Did you solve it? The school with the best A-level results in the UK
by Alex Bellos from Science | The Guardian on (#6EEN6)
The answer to today's puzzle
Earlier today I set you this puzzle, created by Kirsty Land, a former student of King's Maths School, the school that topped this year's A-level rankings. (To read more about King's Maths School, see my original post.)
The amazing word machine
Add any vowel to the start of a word. i.e. MAZE ->AMAZE.
Add any consonant to the end of a word. i.e. CARD -> CARDS.
Delete two or more consecutive vowels. i.e. PLEASE ->PLSE.
Delete two or more consecutive consonants. i.e. STRING -> SING, RING, ING or STRI.
Double the entire word. i.e. AYE -> AYEAYE.
OX...XO
XO...XO
XO...OX
OX...OX
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