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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?

30/8/25 – Rhyming Sets 1

For each word in a set of three, find a word that rhymes. If correct, the rhyming words will have a common theme.

E.g. spring, clean, rinse = king, queen, prince

What are these common themes?

  1. SOOTY  CALM   FOB
  2. PICKLE  RHYME  WATER
  3. CLEAN  PLEA  NERDY
  4. TEACH  HARM  LEADER
  5. BRINE  CHEESE  QUEER
  6. WORK  FOREIGN  BUILT

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

  • Show Answer

BUTTY, BARM, COB = Types of sandwich
NICKEL, DIME, QUARTER = American coins
GREEN, TEE, BIRDY = Golf terms
BEECH, PALM, CEDAR = Trees
TYNE, TEES, WEAR = Rivers of NE England
DIRK, SPORRAN, KILT = Traditional Scottish Dress

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