Brain Teasers

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Letter Multiplication

If E times ILE equals BANISH, and TE times T equals BOOK, what does TO times IN equal?

A. BREATH
B. TEASER
C. RUTABAGA
D. POISON
E. COPPER

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Hint

No math is needed.

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Solution

POISON

Replace every instance of the word “times” with an ‘X’.

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Animated Signatures – Animated Names

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Word Play

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters

What do the following words have in common?

Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo

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Hint

It is more than having letters repeated in each one…

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Solution

If you take the first letter and move it to the rear of the word, you get the same word when read backwards.

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Translate each word group into a phonetic sound, and then string them all together to form the name of a body of water.

For example:
polar or grizzly, finger jewelry, not curved
Translation… Bear, Ring, Straight
Answer… Bering Strait

1. Vehicle, curved bone, to exist, not yang, to look at
2. Circle segment, bloodsucking arachnid, to be in debt, tibia
3. Cat sound, dreidel letter, 18-hole sport
4. Unaffiliated film, Japanese currency, interjection, to eschew
5. Helper, flightless South American bird, clock sound, programming language

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Hint

Some of these are stretches, but they’ll be obvious if you focus on the sounds.

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Solution

1. Car – Rib – Be – Yin – See == Caribbean Sea
2. Arc – Tick – Owe – Shin == Arctic Ocean
3. Purr – Shin – Golf == Persian Gulf
4. Indie – Yen – Oh! – Shun == Indian Ocean
5. Aid – Rhea – Tick – C == Adriatic Sea
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