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more brain teasers

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:49 pm
by KatyBr
Five words that contain AB as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?

-AB--, ---AB, AB----, AB-----, -AB----

Pool: C, E, E, I, I, I, L, L, N, P, Q, R, S, S, T, T, T, U, U, Y
from http://www.braingle.com/28556.html

Kt
SABLE, SQUAB, ABRUPT, ABILITY, CABINET

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:26 pm
by Slava
The site still exists, in case we have anyone out there that likes brain teasers.

An example:

A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?

1) overweight dam builder & symptom of a sick flying mammal
2) bottom of the ocean & an insect-bitten dog has this
3) a cooking utensil & a nosy admirer
4) the person in charge of clocks and watches & the result of exposing silent actors to the sun

The solution is available on the site.

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:31 pm
by LukeJavan8
But you don't say where the solution is???

Hopefully someone else (I got another person to join
today) will bite on the site, so I won't tell the answers.

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:47 pm
by saparris
overweight dam builder & symptom of a sick flying mammal
fat beaver/bat fever

bottom of the ocean & an insect-bitten dog has this
sea floor/flea sore

a cooking utensil & a nosy admirer
frying pan/prying fan


the person in charge of clocks and watches & the result of exposing silent actors to the sun
time man/mime tan

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:58 pm
by Slava
overweight dam builder & symptom of a sick flying mammal
fat beaver/bat fever

bottom of the ocean & an insect-bitten dog has this
sea floor/flea sore

a cooking utensil & a nosy admirer
frying pan/prying fan


the person in charge of clocks and watches & the result of exposing silent actors to the sun
time man/mime tan
Did you get these yourself, or from the site?

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:03 am
by skinem
I got the first and last one, but for some reason couldn't figure out the sea floor one...and I have dogs!

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:50 am
by saparris
Yes, but I'm more stubborn that most folks.

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:55 pm
by LukeJavan8
OK.