Hello everyone and welcome to this month’s Happy Puzzle competition!
For those of you who are new to this, for 14 weeks over lockdown we had an absolute blast creating weekly puzzles which were being received by well over 50,000 people each week. We had thousands of entries and each week a winner was drawn at random from the correct entries. As the weeks passed by, the puzzles were getting more and more ambitious and in the end, Gavin had to concede that he did not have the time to produce a new one every week. So we decided to make it a monthly thing, with the puzzle coming out at 7pm on the first Tuesday of each month.
Here we go then!
Here is the 88th PUZZLE and there is a £25 Happy Puzzle voucher up for grabs.
The Big Summer Getaway!
Schools are off, and if you are like myself, you will be getting ready to go on your summer holidays. We spent a long time deciding where to go, and that's where the inspiration for this months competition comes from.
Below are anagrams of 50 capital cities. The first thing you need to work out is which capital cities they are.
DONNOL
RISPA
DRIDAM
EMOR
NOBSIL
LINDBU
MSTERDAAM
SELSBRU
LINBER
ENNIVA
NBRE
PENCOHAGEN
LOOS
TOCKHOLMS
SINKIHEL
YKJAVIKRE
SAWWAR
GUEPRA
DAPESTBUD
THENSA
KARAAN
VYKI
RESTBUCHA
FIASO
GEBLARDE
GREBAZ
BJULJANLA
KATISBRALVA
JEVORASA
RATIANA
POPJODRICAG
LETTAVAL
SCOININA
COWMOS
WATOTTA
HINGTONWAS
ICOEXM TYCI
SÍARBALI
NUBOSE ESIRA
GOANTIAS
MALI
GOTÁBO
TOQUI
RACASCA
YOTOK
JINGBEI
LOUSE
KKOBNGA
IANOH
PENHPH NOM
To win the £25 Happy Puzzle voucher, once you have worked out the capital cities, you need to let me know how many of those cities appear in countries that are landlocked.
Please send your answer to me at josh@happypuzzle.co.uk, ensuring that you put AUGUST 2026 PUZZLE in the subject line.
The competition closes at 23.59 on Monday 31st August 2026. Both the answers and the winner will then be drawn at random and revealed in next month’s puzzle on Tuesday 1st September 2026! My decision will be final!
Now back to July's competition. I had noticed that i made a small mistake in duplicating one of the answers, but this did not affect the results. We had loads of correct answers, and the winning answer was ....Chide Mini Tom, better known as Dominic Thiem.
Jannik Sinner – Anjkin Risnne
Carlos Alcaraz – Zalcs Raol Cara
Novak Djokovic – Konvjd Kociova
Roger Federer - Defer Err Gore
Andy Murray - Drum Nay Ray
Rafael Nadal - Anal Fad Real
Daniil Medvedev - Demanv Lidieedv
Dominic Thiem - Chide Mini Tom
Stan Wawrinka - Kit Wanna Wars
Iga Świątek – Wias Ketgai
Barbora Krejčikova - Rovbar Kek Ricaabao
Markéta Vondroušova - Avatars Rook Unmoved
Elena Rybakina - Banana Like Rye
Ashleigh Barty - Bathe Garishly
Simona Halep - Animal Hopes
Angelique Kerber - Beaker Ling Queer
Garbine Muguruza - Bureau Gum Razing
Serena Williams - Elm Salaries Win
Madison Keys - Amiss Donkey
Aryna Sabalenka - Bananas Earl Yak
Naomi Osaka - Aim Aka soon
Sofia Kenin - Fin Is Oaken
Caroline Wozniacki - Canonical Wiki Zero
Coco Gaufi – Fico Gauco
Emma Raducanu - Car Mama Undue
Bianca Andreescu - Cabana Dice Nurse
Sloane Stephens - On Shapeless Ten
Garbiñe Muguruza - Bureau Gum Razing
Jelena Ostapenko - Joke One Pleasant
The winner of this competition and the £25 voucher is David Woollard.
That’s it! Enjoy the competition.
Joshua Miller
Managing Director
Happy Puzzle
www.happypuzzle.co.uk
0844 848 2822