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Which word does not fit in? (and why not?)
seventy
brawl
clover
proper
carrot
swing
change
travel
sacred
stone
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Carrot: each of the other words remains a real word if you remove the first and last letter: seventy, brawl, clover, proper, swing, change, travel, sacred, stone.
I'm funny like that. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Carrot - all the other words have words in the middle of them~!Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Hehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
3 pts.
Damn company meetings pulling me away! :mad:
Good, I hope they keep pulling you away too!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
15 questions left, and I need 35 points to catch you - it's gonna be a close one!!
A customer at a 7-11 store selected four items to buy, and was told that the cost was $7.11.
He was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he enquired as to how the figure was derived. The clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items.
The customer protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly $7.11.
What were the four prices?
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$1.20, $1.25, $1.50, and $3.16.
1.20Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
1.25
1.50
3.16
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7.11
1.20 * 1.25 * 1.50 * 3.16 = 7.11
You're now on my "scariest people" list along with Deity.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Here's 3 points.
Don't hurt me. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
Guess & check baby - my favorite methodQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
The letter S is added to pluralise most words in the english language.
eg Letter to Letters, Word to Words and Language to Languages
There is a word however that is pluralised with the addition of the letter C.
What is it?
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Dice.
DICE - I remember this one from a crossword puzzle I helped the son with in school. It was full of these kind of word puzzles.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Another 3 for you then, but you have to share them with your son. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Well, it was a bonus assignment for extra credit, so he already got rewarded once - ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
btw - how's things going for you Adept??
The following 15 words can be divided into 5 groups of 3 words. The words in each trio will share a similar characteristic.
What are the groupings?
Why?
astern
bony
con
deal
land
lien
nit
pending
pinion
range
slander
steroid
tile
vary
venue
1 point per group with explanation (5 total).
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Each word can be prefixed with a vowel. Each grouping can be prefixed with the same vowel.
a) lien (alien), steroid (asteroid), venue (avenue)
e) astern (eastern), bony (ebony), land (eland)
i) con (icon), deal (ideal), slander (islander)
o) pinion (opinion), range (orange), vary (ovary)
u) nit (unit), pending (upending), tile (utile)