WILD CARDS
Aug 11, 2022
5 minutes
WORDPLAY CODED ANAGRAMS
Below are three sets of five-letter anagrams. Each word contains the letter A and four other letters that have been replaced by a digit from 1 through 8. Each digit stands for the same letter of the alphabet throughout all the sets. Can you determine what letter each digit stands for?
A1234
1A324
1A432
12A34
12A43
123A4
3A524
32A54
43A52
45A32
52A43
432A5
3245A
A6827
A8627
6A782
6A827
8A627
627A8
—PADDY SMITH
TEASERS EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE
What do the words below have in common?
BED
CAME
DUCK
GOT
HOG
MAYBE
METRO
NEVER
QUA
WHO
WONDER
ZOO
—TODD KREISMAN
WORDPLAY WORDMAKING
Using every letter below once, plus the letter “F” as many times as necessary, form five 5-letter words.
—N.M. MEYER
LOGIC ARMY BUDDIES
Four friends—Doug, Edwin, Farley,
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