We all know the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” And while healthy eating and regular physical activity are an integral part of a healthy lifestyle at any age, you could also benefit from exercising your brain. The Global Council on Brain Health recommends incorporating cognitively stimulating activities that you enjoy to help maintain your brain health and reduce the risk of cognitive decline as you get older.”
Along with your regular crossword and Sudoku puzzles, consider adding in some brain games. Extra Mile has you covered with a wide variety of brain teasers. We’ve got word games and number puzzles. Or maybe you prefer interactive memory games and trivia. Try solving the puzzle below and then browse our brain teaser page for more.
In the On Target brain teaser, your goal is to add two letters that, when placed in the center of the circle, create three different words across the white columns. Each word will have six letters total. Once you’ve figured out which letters fit, click the dots below the puzzle to advance to the next slide and see the solution.
How’d you do? Let us know in the comments below.
That was too easy
Well, that is true!
I don’t think of myself as very great with crossword, etc. This was not too difficult for me and I felt good that I succeeded at it.
Thank you
That was harder than I thought; I got 2 words out of 6.
Solution: in , lv
could not type in letters. wouldn’t take them. something wrong
Enjoy these – was fun!
in and lv were my answers
Took me awhile on 1st one, 2nd was easier- loved the challenge
Quite easy
I hope you make this a regular feature.
cannot figure it out
I can’t get it to work.. Any suggestions?
I did very well. It only took me about 2 minutes. I do Wordscapes every day so that helped.
It took me a while to realize all the letter were not there in the puzzle. Once I added the “n” it was easy to see.
The instructions were very confusing. I thought you had to use letters within the puzzle. It wasn’t until I read the comments that I realized you used other letters. If you are writing these for older people please make the instructions clearer.
I’m with Maryann. The instructions weren’t clear. And how the heck could we “add two letters” to two letters in the rays and make six letter words. I’ve written too many rubrics to agree these directions are well wrtten.
Lots of fun Thanks
😁 It took me a few minutes, but I got them both. It was fun. Thanks for sharing
Easy Peasy
too easy!
didn’t understand instructions at first. would like more games
Got both correct.
Easy peasy
It was easy. I saw the answers immediately.
Great game it did not take too long. I got (in) first one and I did (gn) second.
Did not take me long to discover to two letters in each of the circles.
1. ‘in’ in the first circle for the following words:
fringe
dainty
clinic
2. ‘lv’ in the second circle for the following words:
velvet
pelvis
silver
I didn’t understand the instructions until I read others responses then I got it I was trying to use two letters that were already there to make a word I understand it now Thanks
Klydenitta – Thanks for the feedback. We’ve made some slight updates to the insructions.
took me a few minutes but i got there!
It was easy for me as I play Scrabble all the time online.
Once I read the instructions twice, it was fairly easy.
It took a little less than 1 minute. I really love word puzzles. Good one!
It took me a while before I figured that we had to add two other, (new and different) letters. As I read the directions, this was not stipulated, nor clear. Please, if you publish remarks and comments, please do not us entire name of person commenting. First name and last initial would be a lot safer and considerate. And this makes us, “elderly folks”, feel more secure. And, that’s the whole purpose of your company.
Thank you.
Maryann – Thanks for reading. I removed your last name. I believe you are able to choose the name you display when commenting.
cl er ic pe rm is si nn er
circle 1 – in
dainty, fringe, clinic
circle 2 – Lv
pelvis, silver, velvet
It took me a few minutes to do because I misunderstood and thought both letters would be among the ones in the picture and there was only one in each. No N in #1 and no L in #2.
Got both correct.
Easy and fun!
Mitzie
Good puzzle
Got both correct. I daily work crossword games and puzzles.
This was not too difficult. I also suggest the daily “New York Times” “spelling bee” at https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee. They even have their own Facebook page. It’s a lot of fun (addictive, too).
Easy peezy!