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?

9/8/25 – American States

Which American State completes this sequence of words and, in doing so, reveals a second State within the clues?

STARCH, ALKALI, RINSED,   _ _ _ _ _ _

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

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ALASKA – ARKANSAS

Extract the middle two letters of each word, in order, to unearth the state ARKANSAS

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