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?

31/8/25 – Flower Show

Nine 9-letter flowers have been broken down into 3-letter fragments. Combine three of these fragments to reveal a flower. Enter each flower into a grid like below. If done correctly, the third column will reveal a tenth 9-letter flower reading downwards.

LIS   ION   PRI   KSC

LUS   WER   WDR   NAR

SUS   CUP   GLA   DAN

SES   COC   OPS   FLO

DEL   CIS   OMB   SNO

SUN   RYL   BUT   DIO

TER   AMA   MRO

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

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C O C K S C O M B
A M A R Y L L I S
N A R C I S S U S
D A N D E L I O N
G L A D I O L U S
B U T T E R C U P
P R I M R O S E S
S N O W D R O P S
S U N F L O W E R

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