Brain Teasers - ArcaMax Publishing

Five Siblings

Jun/28/2026

Five siblings are they, their color is true; One belongs to one, four are shared by two. Connected together, some by locks; Many meet their fate upon the rocks. Arrange their initials, and you should Find things that are found in a neighborhood. ...

Olympic Swim Team

Jun/27/2026

Five swimmers (Adam, Brad, Carl, Doug, and Eric) have been preparing for the Olympics. It is now time for the swimming time trials. The five swimmers each compete in the four different strokes (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle). ...

Alphabetically Challenged

Jun/26/2026

What is the meaning of this rebus? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQUSTRVWXYZ

Word Fusion

Jun/25/2026

Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = ...

More Spazy Croonerisms

Jun/24/2026

A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or...

Flower Names

Jun/23/2026

Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of flower. The other word is that flower with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (tall stall), a letter deleted anywhere (statice static), a letter ...

Spazy Croonerisms

Jun/22/2026

Fruit Names

Jun/21/2026

Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of fruit. The other word is that fruit with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (apple applet), a letter deleted anywhere (orange range), a letter ...

Martini Music

Jun/20/2026

Which artist from Group B can be added to Group A? Group A: Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Paul McCartney and Wings, Sheena Easton, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones Group B: Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Madonna, Nancy ...

What's Common?

Jun/19/2026

Group A A Hurricane A Human A Needle Group B A Football Game A Golf Match A Cooking Show Group C A Cabbage A Ship A Hammer

The Name Seems Familiar

Jun/18/2026

For each of the groups of actors below, can you identify the movie / TV character they have in common? For instance, given Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan The answer would be "James Bond". 1. Sandra Dee, Deborah Walley, Cindy Carol, ...

Odd Two, Out Too

Jun/17/2026

In this teaser, you have to find the odd ones out in the groups of words. BUT WAIT! There's a catch. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong. Can you find them both? EXAMPLE: Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose Jane does not belong as it's...

Flower Power

Jun/16/2026

Five women bought five different types of flowers for different reasons on different days. Names: Julia, Amy, Bethany, Rachel, and Kristen Flowers: Roses, Daisies, Lilies, Tulips, and Carnations Colors: Purple, Yellow, Pink, White, and Peach ...

Cats in Spring

Jun/15/2026

On a beautiful spring day in the park, there were five female cats walking together and gossiping about their humans. Up ahead, there were five males walking together bragging about their conquests. When the two groups met, there were five cupids ...

Magical Scroll Case

Jun/14/2026

After some relaxing, the Seekers of Knowledge received a gift from an anonymous person. The gift was a magical scroll case that had 12 gemstones on it. The Seekers were a bit shocked at the elegance of the scroll case as they knew it was very ...

Allen's Quandary

Jun/13/2026

Allen was in the process of sprucing up his large backyard by planting trees, when he came to a tough decision. He had already planted the following types of trees: Khejri, Himalayan Pine, Maple, Llala Palm, and Agave Cactus, when he noticed that ...

Freezing Point

Jun/12/2026

The freezing point of pure water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius). However, by simply adding a common household ingredient, you then can easily cool the water 20 degrees past the freezing point, and still keep it in liquid form. How ...

"Force"

Jun/11/2026

A man wanted to encrypt his password but he needed to do it in a way so that he could remember it. His password is 7 characters long. The password consists of letters and numbers only (no symbols like ! or <). In order to remember it he wrote ...

Around and Back in 12

Jun/10/2026

Start with a 6-letter word. Replace one letter to find the next word. No word is repeated in the trip until we are back to where we started. Clues are given along the way. 1. block and tackle 2. 3. recycled glass 4. 5. decorative moulding 6. 7. ...

Crafty Words

Jun/09/2026

Take the list of words below and arrange them into 3 sentences that all have something in common. Each word is only used once each time they appear in the list. ('A' can be used 4 times as it's in the list 4 times.) Punctuation is not an issue in ...