Puzzle Contestants Face New Garden Wordplay Challenge

A new word game challenge aired on the Sunday Puzzle segment on November 8, 2026.

The on-air activity involved a Categories game centered on the letters F, L, A, G, and S. Participants were asked to identify items in specific categories that began with those letters. The categories included makes of cars, islands, sitcoms, and phrases ending in "Time." For example, if the category were "parts of the body," valid answers could include foot, leg, arm, groin, and shoulder. Listeners could submit answers in any order as long as they fit the letters.

The broadcast also revealed the winner of the previous week's puzzle. Sharon Huck of Springfield, Illinois, solved the riddle. The prior question asked listeners to insert a three-letter body part into a four-letter body part to form a supermarket brand name. The correct answer was Charm, inserted into the word chin to create the name Charming.

The new challenge was submitted by Mike Bertoglio of King County, Washington. The riddle requires solving for a famous living actor whose last name contains 11 letters. Solvers must take the first two letters of that name and repeat them at the beginning. They must also change the seventh letter of the actor's name to a P. The resulting word names a part of a garden.

Listeners who believe they have the correct answer must submit their response by 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 12, 2027. Submissions must include a phone number so the station can reach selected winners. Those chosen will have the opportunity to play the puzzle live on air.