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Three word and number brainteasers to test your solving and codebreaking skills
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1. Divide into sets of three:

2.Only six numbers are equal to the sum of the cubes of their digits: 0, 1, 153, 370, 407, and which other number?

3. Divide into 3 sets of 3. What did we takeaway?

AM, BLT, BRY, EERON, HWN, KORM, MAK, NEOLTN, NGR

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Answers

1. {CANE, CURTAIN, SHOOT} – follow BAMBOO; {LETTER, REPUTATION, ROLE} – synonyms of CHARACTER; {DRESS, INNER, MAGIC} – precede CIRCLE; {DROGON, SMAUG, TOOTHLESS} – fictional DRAGONS; {MILEY, CYRUS, GRAMMY} – was for “FLOWERS”; {FALL, ESTATE, HIVER} – SEASONS in different languages; {CHINOOK, MISTRAL, SCIROCCO} names of WINDS. These are all types of tiles in Mahjong.

2. 371. This is both 1 and 13 greater than 370.

3. {AM, MAK, NGR} –

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