Credit: GAMES Magazine
August, 2000
Francis Heaney
[NOTE from JA: In my opinion, the puzzles in this post and those in the two others like it, are brilliant.]
Some weird spelling rules are at work here. To decode the groups below, you'll have to first figure out just what those rules are. Here's what to do: First, see if you can recognize the category to which the words in each list belong. Then scan the list's entries to see if you can discern a pattern to the funny spellings.
Once you've done that, you've almost cracked the code. Now try to think of another list entry that would fit the category and provide the "law" governing the spellings.
For example, given the group CAFETEDRIA.....TAVEDRN.....PIZZEDRIA, the category is "places to eat" and each entry shows an extra D. The missing entry is DINER---a word which, when divided, provides the law "D in ER" and also fits the category of a place to eat.
[NOTE from JA: In my opinion, the puzzles in this post and those in the two others like it, are brilliant.]
Some weird spelling rules are at work here. To decode the groups below, you'll have to first figure out just what those rules are. Here's what to do: First, see if you can recognize the category to which the words in each list belong. Then scan the list's entries to see if you can discern a pattern to the funny spellings.
Once you've done that, you've almost cracked the code. Now try to think of another list entry that would fit the category and provide the "law" governing the spellings.
For example, given the group CAFETEDRIA.....TAVEDRN.....PIZZEDRIA, the category is "places to eat" and each entry shows an extra D. The missing entry is DINER---a word which, when divided, provides the law "D in ER" and also fits the category of a place to eat.
1)
CATTLE CROPPING
PPEED LIMIT
PLOW
PLIPPERY WHEN WET
2)
CATTLE CROPPING
PPEED LIMIT
PLOW
PLIPPERY WHEN WET
2)
GOLDFCH
BOBOLK
WAXWG
STARLG
3)
BOBOLK
WAXWG
STARLG
3)
EISEHWER
LICL
MRE
JHS
4)
LICL
MRE
JHS
4)
WORDOOW
TNUOM
5)
TNUOM
5)
HARVARSTAN
STANUKE
FORSTANHAM
PEPPERSTANINE
6)
STANUKE
FORSTANHAM
PEPPERSTANINE
6)
BERBONIN
BONONDON
OSBONO
HEBONSINKI
7)
BONONDON
OSBONO
HEBONSINKI
7)
STAPLE
MAGIC MAKE
PAPE CLIP
ULE
8)
MAGIC MAKE
PAPE CLIP
ULE
8)
SPLEENIX
LIVERIX
KIDNEYIX
PANCREASIX
9)
LIVERIX
KIDNEYIX
PANCREASIX
9)
CUPIHER
HERONHERER
RUHEROLPH
HERANCER
10)
RUHEROLPH
HERANCER
10)
OMT
OMTCAT
OMTBOY
OMTFOOLERY
11)
OMTCAT
OMTBOY
OMTFOOLERY
11)
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OODS
ISE
ORK
LA
Answers:
1. Signs: cattle crossing, speed limit, slow, slippery when wet, STOP (S to P)
2. Birds: goldfinch, bobolink, waxwing, starling, ROBIN (rob IN)
3. US Presidents: Eisenhower, Lincoln, Monroe, Johnson, NIXON (nix O, N)
4. Wilsons: Woodrow, Mount, FLIP
5. Universities: Harvard, Duke, Fordham, Pepperdine, STANFORD (STAN for D)
6. European capitals: Berin, London, Oslo, Helsinki, LISBON (L is BON)
7. Desk items: stapler, Magic Marker, paper clip, ruler, ERASER (erase R)
8. Organs: spleen, liver, kidney, pancreas, APPENDIX (append IX)
9. Santa's reindeer: Cupid, Donder, Rudolph, Dancer, DASHER (D as HER)
10. Words preceded by Tom: tom-tom, tomcat, tomboy, tomfoolery, TOM MIX
11. Words preceding "man": woman, woodsman, wiseman, workman, lawman, NOWHERE (no W here)
OODS
ISE
ORK
LA
Answers:
1. Signs: cattle crossing, speed limit, slow, slippery when wet, STOP (S to P)
2. Birds: goldfinch, bobolink, waxwing, starling, ROBIN (rob IN)
3. US Presidents: Eisenhower, Lincoln, Monroe, Johnson, NIXON (nix O, N)
4. Wilsons: Woodrow, Mount, FLIP
5. Universities: Harvard, Duke, Fordham, Pepperdine, STANFORD (STAN for D)
6. European capitals: Berin, London, Oslo, Helsinki, LISBON (L is BON)
7. Desk items: stapler, Magic Marker, paper clip, ruler, ERASER (erase R)
8. Organs: spleen, liver, kidney, pancreas, APPENDIX (append IX)
9. Santa's reindeer: Cupid, Donder, Rudolph, Dancer, DASHER (D as HER)
10. Words preceded by Tom: tom-tom, tomcat, tomboy, tomfoolery, TOM MIX
11. Words preceding "man": woman, woodsman, wiseman, workman, lawman, NOWHERE (no W here)
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