The Puzzle Post no. 15 · week of 18 January 2027

1. Word ladder

Change one letter at a time to turn TEA into POT. Every step must be a real word. It takes 2 steps in between.

TEA → ____ → ____ → POT

2. Number pyramid

Each block is the sum of the two blocks underneath it. Fill in the blanks.

3. Who has which pet?

Ray, Sana, Ted each have one pet: a sheep, a beetle, a carp.

Ray does not have the carp.
Sana does not have the sheep.
Ted does not have the beetle.
The carp's owner is not Sana.

4. What comes next?

4, 16, 36, 64, 100, ____

5. Riddle

What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?

Cut out and keep

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Answers on page two when printed

TEA → PEA → PET → POT
From the bottom: 1, 7, 3, 4 · 8, 10, 7 · 18, 17 · 35
Ray: sheep · Sana: beetle · Ted: carp
144 (the even numbers times themselves: 2 × 2, 4 × 4, 6 × 6 …)
A glove.