The Jumble
One of the earliest word games I was exposed to(and soon became addicted to) was the Jumble. It appeared in the Sunday magazine of Indian Express and was the primary reason that our Hindu-addicted household bought the Sunday edition of IE. Imagine my joy when I subscribed to the San Jose Mercury News here and found that they carry a Jumble puzzle everyday! With all news now available online, that is the only aspect of the print edition that I miss since I stopped the subscription.
The rules of the game are pretty simple. You get 4 jumbled words(2 5-letter and 2 6-letter) that you first have to unscramble and enter in the boxes below each word. Particular letters in each of the 4 words are circled. Once you have unscrambled all 4 words, you select only the circled letters and unscramble them to answer the riddle(usually some kind of a pun) at the bottom.
This puzzle is one I created for a get-together at our house a few years back. Wanna take a stab at it?
PS1: If you do find this interesting enough to play, could you jot down a quick comment saying so? Thanks.
PS2: No answers in comments maybe until Monday so as not to spoil the fun for others? Email bbalaji [at] sbcglobal [dot] net for hints/solution confirmation :-)
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thinkers since May 11, 2005
19 Comments:
good lunch-break fun...! thanks...hv mailed my soln to bbthots...
great blog, i do the Word jumble from SJ Mercury news everyday and its so refreshing and addictive..my answers have been sent to your email..do we get a reward or sthng for the top 5 winners :)
hmm....bb..i'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature of the game.....looks like you forgot to mention that the sub-puzzles do not necessarily have a unique solution. I came up with 2 (legal!) words for the last but one subpuzzle only 1 of which lead me to the overall puzzle's correct answer
Balaji,
I love word puzzles. Although I did not remember the answers from that night, once I started unscrambling, it all came back to me. Hence, I did not send my answers to you.
You should do more of these puzzles.
Sreela.
ram, that was fast! got it...
mitr, where did u send your soln? didnt get your email.
the reason for asking for feedback was to c if i could make something like this a regular(weekly) feature. if yes, then i'll start thinking of contests :-)
anon, good catch. i'm guessing the other word u found is AVAILS. that is a bug. will make sure that doesn't happen in future posts.
SK, wanted to chk if there were enuf readers interested before posting more. hope there are since i like making up such puzzles too :-)
i used to enjoy this stuff a lot. thanks for reminding us of such stuff.
I like it , it is interesting, I remember, I used to play it in the IE in India.! Didn't know that Mercury news carried it.!
yes...it was avails .....maybe u shd let it be tht way to keep things interesting:)
Balaji,
That was fun - I think I got the solution (just too lazy to mail it you). Yeah, you should make this a regular feature and come up with other word games too. Some ideas:
1. Cryptic clues for city/personality/movie etc. names
2. Etymology trivia
3. can't think of any now....
Faffer
Sunday Express magazine used to be a great favourite with us too. Esp. the Jumble and crossword(easier than Hindu's and hence a 'feel better'!)
anon, Aparna found that the 1st word could be COULD also! guess i need to be real careful with future puzzles :-)
faffer, no prob. just hope u had fun solving it.
will try to think of diff. kinds of games for future game posts.
oh - that was an excellent one -especially the pun at the end.
me too, u're right about the easier part. i used to be obsessed with 'the hindu' xword too though i didn't finish it most of the days!
priya, thanx! based on responses so far, it is gonna be a regular feature(atleast till interest wanes :-)
revo's, thanx! glad u enjoyed it :-)
good entertainer and nice way to relax in the midst of work
It was fun solving it.
TVS, thanx :-)
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i like word puzzles but my mom is crazy abt them....is there anyway i cud have them all printed out and give to her to do them...she will be coming down in 2 weeks and she will love them
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