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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
What is strange about the words in the group below, apart from the fact that they are all four letters long?
NEAR
LAME
ARMS
CAME
DEAL
GAIN
WINE
SCAR
HIND
NEAR
LAME
ARMS
CAME
DEAL
GAIN
WINE
SCAR
HIND
Hint
Break them down into groups of two letters.Answer
The words are made up entirely of abbreviations for states in the United States of America.NE AR
LA ME
AR MS
CA ME
DE AL
GA IN
WI NE
SC AR
HI ND
AL = Alabama
AR = Arkansas
CA = California
DE = Delaware
GA = Georgia
HI = Hawaii
IN = Indiana
LA = Louisiana
ME = Maine
MS = Mississippi
ND = North Dakota
NE = Nebraska
SC = South Carolina
WI = Wisconsin
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