Puzzle for the day

[Rakhal]

No eigenvalues or matrices needed for this one :)

What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same seven letters, can be used to complete the sentence below?

The actor was the _______ man ever seen on this stage. He looked as if his head had been sand _______.

--Rakhal

[KLSymph]

The actor was the baldest man ever seen on this stage. He looked as if his head had been sand blasted.

The "sand" part pretty much gave it away. After getting "blasted", take out an "est" and rearrange the "bla_d" until you get something reasonable.

[Music-chan]

Ooouu, good one. =p

[Rakhal]

KLSymph is right! One cookie awarded

Puzzle for the 12th:

Unscramble the letters below, find the missing letter and complete the word

SSHT?IRYO

[Edward]

SOPHISTRY

[Rakhal]

Congrats! Sorry about the slow reply, can't post at weekends.

3 puzzles for today :)

1: The following puzzle consists of one word that can be split into two words.
One Word: Something to learn
Two Words: wearing fewer articles of clothing.


2. The number 150 can be divided into two numbers, the smaller of which is 20 less than the larger. What are the two numbers?


3.What one three-letter syllable can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words?

BR___
CL___
SPR___
WR___

cookies: Edward: 1
            KLSymph: 1


--Rakhal

[Kwokinator]

Oooh, I know!  I know! ^_^

Number 3 is "ing" ^_^

[Anastasia]

85 and 65 for number 2? I'm not sure if that's quite what you're getting at with the question, though.

[Halbarad]

Number 1 is "lesson" (something to learn) and "less on" (wearing fewer clothes).

[Rakhal]

Kwok, Dune and Halbarad each get cookies. Current totals are:

Dune: 1
Edward: 1
Halbarad: 1
KLSymph: 1
Kwok: 1

Next puzzle tomorrow. Bet you just can't wait :)
--Rakhal

[Kwokinator]

"less on"?  Dammit, I SO should've gotten that one =D

[Rakhal]

Unscramble the letters in the 4 anagrams below. Each is missing one letter, the same letter for all 4. What are the words, and the missing letter?

IBETYR?
RYAO?
COCAONISA?
PEACIS?

[Kwokinator]

Yay!  Got it! ^_^

The missing letter is the letter L.  With that added in, the four words are "liberty", "royal", "occasional" and "special" ^_^

[Rakhal]

A well earned cookie there :)

Kwok: 2
Dune: 1
Edward: 1
Halbarad: 1
KLSymph: 1

[Rakhal]

A simple substitution code has been used to conceal a "quote." Work out the code to decipher the original words.

Dorothy Lamour:
12-21  24-12-6-9-8-22,  18  19-26-5-22  15-12-7-8  12-21  5-22-15-24-9-12,  8-26-21-22-7-2  11-18-13-8  26-13-23  25-6-7-7-12-13-8  18-13-8-18-23-22  14-2  8-26-9-12-13-20.