and what remains will phonetically sound like a phrase heard in a courtroom. Who is it?

February 2024

The last five letters of what US state can be anagrammed to make the largest city in another US state?

January 2024

Think of a word that means “tie”. Change the first letter and add a space to get a phrase that describes where you might find yourself in the case of a tie.