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Which Noun?
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Puzzle ID: #26126
Submitted By: dutchymonster Corrected By: dutchymonster
Submitted By: dutchymonster Corrected By: dutchymonster
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Which noun, from group B, belongs in group A?
Why?
Group A
Man,
Foot,
Child,
Tooth,
Mouse.
Group B
Girl,
Hand,
Adult,
Toe,
Goose.
Why?
Group A
Man,
Foot,
Child,
Tooth,
Mouse.
Group B
Girl,
Hand,
Adult,
Toe,
Goose.
Hint
2?3?
4?...
Answer
Goose.The others in group B, can be pluralised by adding an S.
The nouns in group A have the word changed to a different word to make a plural.
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Aw Man!! you got me!
Pretty clever, good job.
ICANNOT BELIEVE I DIDNT GET THIS Great job
Very clever dutchy! And, since I see a birthday cake - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Yay for English grammar
very tricky
I got this one right, but i got it for the wrong reason. I was thinking of antonyms..tooth,foot......Man, child...... Mouse, Goose.....okay, I was thinking of opposite parts, but goose is the only one that fits....
First a Happy Birthday! I got it except for goose, that one stumped me I figured geese but I guess gooses works It is all in the way you look at how you or who you are goosing ( sorry more raptor humor) Great job liked it a lot
Wow, that sure was a clever one indeed!! I was looking aorund all the wrong corners, as usual!
This was a really enjoyable one, got *my* brain woke up a bit!
This was a really enjoyable one, got *my* brain woke up a bit!
i got it lol :lol
Nice! I got it!!!!!! yeah!!!! I always think they are especially good when I get them. To the person above: I don't think gooses is a real word, although I could be wrong; yes, even I... I'm too lazy to look it up, but sometimes there are alternate or secondary forms that are suprising. Quelle suprise!
I think there is such a word as gooses but it is not the plural for the goose that is fowl but the goose that is foul. LOL
very good. I liked this one dutch. goose would be geese, visa/versa. keep em coming.
Anyone who took longer than ten seconds to figure this one out should seriously consider going to night school and taking remedial English. And 'gooses' is a slang verb, not a plural anything.
ever since i got all superior about how easy these were, i haven't been able to get one right
deLIGHTful!
Marvy!! I kept trying to think of words that went before or after the A list words, but of course that didn't work Didn't get it but this one's going in the favorites list
That is the stupidiest brain teaser I ever saw. I looked at it for 5 min. and couldn't figure it. It was stupid. Anyways, I read other people'scomments and they said they seen a birthday cake. Well i didn't see one. But Happy Birthday!!
I enjoyed the symetry and the general cleverness--they make me wish I could have solved it!
That is a good one!
I got the answer right, but i thought it ws b/c in every A list word the middle letter/s were always a vowel. Good teaser.
Okay, I am so confused by the comments. It seems that some people thought that dutchy's answer concluded that goose was gooses, but in reading the answer that dutchy gave, I see that he said that goose belongs in Group A which means the word would have to change to be plural. This is correct b/c the plural of goose is geese not gooses. Gooses has a completely different definition (I think), but I guess I need to look it up to be sure. Please correct me if I am wrong, or let me know if I am totally not getting this one????? I like this one Dutchy...very clever!
Oct 30, 2005
right answer, wrong reason! "goose" also belongs in group "A" b/c there is a pattern - every other word has a double o in the middle.
Cool teaser I thought it was toe
very nice.i got it but it took awwhile..thanks
good one dutchy!
ha! at least on my screen, the ad banner at the top says "got geese? We can help!"
needless to say, I find that amusing.
needless to say, I find that amusing.
Happy B-Day! I got it right but not for the same reason
Oh, by the way, I didn't see a b-day cake beside your name like some others did, but I looked at your info. and noticed you had one on the 14th...HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY!!!! Hope is was a good one. Mine was yesterday and I had quite a nice day (lots of pampering). October is such a great birthday month....don't ya think??
wow, i thought that maybe it was something like... well, i guess i coulndn't figure it out... very tricky... makes sense though.
I had no clue! It made my brain hurt. Good teaser tho!!
Happy Belated Birthday!!!!!!!
wow..
really cute!
Dang; didn't get this one either. I am really not equipped for this type of exercise. It seems so easy once I see the answer.
Jim
Jim
i pretty much got it.
Very good DUTCHY You really fooled me ,A FAVORITE
Cute! I like it. Tricky but not hard!
this is a good one. i saw 234 as the hint and i thought it was goose b cuz the rest r like people or body parts
good, didn't get it at first , but good
Whatever...
Great one Dutchy! Happy Birthday and now I have to run....per mahrules, above, I need to get to night school...
Sorry..Rahrules!
Oh I got it. It took me a while but I got it. YAY!
Good teaser! I didn't get it...
I got it
Wow, that was cool! I got it wrong because I forgot what I was supposed to be looking for...
... but it was still fun!
... but it was still fun!
I got the right answer too for the same reason as cdrice229
huzzah i got it.
go me!
nice work dutchy
go me!
nice work dutchy
gj dutchy it got me....
I got the right noun
but for the wrong reason
but for the wrong reason
I didn't get it. Plurals flitted through my mind, but didn't stay there! Good one.
Interesting, but a bit on the easy side.
Easy and fun. Ok, I needed the hint, but I still got it.
Great teaser Dutchy. I didn't get it right never saw the connection. Thanks for posting.
Thought this teaser was really stupid...sorry but i did. The instructions were vague and the hint? what was up with that...
right answer wrong reason. i just carried the "oo" forward for every other word in the top list...
You got me. The answer was easy, once I peeked. A very good one. I enjoyed it immensely.
Much easier once I saw the answer. Nice teaser!
I did get the right answer, but it was for the wrong reason. Slow today.
Very nice!
awesome teaser
I liked this one! Thanks for posting! I connected the examples in the two groups in a different way. Have a wonderful rest of the weekend and Happy Halloween everyone! Have fun!
AROB, and another one that was very easy for me. A to my special friends.
REALLY FUN...got it but I can see why it would be hard.
As a language skills teacher, I recognized list A as irregular plurals right away, so the list B choice was easy, no hint needed.
Easy as pie.
Hi all, hope the storm didn't hurt you too badly. We got clobbered with a foot + of snow and lots of tree limbs down.
Hi all, hope the storm didn't hurt you too badly. We got clobbered with a foot + of snow and lots of tree limbs down.
mans
thought it was hand, because mice sort of have 4 hands
very clever, but i somehow got it after the hint. great teaser !
I can never get these kind of teasers, but tried to figure it out. Failed miserably. Had fun though.
Even numbered ones have double o's.
I was very far from getting it this morning!
Yay! I got it! I even had the right reason!
I also used the "double oo" pattern to solve it. Funny!
I love this teaser, even though it totally stumped me. Maybe if I had given it more time. Ah regrets. Once you give up on a teaser and look at the answer, you lose the chance to come back and solve it on your own.
Tough teaser for me - I did not get it and usually do not do well with these types of teasers.
Good teaser!
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