Guess which one I'm hoping for.
Okay, so here's a puzzle from my IQ calendar:
M..A...N
O...A...L
L....Z...?
Which letter should replace the question mark?
Are you thinking? Are you trying to figure this out? Cuz I sure did. I finally gave up and looked at the solution, which reads:
W. This is determined by the position of the letters in the alphabet (A=1, B=2, etc). The letter from the first column is added to that of the third column to dertermine the letter in the second column. So L(12)+N(14)=Z(26)
That would be lovely if L, N and Z were on the same row, which they are not. Or if you could add W(23) to ANY letter in the above equation to get the value of any other letter, let alone limiting your choices to some first column number added to W to equal some second column number.
Did they make a mistake or am I missing something here?
Seriously. I need to know. If I hadn't already thrown the box away I'd be on the phone to this company right now. I don't mind when I can't figure out a problem because my brain still gets a work out and I learn something from the solution. (I wish I'd saved the penny one for you.) But this is just driving me batty.
B.A.T.T.Y.
Help!!!!
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Yah that's totally messed up. Rest easy. Someone must have made a MASSIVE typo there.
I don't do math. at all. and this is why.
I'm catching up on your blog but your puzzles are requiring me to think way too hard for a lazy Sunday afternoon. I love your Old Apache Trail pictures. I didn't even know that existed. So five days into the new year you have complete one of your goals. Impressive.
If you're an idiot, so am I. I don't get it... at all.
That is too much thinking for me. I will take you word for it!
Sorry I can't help you. I hate doing puzzles, crosswords, brain teasers, riddles, etc. My teeny tiny brain can't handle it. I give up before I even start.
Daniel tried google-ing it after he couldnt figure it out either. Rest assured you are NO idiot!
M..A...N
O...A...L
L....Z...?
13..27(1)..14
15..27(1)..12
12..26..14
So, by their rules, it should be N.
...Yeah, I would never have got that.
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