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In the age of the Internet, an almost unlimited amount of information is available at our fingertips. But challenging ourselves with games or puzzles that require us to use our own brains involves active thinking and stimulates memory. Keeping the brain active is not only fun, it has been proven to foster positive and healthy aging. Use the answer buttons below to find out if you have solved the puzzles! If you would like us to let you know when new games are posted on our website, send us an email at [email protected] with “game update” in the subject line.
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Word Sandwich
Find the one word that can form a word or phrase by adding it either before OR after the words/phrases listed. For example, the word “wheel” added before “barrow” forms “wheelbarrow” and the word “cartwheel” when added after “cart.”
* Use arrows for solutions.
BOARD – Cardboard, Surfboard, Boardwalk
STICK – Glue stick, Stick in the mud, Glow stick
FIELD – Center field, Battlefield, Field mouse
EGG – Nest egg, Eggplant, Egghead
STEP – Footstep, Stepladder, Stepsister
NAME – Name game, Screen name, Pen name
CHAIN – Food chain, Chain reaction, Chain mail
CLUB – Night club, Clubhouse, Club sandwich
Parallel Puzzlers
Which two words have the same relationship to each other as the two words provided? For example “Tree is to leaf” has the same relationship as “flower is to petal.”
* Use arrows for solutions.
MAGNIFICENT is to ORDINARY as…
Beautiful is to Conceited
Superior is to Higher
Strange is to Familiar
Polite is to Gentle
STRANGE is to FAMILIAR
POISE is to a DANCER as…
Clay is to Potter
Self-control is to Calmness
Music is to Composer
Sensitivity is to Counselor
SENSITIVITY is to COUNSELOR
What’s DE answer?
Add the prefix “de” to the words described in each puzzle to come up with the mystery word answer. For example, the answer to the clue “De +”Casting of a ballot” is “DEVOTE.”
* Use arrows for solutions.
DECOY
DEFEAT
DEACTIVATE
DELIGHT
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