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Rebus Puzzle Brainteasers
(also called Frame Games© or Word Picture Puzzles)

Credits: Most of the Frame Games© below were created and authorized for use on the NIEHS Kids Pages by Terry Stickels, who also presents new Frame Games© on a weekly basis for USA WEEKEND.com.

Note: Descriptive alt tags are present for each graphic so that visual aids are not required for participation.

A REBUS is a picture representation of a name, work, or phrase. Each "rebus" puzzle box below portrays a common word or phrase. Can you guess what it is?

the word heels appears under the word head


Answer: Since the word HEAD is over the word HEELS, the answer to the puzzle would be HEAD OVER HEELS! Get it? That's great! Now wake up your brain by having some more fun with the teasers below! To see the answers, just click on the little arrow in the box below each puzzle! But don't peek until you make a guess!
the letters v a, followed by a gap, and then the letters d e r s


the word economy written with larger letters toward one end


the numbers 1 thru 40 followed by the word life


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z


GIVE WRITTEN 4 TIMES ON ONE SIDE, AND GET WRITTEN FOUR TIMES ON THE OTHER


L E on one line, with V E L on the next


L O V E written at a downward angle


the word cover written four times with the word head written once


the word knee, with u r full of written under it


12:00 WITH A T AFTER IT


F A R E D C E


C O R P O R A T E written with letters that get smaller


capital P u m capital P k i n capital P i e


W I N E E E E E


TRY STAND WITH 2 UNDER THE WORD STAND

THE WORD NINE ABOVE THE WORD CUMULUS


J O B I N J O B


the letters t, a, i, l, and r arranged differently 4 times


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