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Needle in a Haystack
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Below is a "haystack" of ten words. Nine of the words in the haystack will produce a common phrase or compound word when added to one of three mystery words (eg. the mystery word for "hot", "bubble" and "bird" would be "bath"). When you are finished, each mystery word will be paired with exactly three words from the haystack, leaving only one word unmatched. That one word is the "needle". Can you find the "needle" in the "haystack"??
Christmas
elephant
firm
grand
house
lemonade
paint
poker
save
stump
Christmas
elephant
firm
grand
house
lemonade
paint
poker
save
stump
Answer
The needle was elephant.The mystery words were tree, stand and face.
Christmas tree
tree house
tree stump
grandstand
lemonade stand
stand firm
face paint
poker face
save face
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Comments
Jan 22, 2005
Ehhh.....a little to hard for my liking......
I came up with 2 mystery words: tree, for stump, christmas and house, and pink, for lemonade and elephant(from the Pink Elephant song in Dumbo!) Haha no wonder I couldn\'t find the third word! Great teaser!
elephant
firm
grand
house
lemonade
paint
poker
save
stump
elephant
firm
grand
house
lemonade
paint
poker
save
stump
That was a cute little riddle.
huh?
Don't really understand..............
Easy but fun. Maybe there's an elephant hiding in the haystack!
I got "stump" as the "needle". My first trio was
White Christmas
white elephant
White House
White Christmas
white elephant
White House
Lovely concept, very well done
Good Ideal! Enjoyed this one a lot. It was a bit hard but fun to do. Very good job, and keep 'em coming!!
That was fun, thanks!
Oct 20, 2008
Stump was the needle I found also
white elephant
white house
white christmas
stand firm
grandstand
lemonade stand
face paint
poker face
save face
white elephant
white house
white christmas
stand firm
grandstand
lemonade stand
face paint
poker face
save face
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