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Element-ary
Group
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
Which does not belong?
He
Hg
Np
Se
W
He
Hg
Np
Se
W
Hint
Think science, and look at the title, the part before the dash, again.Answer
W. W is the symbol for Tungsten, all the others are symbols for elements that were named for Greek or Roman deities.He=Helium (Helios, the Greek sun)
Hg=Mercury (The Roman herald god)
Np=Neptunium (The Roman sea god)
Se=Selenium (Selene, the Greek moon goddess)
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Ur hent gave it away, but good one ne way
Easy but enjoyable. The title and hint gave it away.
i didn't need the hint
The hint gave it away...but i still didnt need it
I got it, but for the wrong reason.
W has only one character, the rest have two.
W has only one character, the rest have two.
the element part was easy playa! I don't think people liked it though, not a lot of responses
I didn't get it until I looked at the anser
I guessed and got it right
The answer would have been my last guess! I make straight A's, but science is my worst subject!!
I am with timilee on this one.
I got that without the hint which would have given it away
Another mithology-related teaser coming from you, looks like your hobby pays off Very well done, and keep up the good job
Another mithology-related teaser coming from you, looks like your hobby pays off Very well done, and keep up the good job
Very Nice, easy but fun. Good Job
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