Saturday, December 28, 2024

THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 28, 2024

 😎FUN FACT
Labels and/or stickers with the phrase “Warranty Void If Removed” are illegal within the United States.

Can you believe this is the last Puzzle Corner of 2024? Where does the time go? Speaking of which...

TRIVIA TIME
A small group of Christmas specials have aired on commercial television every year since their respective debuts. Can you name them? HINT: They all debuted in the 1960s.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you make 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 21, 2024 Puzzle Corner.

FILL IN THE BLANKS
All you have to do is what the title says, literally fill in the blanks to acquire the answer. The given letters are all shown, none of those are missing. Ready?
(Event) HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (Italicized letters were given.)

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, mar(s), 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 137 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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