Puzzle for the day

[Rakhal]

An important question is coiled in the grid below. To spell it out, start with one letter and move to an adjacent letter in any direction.

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 I  I  A  C  R  W  X
 S  T  I  N  O  D  N
 E  L  E  I  E  D  O
 G  A  O  V  F  I  I
 L  T  M  L  R  E  T
 O  Y  E  L  S  T  A


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[Rakhal]

Well, either the last puzzle is foxing people, or no-one looks at this thread any more :). Anyway it's worth a muffin now.

And for today...

Ann is half the age of her Uncle Henry. In seven years, she will be three fifths his age. Seven years ago, she was one-third his age.

How old are they now

[Prince Herb]

Is it legal to yell move in a crowded fire station x

[KLSymph]

Ann is fourteen, Henry is twenty-eight.

[Rakhal]

A muffin for Herb and a cookie for KLSymph!

Prince Herb: 46 + 6 muffins
Halbarad: 36 + 3 muffins
Getzeye: 40
Edward: 20 + 2 muffins
Fallacies: 7 + 1 cheesecake
KLSymph: 5 + 1 muffin + 1 cheesecake
Kpjam: 9
Caliban: 7 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 7
Ragnar: 6
Baka-ken: 5
The Panda: 5
Jon: 3 + 1 muffin
Carthrat: 4
Onigiri: 4
Rezantis: 4
Shuten: 4
Anastasia: 3
Asrana: 3
Brian: 3
Bean Bandit: 2
Merc: 2
Sunhawk: 2
ikkonoishi: 1 muffin
Xaldaran: 1 muffin
Bjorn: 1
Calorn: 1
Itarien: 1
Pahan: 1

[Rakhal]

WHich of the scrambled words below is least like the others? The difference has nothing to do with vowels, consonants or syllables

CLBOAT  CHEAP  PEGAR  PPEALENIP

[Halbarad]

Cobalt is a color, not a fruit.

[Rakhal]

A rapid cookie indeed for Halbarad!

Prince Herb: 46 + 6 muffins
Halbarad: 37 + 3 muffins
Getzeye: 40
Edward: 20 + 2 muffins
Fallacies: 7 + 1 cheesecake
KLSymph: 5 + 1 muffin + 1 cheesecake
Kpjam: 9
Caliban: 7 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 7
Ragnar: 6
Baka-ken: 5
The Panda: 5
Jon: 3 + 1 muffin
Carthrat: 4
Onigiri: 4
Rezantis: 4
Shuten: 4
Anastasia: 3
Asrana: 3
Brian: 3
Bean Bandit: 2
Merc: 2
Sunhawk: 2
ikkonoishi: 1 muffin
Xaldaran: 1 muffin
Bjorn: 1
Calorn: 1
Itarien: 1
Pahan: 1

[Rakhal]

Unscramble the 15 letters below to make a common five-word phrase that means "very rarely"

A B C E E I L M N N N O O O U

[tabyk]

Unscramble the 15 letters below to make a common five-word phrase that means "very rarely"

A B C E E I L M N N N O O O U

Once in a blue moon.

[Rakhal]

A special blue cookie for Tabyk!

Prince Herb: 46 + 6 muffins
Halbarad: 37 + 3 muffins
Getzeye: 40
Edward: 20 + 2 muffins
Fallacies: 7 + 1 cheesecake
KLSymph: 5 + 1 muffin + 1 cheesecake
Kpjam: 9
Caliban: 7 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 7
Ragnar: 6
Baka-ken: 5
The Panda: 5
Jon: 3 + 1 muffin
Carthrat: 4
Onigiri: 4
Rezantis: 4
Shuten: 4
Anastasia: 3
Asrana: 3
Brian: 3
Bean Bandit: 2
Merc: 2
Sunhawk: 2
ikkonoishi: 1 muffin
Xaldaran: 1 muffin
Bjorn: 1
Calorn: 1
Itarien: 1
Pahan: 1
Tabyk: 1

[Rakhal]

Find the number that best completes the sequence below, and explain why.

3,6,11,15,19,?,27,32

[Rakhal]

Friday;s puzzle is now work a muffin, And for today we have...

Rachel's father has no brothers. Rachel's mother, an only child, met her only sister-in-law's only daughter. What relation was this girl to Rachel

[Fallacies]

Rachel's maternal grandfather remarried after his wife died giving birth to Rachel's mother. The second wife had a son, who was Rachel's father. Rachel's mother then married her stepbrother, becoming her own sister in law. Rachel's mother's sister-in-law's only daughter is Rachel herself, obviously. :P

[Rakhal]

Have a buckeye for inventiveness :)

--Rakhal