January 26, 2024

Occasional Puzzles - 🔒 Locker Logic

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Today's puzzle

You arrive at school Monday morning only to find that you can't open your locker. Your weirdo math teacher has changed the combination on you and left behind a set of hints that will help you find the correct three-digit combination (your lock does not have a 0):

• [1 4 7] One digit is right but in the wrong place
• [1 8 9] One digit is right and in its place
• [9 6 4] Two digits are correct but both are in the wrong place
• [5 2 3] All digits are wrong
• [2 8 6] One digit is right but in the wrong place

Can you find right the combination before your first class??

Previous Puzzle - What, we said they were occasional!

Puzzle

Find words to fit the clues below. In all four answers, the "X X X" can be filled in with the same three letter word.

• _ X X X _ _ _ (Salad ingredient, 7 letters)
• _ _ X X X _ (Of the mountains, 6 letters)
• _ _ _ X X X _ (Squealing, 7 letters)
• _ _ _ X X X (Polish composer and pianist, 6 letters)

Solution [SPOILER]

The three letter word is PIN. The four answers, in order, are:

• SPINACH
• ALPINE
• YELPING
• CHOPIN