You use me from your head to your toes, the more I work the thinner I grow.
What am I?
A bar of soap.
Weekly Mind Bender
Add the same word to each of these words so that they make sense:
Apple
Cone
Lake
Tree
Ridge
Nuts
What word did you use?
Pine
Weekly Mind Bender
Solve the following:
1. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
2. X Marks the Spot
3. Put two and two Together
4. Just Right
5. I Before E Except After C
6. High Seas
Puzzle care of thinkablepuzzles.com
Weekly Mind Bender
A word with horizontal symmetry is one whose letters are a mirror image of themselves. If you drew a horizontal line across the word and folded it over, it would overlap on itself. Examples include EXCEEDED and ICEBOX.
What is the longest word with horizontal symmetry?
CHECKBOOK
Weekly Mind Bender
An airplane lands at an airport and every single person on board gets off yet still, people remained on the plane. How could that be?
The people who remained on the plane were married.
Weekly Mind Bender
A man is asked what his children look like. He states: “They are all blondes, but two; all brunettes, but two; and all redheads, but two.”
How many children does he have?
Three: one blonde, one brunette and one red head.
Weekly Mind Bender
Solve the following:
1. Standing Ovation
2. Tally ho
3. Blockhead
4. Shadow of doubt
5. We drove right by it
6. Tiptoe through the tulips
Puzzle care of thinkablepuzzles.com
Weekly Mind Bender
Two men are playing chess. They’ve already played five games and each has already won three. How is this possible?
They are both playing different opponents.
Weekly Mind Bender
There are 22 blue and 35 black socks in a drawer. How many socks do you need to pull out to find a matching pair?
3
Weekly Mind Bender
How can you share five apples between five people and still have one apple left in the basket?
Four people take apples out of the basket and the fifth person leaves their apple in the basket.