Saturday, July 1, 2017

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 1, 2017

FUN FACT
The average woman is allegedly 5 inches shorter than the average man.

TRIVIA TIME
Everyone knows July 4 is when America celebrates its Independence Day, but when did the country actually declare independence?


HUH?
A famous line from something is misquoted below. All you have to do is give us the correct line, if you know it. Ready?

Rock the cat box!

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the June 24, 2017 Puzzle Corner.

AKA: ALSO KNOWN AS
By what name do we know Henry Lillis Crosby, Junior better?
Famed crooner, movie and TV star Bing Crosby.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can your form using the letters in the word SOLSTICE?

Cel(s) {in animation}, cite(s), close(s), closet(s), coil(s), cost(s), cot(s)
I, ice(s), is, it, its
Lei(s), less, lest {poetic word}, let(s), lice, lie(s), lite {which has become an acceptable version of light}, list(s), lit, lose(s), loss, lost, lot(s)
Oil(s)
Set(s), silo(s), sis {short for sister}, sit(s), site(s), slice(s), slot(s), soil(s), sole
Test(s), tic(s) {nervous habits}, tie(s), ‘til {poetic contraction}, tile(s), to, toe(s), toil(s), toss

Whether or not the acronym SOS and Sol, the formal name for our sun, counts is debatable, but more than the 62 words listed above might be possible.

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