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Spazy Croonerisms

Jun/22/2026

A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or...

Fruit Names

Jun/21/2026

Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of fruit. The other word is that fruit with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (apple applet), a letter deleted anywhere (orange range), a letter ...

Martini Music

Jun/20/2026

Which artist from Group B can be added to Group A? Group A: Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Paul McCartney and Wings, Sheena Easton, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones Group B: Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Madonna, Nancy ...

White to Play

Jun/19/2026

1.Qxh7+ Nxh7 2.Ng6+ Kg8 3.Bd5 mate

What's Common?

Jun/19/2026

Group A A Hurricane A Human A Needle Group B A Football Game A Golf Match A Cooking Show Group C A Cabbage A Ship A Hammer

The Name Seems Familiar

Jun/18/2026

For each of the groups of actors below, can you identify the movie / TV character they have in common? For instance, given Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan The answer would be "James Bond". 1. Sandra Dee, Deborah Walley, Cindy Carol, ...

Odd Two, Out Too

Jun/17/2026

In this teaser, you have to find the odd ones out in the groups of words. BUT WAIT! There's a catch. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong. Can you find them both? EXAMPLE: Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose Jane does not belong as it's...

Flower Power

Jun/16/2026

Five women bought five different types of flowers for different reasons on different days. Names: Julia, Amy, Bethany, Rachel, and Kristen Flowers: Roses, Daisies, Lilies, Tulips, and Carnations Colors: Purple, Yellow, Pink, White, and Peach ...

White to Play

Jun/15/2026

1.a5 h3 2.g4+ Kh4 3.a3 h5 4.g5 fxg5 5.a4 g4 6.Kf4 g3 7.hxg3 Mate

Cats in Spring

Jun/15/2026

On a beautiful spring day in the park, there were five female cats walking together and gossiping about their humans. Up ahead, there were five males walking together bragging about their conquests. When the two groups met, there were five cupids ...

Magical Scroll Case

Jun/14/2026

After some relaxing, the Seekers of Knowledge received a gift from an anonymous person. The gift was a magical scroll case that had 12 gemstones on it. The Seekers were a bit shocked at the elegance of the scroll case as they knew it was very ...

Allen's Quandary

Jun/13/2026

Allen was in the process of sprucing up his large backyard by planting trees, when he came to a tough decision. He had already planted the following types of trees: Khejri, Himalayan Pine, Maple, Llala Palm, and Agave Cactus, when he noticed that ...

White to Play

Jun/12/2026

Did you promote to a queen first when trying to solve it? Did you then realize it was stalemate? Only the clergyman fits the requirement for a mate in 6. 1.e8=B Kc8 2.Kb6 Kb8 3.Bd7 Ka8 4.Nc5 Kb8 5.Na6+ Ka8 6.Bc6 mate.

Freezing Point

Jun/12/2026

The freezing point of pure water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius). However, by simply adding a common household ingredient, you then can easily cool the water 20 degrees past the freezing point, and still keep it in liquid form. How ...

"Force"

Jun/11/2026

A man wanted to encrypt his password but he needed to do it in a way so that he could remember it. His password is 7 characters long. The password consists of letters and numbers only (no symbols like ! or <). In order to remember it he wrote ...

White to Play

Jun/10/2026

Oddly enough it’s an old recipe. From Borisenko-Mazzucchelli, 1927 1.Bxf7+ Kxf7 2.Qc4+ Re6 3.Rd8 g5 4.Rxb8 Qd1+ 5.Kh2 g4 6.Nd4 Black Resigns. White wins too much material.

Around and Back in 12

Jun/10/2026

Start with a 6-letter word. Replace one letter to find the next word. No word is repeated in the trip until we are back to where we started. Clues are given along the way. 1. block and tackle 2. 3. recycled glass 4. 5. decorative moulding 6. 7. ...

White to Play

Jun/09/2026

The answer to the pawn on a3 is that if it weren’t there, the problem would have two solutions, which you can’t have in compositions. 1.Qg1 Kf6 2.Qd4 mate The idea of moving a powerful piece backwards to create a zugzwang (compulsion ...

Crafty Words

Jun/09/2026

Take the list of words below and arrange them into 3 sentences that all have something in common. Each word is only used once each time they appear in the list. ('A' can be used 4 times as it's in the list 4 times.) Punctuation is not an issue in ...

Weather-ectomy

Jun/08/2026

Six words have had their weather terms removed. The weather terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each weather term with the proper ...

Games - ArcaMax Publishing

Spazy Croonerisms

Fruit Names

Martini Music

White to Play

What's Common?

The Name Seems Familiar

Odd Two, Out Too

Flower Power

White to Play

Cats in Spring

Magical Scroll Case

Allen's Quandary

White to Play

Freezing Point

"Force"

White to Play

Around and Back in 12

White to Play

Crafty Words

Weather-ectomy

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