NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle with Marion Yoder from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Sunday Puzzle: Drop a letter to make it better On-air challenge: I'm going to give you two words. Drop one letter in each of them to leave two ...

The word logic comes from Greek lógos, where it meant both “reasoning” and “word.” The Greeks were clearly aware of the relation between logic and language, coining the perfect term for it. So, in a sense, the term “word (or verbal) logic” is ...

Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge comes from listener Jim Bricker, of Wayland, Mass. Think of three common six-letter words that have vowels in the second and fifth positions. The last five letters of the words are the same. Only the first ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WLRN listener Ann Kritzer of Coral Springs, Fla., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. Sunday Puzzle: Two letters are all you need On-air challenge: I'm going to give you some four-letter words. In each case, the first ...