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?

9/4/24

Insert six 3-letter words into the brackets below to create two new words. The inserted word suffixes the first three letters and prefixes the second three letters eg YEO (MAN) AGE makes YEOMAN and MANAGE. The first letter of the inserted words form a new word. What is it?

MOT ( – – – ) ISE
LIN ( – – – ) TED
REA ( – – – ) ATA
EXP ( – – – ) URE
GAR ( – – – ) ARY
STA ( – – – ) KER

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

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INSERT; motIONise, linNETted, reaSONata, expENDure, garROTary, staTINker

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