Puzzle Fans Target Garden Word
A new wordplay challenge asks listeners to decode an actor's surname into a common yard element.
By Elena Perry ·
A national radio program released a new word puzzle on Sunday for its audience. The challenge requires participants to identify a specific term related to gardening. The solution relies on manipulating the name of a well-known living actor.
The actor must have a last name containing exactly 11 letters. The puzzle instructions direct solvers to take the first two letters of that surname and repeat them at the beginning. The seventh letter of the actor's name must then be changed to the letter P. The final string of letters forms the name of a part of a garden.
The puzzle was submitted by Mike Bertoglio of King County, Washington. Listeners have until Thursday, November 12, 2027, at 3 p.m. Eastern Time to submit their answers. Participants must include a phone number where the station can reach them. Selected answers will give those listeners a chance to play the puzzle on air.
The same broadcast featured a series of categories based on the word flags. Contestants were asked to provide items starting with each letter of the word. The categories included makes of cars, islands, sitcoms, and a phrase ending in the word time. Any valid answer starting with the required letters was acceptable for that segment.
The program also shared the solution to the previous week's challenge. That puzzle asked for a three-letter body part inserted into a four-letter body part to create a supermarket brand name. The correct answer was Charm, inserted into the word chin to form the brand name Charming. Sharon Huck of Springfield, Illinois, was named the winner of that challenge.
The current on-air challenge continues the format of testing general knowledge and linguistic agility. The garden word puzzle joins a long tradition of daily brain teasers offered by the network.
