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Head and Shoulder
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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
Swap one word from Group A with one word in Group B such that the two groups have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property?
A: head, potato, line, sore, tip
B: shoulder, ticket, front, turkey, cut
A: head, potato, line, sore, tip
B: shoulder, ticket, front, turkey, cut
Answer
Sore and ticket must be swapped.Phrases can then be formed from Group A words when preceded by the word HOT: hot head, hot potato, hot line, hot tip, hot ticket.
Group B words become phrases when preceded by the word COLD: cold shoulder, cold front, cold turkey, cold cut, cold sore.
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