Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Puzzles

Share hints and solve daily puzzles, including Wordle-style games and brain teasers, on the Puzzles board. You can also visit Mumsnet Puzzles for today's puzzles and challenges.

Alphaguess #12, Hang Five and Pips!

697 replies

SpecialSpaghettini · 23/05/2026 06:33

Just a few games to give your brain a daily workout.
Please feel free to share your scores and cookies! Please 🍪 🍪 🍪

OP posts:
SpecialSpaghettini · 11/07/2026 13:31

Wow! Everyone's on fire 🔥 today!
Well done @Yiayoula on your double! 👏
I'm joining you on two counts, the games and on holiday now! 🏝🍹👙

🧩 Puzzle #1083
🤔 8 guesses
⏱️ 38s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1083

Hang Five 1070
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ✅
100%

OP posts:
SpecialSpaghettini · 11/07/2026 13:43

Pips #327 Hard 🔴
2:33
Pips #327 Medium 🟡
2:39
Pips #327 Easy 🟢
0:20 🍪

OP posts:
Auburngal · 11/07/2026 20:14

🧩 Puzzle #1083
🤔 10 guesses
⏱️ 1m 4s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1083

I don't know why when doing this, my mind goes blank what words go between bead and bread (using this as an example)

Willow12345 · 11/07/2026 23:00

Good guessing @Yiayoulaand@SpecialSpaghettini

🧩 Puzzle #1083
🤔 16 guesses
⏱️ 3m 30s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1083

Hang Five 1070
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ✅
100%

Yiayoula · 12/07/2026 01:51

Yay, @SpecialSpaghettini - cotton pants time at last !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
( IYK,YK…….)
Hope you have the very best time 🌞👙🌊

Coming to an end soon 🥲 for us - not fancying the UK heatwave though …..

Yiayoula · 12/07/2026 02:06

🧩 Puzzle #1084
🤔 30 guesses
⏱️ 10m 6s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1084

🙄🙄🙄🙄

Hang Five 1071
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 ❌
61%

Think I’d better go to sleep now ……

WingBingo · 12/07/2026 05:54

Hang Five 1071
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 ✅
100%

stuck on alphaguess and I’ve got to get to the Manchester to Blackpool bike ride.

Have a good day all!

ApolloandDaphne · 12/07/2026 07:46

🧩 Puzzle #1084
🤔 25 guesses
⏱️ 4m 33s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1084

SpecialSpaghettini · 12/07/2026 08:58

Good luck @WingBingo !
Ride like the wind (Bullseye!) 🌟

OP posts:
SpecialSpaghettini · 12/07/2026 09:00

🧩 Puzzle #1084
🤔 16 guesses
⏱️ 1m 35s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1084

Hang Five 1071
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 ✅
100%

OP posts:
SpecialSpaghettini · 12/07/2026 09:04

Pips #328 Hard 🔴
4:43
Pips #328 Medium 🟡
4:12
Pips #328 Easy 🟢
0:19 🍪

OP posts:
BasilParsley · 12/07/2026 09:54

🧩 Puzzle #1084
🤔 31 guesses
⏱️ 5m 11s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1084

So many words beginning with the same first five letters!

Hang Five 1071
❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 ✅
100%

Pips #328 Easy 🟢 1:04
Pips #328 Medium 🟡 6:55
Pips #328 Hard 🔴 4:23

Willow12345 · 12/07/2026 16:18

Oh my goodness - 31 guesses in and I’ve still got no idea about Alphaguess. I can’t believe so many words start with the same first six letters!!

Hang Five 1071
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 ❌
53%

Auburngal · 12/07/2026 20:53

🧩 Puzzle #1084
🤔 18 guesses
⏱️ 2m 36s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1084

That was a stinker.

SpecialSpaghettini · 12/07/2026 21:02

Willow12345 · 12/07/2026 16:18

Oh my goodness - 31 guesses in and I’ve still got no idea about Alphaguess. I can’t believe so many words start with the same first six letters!!

Hang Five 1071
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 ❌
53%

It’s annoyingly obvious

OP posts:
Auburngal · 12/07/2026 21:05

SpecialSpaghettini · 12/07/2026 21:02

It’s annoyingly obvious

It was not on the list of common words when its a common word

SpecialSpaghettini · 12/07/2026 21:23

Is it not @Auburngal ?
That's even more annoying!

OP posts:
WingBingo · 12/07/2026 22:35

Came back to this. Then it became obvious. And it is obvious!

🧩 Puzzle #1084
🤔 22 guesses
⏱️ 16h 45m 32s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1084

SpecialSpaghettini · 13/07/2026 06:31

Much better today thank goodness!

🧩 Puzzle #1085
🤔 8 guesses
⏱️ 45s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1085

Hang Five 1072
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 ✅
100%

OP posts:
SpecialSpaghettini · 13/07/2026 06:32

@WingBingo Well done! How did your bike ride go?
@Willow12345 did you get it in the end?

OP posts:
Yiayoula · 13/07/2026 06:34

@WingBingo impressed at your ability to Alphaguess and cycle 🚲 simultaneously! 🥳

🧩 Puzzle #1085
🤔 14 guesses
⏱️ 1m 45s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1085

Hang Five 1072
❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 ✅
100%

SpecialSpaghettini · 13/07/2026 06:39

Pips #329 Hard 🔴
2:01
Pips #329 Medium 🟡
0:41
Pips #329 Easy 🟢
0:24

OP posts:
ApolloandDaphne · 13/07/2026 07:26

🧩 Puzzle #1085
🤔 9 guesses
⏱️ 26s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1085

WingBingo · 13/07/2026 07:26

It was awesome @SpecialSpaghettini . Thank you for asking. Very hot day, the heat coming off the tarmac was insane.

This was the route, if interested!

Alphaguess #12, Hang Five and Pips!
WingBingo · 13/07/2026 07:51

🧩 Puzzle #1085
🤔 12 guesses
⏱️ 58s
🔗 alphaguess.com/1085

Hang Five 1072
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 ✅
100%