Brain Teasers

[ArkRoyal]

In a sylasearch I give you a syllable-starter, which is the first syllable in the words you are to find. I will also give you a listing of the other syllables
(in which each may only be used once) which you must use to figure out the 9 words.

Syllable List - a, a, a, al, don, en, graph, ic, ka, keet, lel, ly, med, ses, the, tial, ty

Syllable-starter: par

How many syllables, each word has:

1. (2)
2. (2)
3. (2)
4. (3)
5. (3)
6. (3)
7. (3)
8. (4)
9. (4)

 

[scruffula]

1. par don
2. par ty
3. par ka
4. par a keet
5. par al lel
6. par a graph
7. par tial ly
8. par a med ic
9. par en the ses

 

[scar]

No chance of getting paralytic, I tried

 

[ArkRoyal]

Well done Scruff

 

[ArkRoyal]

If you throw me from the window,
I will leave a grieving wife.
Bring me back, but in the door, and
You'll see someone giving life!

What am I?

 

[Samacas]

n

 

[ArkRoyal]

n

If you take the 'n' from window you are left with widow
If you add an 'n' to door you have donor

 

[ArkRoyal]

What emotion is an anagram of a homonym of an antonym of a homonym of an anagram of wolf?

 

[scruffula]

anagram of wolf is fowl
homonym of fowl is foul
antonym(opposite) of foul is fair
homonym of fair is fare
anagram of fare is fear<---------emotion

 

[ArkRoyal]

Is the correct answer

 

[ArkRoyal]

What different types of Radio are represented below?



(Don't take it too seriously)



1) ///////////// Radio

2) ^^^^^^^^^^ Radio

3) BAAAAAAAND Radio

4) 8 Fingers 2 thumbs Radio

5) BlackBeard Radio

6) 90% Fat free Radio

7) Sister to Sister Radio

 

[dave58]

Only one I can get is pirate radio

Overindulging last night, maybe !

 

[scruffula]

My guesses would be:

1) long wave radio
2) short wave radio
3) broadband radio
4) digital radio (fingers, digits)
5) pirate radio
6) not sure
7) transistor radio (trans sister)

 

[ArkRoyal]

The last one was Local Radio (Low Cal)

 

[dave58]

That's awful, Kev !!!!

 

[scruffula]

The last one was Local Radio (Low Cal)

Bloody 'ell, that was tricky (but clever)

 

[ArkRoyal]

Use the syllables in the sylalist to complete the clues below. Each clue gives how many syllables the answer of it has. Can you complete every question?

Sylalist: com con dent e el el er fort junc man ment na nov o or or phant pi ro rus sat sau scor the tion urn

Clues:

1. Sign of the zodiac (3)
2. A Planet (2)
3. A Mammal (3)
4. Decoration (3)
5. Mansion (2)
6. Long Fiction (2)
7. Rat, Squirrel, etc. (2)
8. Quilted Bedcover (3)
9. Book of Synonyms (3)
10. and, but, for, so, etc. (3)

 

[Samacas]

1 scor pi o
2 sat urn
3 el e phant
4 or na ment
5 man or
6 no vel
7 ro dent
8 com fort er
9 the sau rus
10 con junc tion

 

[ArkRoyal]

1 scor pi o
2 sat urn
3 el e phant
4 or na ment
5 man or
6 no vel
7 ro dent
8 com fort er
9 the sau rus
10 con junc tion

Well done Samacas

 

[ArkRoyal]

Bonus Question

There is only one word in the English language that has the letters 'olo' that are usually pronounced like the letters 'er'. What word is it?