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Mrs Grundy is a figurative name for an extremely conventional or priggish person, [1] a personification of the tyranny of conventional propriety. [2] A tendency to be overly fearful of what others might think is sometimes referred to as grundyism. Mrs Grundy originated as an unseen character in Thomas Morton's 1798 five-act comedy Speed the ...
Today's Wordle Answer for #1332 on Monday, February 10, 2025. Today's Wordle answer on Monday, February 10, 2025, is GOODY. How'd you do? Up Next:
In today's puzzle, there are nine theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the top half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: YU. MA ...
A prude is a person with a very sensitive attitude and narrowness towards custom and morality. [1] [2] The word prude comes from the Old French word prudefemme also prodefemme meaning loyal, respectable or modest woman, [3] which was the source of prude in the 18th century. [1]
He founded the World Puzzle Championship in 1992 and is a director of the U.S. Puzzle Team. Shortz is also a weekly guest on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday where he hosts the Sunday Puzzle, a cooperative game between the show's host and one of the show's listeners. The lucky player is picked randomly from a group of submissions containing the ...
From tricky brain teasers to classic word games, many of us love a good challenge.So, it's no surprise that a viral riddle—known as the "30 Cows and 28 Chickens" riddle—is going around right ...
An example Jumble-style puzzle Jumble is a word puzzle with a clue, a drawing illustrating the clue, and a set of words, each of which is “jumbled” by scrambling its letters. A solver reconstructs the words, and then arranges letters at marked positions in the words to spell the answer phrase to the clue.
An acrostic puzzle published in State Magazine in 1986. An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer.