Blaine’s Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 18, 2026): Very Tiny, Very Large

Q: Think of a word that means “very small.” Move the first syllable to the end, separated by a space, and you’ll get a two-word phrase naming something that is very large. What words are these?

Change the last letter of the word to an “i” and rearrange to get a word meaning “enterprising”.

Edit: Changing the “c” to an “i” you can rearrange to get “ambitious”. I was also reminded of Star Trek IV where the Enterprise landed in San Francisco, and Chekov was looking for a “nuclear wessel” in Alameda.

A: SUBATOMIC –> ATOMIC SUB
Possible alternate answer: “subnuclear” and “nuclear sub”