Brain Games with Letters

By Kathryn Kilpatrick

Always walk through life as if you have something NEW TO LEARN and you will.
–Vernon Howard 

Three’s the charm, at least with this puzzle. Each set of letters makes three words (using all the letters for each). Give your winter brain a workout and find all the words.

EXAMPLE   TMESA         ANSWERS    mates   steam   teams

1. AINST                        saint satin stain
2. TSLAE                        least stale steal
3. ACOST                       coats  coast tacos
4. EINRS                         rinse  siren reins
5. AEPRS                        pears reaps spear
6.  ACORST                    actors  costar castor 
7.  AAIMNR                   airmen remain  marine
8.  ACEHRS                    arches chaser search
9.  AEELPS                      asleep elapse  please
10.  ABELRY                      barely  barley  bleary
11.  BELSTU                      bluest  bustle  subtle   
12.  ACERTS                     crates reads caters
13.  DEERST                     desert deters rested
14.  ADEPRS                     drapes  spread  spared
15.  EILNST                        enlist listen silent
16.  EFORST                      forest foster softer
17.  ELMNOS                    lemons melons solemn
18.  ADEEST                      seated sedate teased
19.  AELPST                       pastel petals plates
20.  EGINRS                       singer resign reigns

Consider a different brain health resolution for each month of 2022. By concentrating on one area for an entire month, then moving on to a new one, you are actually doing two important things. First, you can learn the areas that are essential for maximizing recall and it may reveal which one is perhaps your weakest link.

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Suggested monthly focus starts with ATTITUDE in January (don’t worry, you can do two in one month!) Follow with PAY ATTENTION in February. From there pick from these options: NUTRITION, EXERCISE and SLEEP. Continue with STRATEGIES, SOCIALIZATION, BALANCE then BRAIN AEROBICS. Take the last three months of the year to try and develop your ongoing plan or focus on an area that may need more attention. 

REMEMBER: There are so many things that you do remember, day in and day out, even though you may experience periodic memory lapses. Notice the things you do remember and give yourself credit when a strategy works.