Saturday, December 31, 2022

THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 31, 2022

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FUN FACT
Just before the clock strikes midnight, make sure you raise your left leg. That way you will start the New Year on the right foot.😉
COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {It’s A Wonderful Life, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs} and yes we know they’re both movies.
02. {Atari, Chuck E. Cheese}

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell out of the letters in NEW YEAR?🥳

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the December 24, 2022 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS
A line from a famous Christmas carol is represented by the image on the left.
Do you know what it is?
(Keith) Partridge in a pear tree.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell out of the letters in CHRISTMAS?
A, act(s), ah(s), aim(s), air(s), am, amiss, arc(s), arch, arm(s), art(s), as, ash, ass, at
Cam(s), car(s), cart(s), cash, cast(s) cat(s), char(s), chair(s), charm(s), chart(s), chasm(s), chat(s), cram(s)
Ha, hair, ham(s), harm(s), has, hat(s), hi, him, his, hiss, hit(s)
I, I’m, is, it, its, it’s, itch
Ma, mach, march, mart(s), mash, mass, mast(s), mat(s), match, math, mint(s),mirth, miss, mist(s)
Racism, racist(s), ram(s), rash, rat(s), rich, rim(s)
Sash, sat, scam(s), scar(s), scat, sham(s), shirt(s), Sir, sis, sit(s), smash, smart(s), stair(s), star(s), starch, stash, stir(s)
Tar(s), this, Tis, trash, tram(s), trim(s), Tsar

Besides the 135 words listed above, Chris, Christ, and Sam might be eligible, depending upon your position of counting proper names in a game like this. Other words might also be possible.

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