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Couch Teams Challenge

A team puzzle board for game night on the couch: team math, compound-word links, letter puzzles, what comes next and mini mysteries.

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Couch Teams Challenge
Team CalculationsClue CombosLetter BoxesWhat Comes NextMini Mysteries
100 Two teams have 7 points each. One gains a 3-point bonus. What is that team's new score? 100 Join rain to bow, then bow to tie. Which word connects both pairs? 100 Under A = 1 through Z = 26, what is the value of CAB? 100 Continue 5, 10, 20, 40 under the same rule. 100 Four mugs are labeled 1 to 4. The coin is under a mug above 2 but below 4. Which mug?
200 Share 24 counters equally among 3 teams. 200 Snow plus man and man plus hole share which middle word? 200 BALLOON repeats L and O. Which repeated letter comes first alphabetically? 200 Step backward through Z, Y, X, W. Which letter follows? 200 The secret number is even, greater than 6, and less than 10. What is it?
300 Round values are 2, 4, 6, and 8. What is their total? 300 Foot joins ball, and ball joins room. Name the link. 300 Remove every vowel from CAMERA and keep the remaining order. 300 Circle, square, triangle repeats. What follows circle, square, triangle, circle? 300 Door A is locked and Door B is open. Which door can be used without unlocking it?
400 A team has 32 points toward a goal of 50. How many more does it need? 400 Book combines with case, while case combines with work. Find the shared word. 400 Place the letters in RACE into alphabetical order. 400 The increases in 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 are 1, 2, 3, and 4. Find the next term. 400 Uma chose a cat or a dog. Her choice was not the dog. Which animal did she choose?
500 Three teams receive 6 cards each. How many cards are dealt? 500 Star pairs with fish, and fish pairs with bowl. Which connector works twice? 500 How many different letters occur in MISSISSIPPI? 500 Complete AA, CC, EE, GG with the next pair. 500 Pia, Quinn, and Rui take turns in that order. Pia just finished. Who goes next?

Ages 9 and up · 25 clues and a final round · about 20 minutes

Open it in the maker

Allow about 40 seconds a clue plus three minutes for the final round. Nothing is saved and no account is needed.

The host key: every clue and answer

This is what prints on the host key.

Team Calculations

  1. Two teams have 7 points each. One gains a 3-point bonus. What is that team's new score? 100

    10 points Worked out from the clue itself.

  2. Share 24 counters equally among 3 teams. 200

    8 counters per team Worked out from the clue itself.

  3. Round values are 2, 4, 6, and 8. What is their total? 300

    20 Worked out from the clue itself.

  4. A team has 32 points toward a goal of 50. How many more does it need? 400

    18 points Worked out from the clue itself.

  5. Three teams receive 6 cards each. How many cards are dealt? 500

    18 cards Worked out from the clue itself.

Clue Combos

  1. Join rain to bow, then bow to tie. Which word connects both pairs? 100

    Bow Worked out from the clue itself.

  2. Snow plus man and man plus hole share which middle word? 200

    Man Worked out from the clue itself.

  3. Foot joins ball, and ball joins room. Name the link. 300

    Ball Worked out from the clue itself.

  4. Book combines with case, while case combines with work. Find the shared word. 400

    Case Worked out from the clue itself.

  5. Star pairs with fish, and fish pairs with bowl. Which connector works twice? 500

    Fish Worked out from the clue itself.

Letter Boxes

  1. Under A = 1 through Z = 26, what is the value of CAB? 100

    6 Worked out from the clue itself.

  2. BALLOON repeats L and O. Which repeated letter comes first alphabetically? 200

    L Worked out from the clue itself.

  3. Remove every vowel from CAMERA and keep the remaining order. 300

    CMR Worked out from the clue itself.

  4. Place the letters in RACE into alphabetical order. 400

    ACER Worked out from the clue itself.

  5. How many different letters occur in MISSISSIPPI? 500

    4 Worked out from the clue itself.

What Comes Next

  1. Continue 5, 10, 20, 40 under the same rule. 100

    80 Worked out from the clue itself.

  2. Step backward through Z, Y, X, W. Which letter follows? 200

    V Worked out from the clue itself.

  3. Circle, square, triangle repeats. What follows circle, square, triangle, circle? 300

    Square Worked out from the clue itself.

  4. The increases in 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 are 1, 2, 3, and 4. Find the next term. 400

    16 Worked out from the clue itself.

  5. Complete AA, CC, EE, GG with the next pair. 500

    II Worked out from the clue itself.

Mini Mysteries

  1. Four mugs are labeled 1 to 4. The coin is under a mug above 2 but below 4. Which mug? 100

    Mug 3 Worked out from the clue itself.

  2. The secret number is even, greater than 6, and less than 10. What is it? 200

    8 Worked out from the clue itself.

  3. Door A is locked and Door B is open. Which door can be used without unlocking it? 300

    Door B Worked out from the clue itself.

  4. Uma chose a cat or a dog. Her choice was not the dog. Which animal did she choose? 400

    The cat Worked out from the clue itself.

  5. Pia, Quinn, and Rui take turns in that order. Pia just finished. Who goes next? 500

    Quinn Worked out from the clue itself.

Final round

  1. Four seats run left to right from 1 to 4. Tia sits right of seat 2 but left of seat 4. Which seat is hers?

    Seat 3 Worked out from the clue itself.

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