Cartoon: Spices

Not seeing any spices in the cartoon? Well, the Chinese Leftovers started out as curry, and I was going to include an onion powder reference. Besides, spices and odors are similar enough… 

My list from Monday’s Constant Consonants puzzle is below the cartoon.

I found 30 words: addle, daily, dale, dally, deal, deelie, dele, deli, dell, dial, dill, dilly, doily, dole, doll, dolly, doula, dual, dually, duel, dull, dully, duly, ideal, ideally, idle, idly, idol, idyll, and oddly. Dall (sheep) and Adelie (penguins) are capitalized, and oodles is only a plural.

Constant Consonants: Spices

Today’s Constant Consonants puzzle uses the letters DL. The theme this week is spices, and DILL is one possible answer to the challenge.

How many non-capitalized words can you think of that use only the consonants DL in that order and no others? I have found 23 so far and expect to have about 30 by Wednesday, when I will post my list. For the full set of rules, see the link at the upper right. 

Have a spicy week!

Smile: Spices

For New Year’s week, my theme is “spices.” I figure it ties in with the holiday season, what with all the family meals, frankincense and myrrh, and such. 

Answers to the color matching puzzle are below. 

By the way, I just looked up frankincense and myrrh (to make sure I had the spelling right) and they are not spices, but resins from trees. However, they were often mixed with spices to make incense … so there’s still a spice connection.

Here are the Colorful Language answers: 1-4; 2-5; 3-1; 4-3; 5-2; 6-8; 7-7; 8-6.

Friday Miscellany: Writing Instruments

Today’s puzzle is a matching puzzle. My hope is that some of the answers come easily and that the others can be ruled out by logic. Warning: I made the color mixes myself, so they may not be purely accurate, but they should be in the range of the correct colors. 

I’ll post answers over the weekend.

Cartoon: Writing Instruments

Merry Christmas Eve! Here’s a “writing” theme cartoon for today. My list of famous people with the initials L.W. from Monday’s challenge is below the picture.

I only did find 12 L.W. people: Louden Wainwright III, Lech Walesa, Larry Walker, Lyle Waggoner, Lindsay Wagner, Lewis Waterman, Lawrence Welk, Laura (Ingalls) Wilder, Lauryn Williams (sprinter), Lucinda Williams, Luke Wilson, and LeeAnn Womack.

Initial Inclinations: L.W.

The puzzle for today is an initials puzzle with the letters L.W. As you recall, the theme this week is “writing instruments.” Can you guess who fits that theme and has the initials L.W.? It’s the inventor, in 1884, of the fountain pen. His name? Lewis Waterman.

You have until Wednesday to see how many famous people you can think of who share the initials L.W. I have a list of five well-known people today, and hope to double that by Wednesday. (So far, I’ve been able to think of more friends and acquaintances than famous people.)

Have a fantastic holiday week!

Smile: Writing instruments

Happy Christmas week!

The theme this week, writing instruments, ties in (a little bit) with the season. I for one am spending several hours this weekend writing cards, most of which I hope will go out by the end of the week. 

Here’s today’s smile, a pencil sharpener:

Put on a happy face!

These are the answers to yesterday’s kitchen utensil puzzle: 1. blender; 2. steamer; 3. glass; 4. rack; 5. sifter; 6. wok; 7. bowl or foil; 8. zester (or tester?); 9. grater; 10. baster; 11. platter; 12. grill.

Friday Miscellany: Kitchen

Here’s a quick word puzzle having to do with kitchen tools. You should be able to answer most of them on your first read through. I’ll post solutions over the weekend.

Messy Kitchen                                                                    ©2008 Karen Richards

Someone has made a mess of this list of kitchen implements. In each word in the list, one letter has been mistyped. The changed letter may be anywhere in the word. For example, for the word SPOOL, the last letter would be wrong, and the word should have been SPOON. Can you identify all 12 mistyped kitchen tools? (Note: at least one item has two possible answers.)

1. SLENDER                                  

2. STEALER                                            

3. GRASS

4. ROCK

5. SOFTER

6. WON 

7. BOIL 

8. JESTER 

9. CRATER

10. BATTER

11. PLASTER 

12. TRILL

Cartoon: Kitchen

Under today’s cartoon are my answers to Monday’s “P and P” puzzle. 

I thought of 14 phrases: pack and play, paper and pencil, part and parcel, past and present, picks and pans, pink and purple, poke and prod, pots and pans, predator and prey, Pride and Prejudice, prim and proper, prince and princess, public and private, push and pull.

Have a pleasant and peaceful day.

Constant Consonants: P and P

For the “kitchen” theme, I thought I’d try another __ and __ word puzzle. The letters this time are P and P. “Pots and Pans” is one valid answer. How many phrases can you think of by Wednesday that are in the form P__ and P__? I have about eight now, and I’ll have a couple more by then. 

By the way, phrases that use other words (like The Prince and the Pauper) won’t count. I’ll only count common phrases with three words, the middle word being AND, and the two on either side beginning with the letter P. 

Have a great week!