Brain Juice for Your Brain

Brain teasers are called "teasers" because they tease the heck out of your brain, trying to make you figure out the answer. You feel really good when you finally figure it all out. It's lots of fun to try! Here are some brain teasers for you to work on then you can try them out on somebody else:

Number One: Rebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases. Can you figure out the following rebus brain teaser? It is a common phrase. Answers will be at the bottom of this post.

Salt: Good morning
Pepper: Hello

Number Two: What Doesn't Belong? This brain teaser relies on your ability to recognize what a group of words has in common so you can pick out the one word that does not belong in the group. Here's your group of words... now, which one does not belong?

Binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers

Number Three: Another rebus puzzle... can you decipher the musical instruments represented below?

1. P O
2. BA BA
3. ECLART
4. @ # $ %

Number Four: Homonym Sentences - The blanks in the following sentences will be filled in with three different homonyms (words that are spelled differently but sound alike) to make valid sentences. The dashes indicate the number of letters in the words. Can you fill in the blanks?

1. The cut on his _ _ _ _ won't _ _ _ _ in time for the race, so _ _ '_ _ have to drop out.

2. I couldn't _ _ _ _ _ any of the _ _ _ _ _ _ in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 _ _ _ _ _ crammed up my nose.

3. A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the _ _ _ _ and essentially _ _ _ _ _ everything he _ _ _ _.

Number Five: Word Play - Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters. What do the following words have in common (aside from repeating some letters)?

Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo

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Well, okay. Here are your answers:

Number One: Season's Greetings

Number Two: The word "shoes" is the only "pair" that actually has 2 separate pieces.

Number Three: 1. Piano (P and O); 2. Tuba (Two BA); 3. Clarinet (CLAR in ET); 4. Cymbals (Symbols)

Number Four: 1. The cut on his HEEL won't HEAL in time for the race, so HE'LL have to drop out.
2. I couldn't SENSE any of the SCENTS in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 CENTS crammed up my nose.
3. A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the SEAS and essentially SEIZE everything he SEES.

Number Five: If you take the first letter and move it to the rear of the word, you get the same word when read backwards.

Find LOTS more brain teasers at the Braingle website.