22/10/25 – Time Out – Mensa

Puzzles

One activity that many of our members enjoy is puzzling! You can test yourself for fun with our brainteasers. Our quizzes and conundrums are updated regularly, so do check back on the page for the latest content, and if you get really good at them, why not find out what your IQ is by booking a Mensa Supervised IQ Test?

22/10/25 – Time Out

In each word below, the letters T, I, M and E have been replaced by a dash. Each letter appears at least once within each solution, but not necessarily in order. Each dash represents a missing letter.

_ _ _ R _ C
_ _ N _ S _ _ R
_ _ P _ _ _ D
_ X P _ R _ _ _ N _
_ _ _ _ N _ N _
_ N _ _ _ A _ _
_ _ R _ _ N A _ _
_ N _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ N _
D _ A _ _ _ _ R
_ _ S _ L _ _ O _

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

Show Answer

METRIC
MINISTER
EMPTIED
EXPERIMENT
IMMINENT
INTIMATE
TERMINATE
INTERMITTENT
DIAMETER
MISTLETOE

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