In this puzzle, I will give you a group of four words. Three of them will have a number that the word “equals”, and based on those answers, you have to figure out what the fourth one equals. For instance:
PARTRIDGE = 1
RINGS = 5
DRUMMERS = 12
FRENCH HENS = ?
The answer is 3 (it’s the number based on the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”). Think you’ve got what it takes to solve these? (Answers at bottom of post.)
1.
GROUNDHOG = 2
PATRICK = 17
FOOLS = 1
HALLOWS = ?
2.
RED = 1
BLUE = 5
YELLOW = 3
GREEN = ?
3.
NINE = 11
TEN = 9
ELEVEN = 19
TWELVE = ?
4.
CANARY = 2
CRAB = 10
SNAKE = 0
BEETLE = ?
5.
NETWORK = 2
STENCIL = 10
HONESTY = 1
CANINES = ?
6.
JOSHUA = 6
JAMES = 59
JOHN = 43
LUKE = ?
7.
DOUGHNUT = 1
NOSE = 2
BOWLING BALL = 3
FUNNEL = ?
8.
DOVER = 1
TRENTON = 3
JUNEAU = -2
AUSTIN = ?
9.
IAN = 1
VINCENT = 6
MICHAEL = 1099
VALERIE = ?
Answers:
- 31. Each word represents a holiday; Groundhog Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and April Fool’s Day. The number is the day of the month that it occurs. The last one is All Hallow’s Eve, which is on the 31st.
- 4. The order of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet).
- 18. The number of lines that are needed to write out each word.
- 6. The number of legs each animal has.
- 9. Each word has a number written inside it (neTWOrk, sTENcil, hONEsty, caNINEs).
- 42. Books of the Bible. The number is the order that the book appears (Genesis would have been 1).
- 1. The number of holes each thing has.
- 0. Take the number of consonants, subtract the number of vowels.
- 5. Each name starts with a Roman Numeral (I, VI, MIC, V).
