Puzzle for the day

[Rakhal]

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

The merchant was quickly forced to be a _______. An item that _______ for 2x dollars could not cost him more than 1x dollars

[Brian]

Realist.  Retails.

I think.

[Rakhal]

Indubitably correct. Cookie awarded

Halbarad: 35 + 2 muffins
Prince Herb: 33 + 2 muffins
Getzeye: 32
Edward: 16 + 2 muffins
Caliban: 7 + 1 muffin
Kpjam: 7
Ragnar: 5
Jon: 3 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 4
Onigiri: 4
Rezantis: 4
KLSymph: 2 + 1 muffin
Anastasia: 3
Asrana: 3
Carthrat: 3
The Panda: 3
Bean Bandit: 2
Alviss: 1
Bjorn: 1
Brian: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1

[Rakhal]

Unscramble the 25 letters below to make a five-word sentence found in fairy tales

A A D E E E E E F H H I I L L P P R R T T V V Y Y

[Brian]

They lived happily ever after.

[Rakhal]

Another well earned cookie!

Halbarad: 35 + 2 muffins
Prince Herb: 33 + 2 muffins
Getzeye: 32
Edward: 16 + 2 muffins
Caliban: 7 + 1 muffin
Kpjam: 7
Ragnar: 5
Jon: 3 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 4
Onigiri: 4
Rezantis: 4
KLSymph: 2 + 1 muffin
Anastasia: 3
Asrana: 3
Carthrat: 3
The Panda: 3
Bean Bandit: 2
Brian: 2
Alviss: 1
Bjorn: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1

[Rakhal]

How many common English words can you make from the letters below, using all five letters only once in each word?

O O L S P

[Shuten]

I'm going to take a wild guess here and say three.

POOLS
LOOPS
SPOOL

I'm pretty sure I'm wrong but I figured there's no harm in guessing. ^^;  


Sincerely,
Shuten

[Rakhal]

Not enough I'm afraid, but a good start...

[Shuten]

Heh. Well if nothing else hopefully it will aid whoever manages to successfully answer the question. ^^;

Anyways good luck to all! ^^ \/


Sincerely,
Shuten

[kpjam]

sloop
pools
spool
loops
polos(not really common, but multiple articles of clothing from the designer label)

[Rakhal]

Cookie awarded! (last one could be multiple mints as well :))

Halbarad: 35 + 2 muffins
Prince Herb: 33 + 2 muffins
Getzeye: 32
Edward: 16 + 2 muffins
Caliban: 7 + 1 muffin
Kpjam: 8
Ragnar: 5
Jon: 3 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 4
Onigiri: 4
Rezantis: 4
KLSymph: 2 + 1 muffin
Anastasia: 3
Asrana: 3
Carthrat: 3
The Panda: 3
Bean Bandit: 2
Brian: 2
Alviss: 1
Bjorn: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1

[Rakhal]

Two simple codes have been used in conjunction to conceal a 'quote'. Work out the codes to decipher the original words

Caesar Ritz:
ROZGQDO  DV  CKTNGR  KKZB  RHGS  RTNDFQNF  VDM  KDSNG  DGS  QZRDZB

[Rakhal]

No solvers for yesterdays puzzle. Now worth a muffin!

And for today...
Jane has twice as many sisters as she has brothers. Her brother James has five more sisters than he has brothers. How many boys and girls are there in the family?

[baka]

7 girls and 3 boys.

I hope.