Braingle: 'Anagram 6 - 5 - 4' Brain Teaser

Anagram 6 - 5 - 4

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Puzzle ID:	#27400
Fun:	(2.96)
Difficulty:	(2.71)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	Dave
Corrected By:	boodler

Each of the following sentences has three missing words. The first missing word of each sentence is 6 letters long, the second missing word is 5 letters long, and the third missing word is 4 letters long. All the 6 letter words are anagrams of each other, as are all the 5 letter words, and all the 4 letter words. Can you fill in the blanks?

1) Nobody would ______ to the old pirate any more, because his _____ were far too ____.

2) The fans were ______ as the opposition managed to _____ the game from the home ____.

3) When he decided to ______, he did not expect _____ bread with his ____ every meal.

4) On many of the lake's ______ in the Spring, _____ will be out looking for a ____.

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wolfmanh Dec 11, 2005	I got them all right, keep these coming
choptlivva Dec 11, 2005	Whew!!! I kept at it til I got them all!!! Good job, Dave. Enjoyed it!!
brainster Dec 11, 2005	Great job Dave, that was fun!
Dave Dec 11, 2005	Thanks guys. Oh, and Brainster - Thanks for the inspiration!
christine77 Dec 12, 2005	Rock on!! This is a good teaser!!
Brainy_1 Oct 20, 2006	That was fun! I got most of them except for teals. Whats a teal? Other than that, I liked it!!
lmurray Oct 20, 2006	IF IT HAS TO DO WITH LANGUAGE, ENGLIS THAT IS, I FIND THEM EASY AND BORING, BUT FOR SOME REASON, I LIKED THIS ONE. AND IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO COMPLETE. GOOD JOB. A TEAL IS A DUCK
coachpisco Oct 20, 2006	Imurray actually misspelled a word! Pshaw! Hey, the teaser was great. I appreciated the work you probably had to put into it. Thanks.
rhmaustin Oct 20, 2006	All the comments are marked "This is offensive" again. What's with that? Interesting teaser but I'm too impatient. Either that or just not bright enough.
bradon182001 Oct 20, 2006	This was a good work out for the ole noggin. Didn't get them all but had fun trying. Good teaser.
Tracey2209 Oct 20, 2006	Easy and fun....great job!
schmedley9 Oct 20, 2006	I loved it. Oh I get it know that teal or whatever is a duck, right, right, right, right. Well I absolutely loved it. It wasn't too hard or too easy. Keep em comin!!!!!!!!!!!!
zaya Oct 20, 2006	Usually I'm terrible at these, but the structure made it more fun, nice job. Never heard of a teal before though.
locutus13ds Oct 20, 2006	No sale! These always give me trouble
scallio Oct 20, 2006	I missed TEAL- and learned from IMurray that it's a duck. Cool. Thanks for a great morning brain workout! RHMaustin: Regarding the "offensive" links at left: I too was confused when I first started seeing them and even clicked a bunch to try to figure it out. Apparently, if you find any comment in these comment sections offensive, you click on that link. Perhaps they evaluate the comment and decide whether to delete it when they get enough people complaining. ?? You don't have this option until you earn a certain level of points on this site.
Trishgal Oct 20, 2006	I did not understand the directions correctly.so i did not get it , but now I see it give me another chance
justhattie Oct 20, 2006	In spite of the fact that the instructions were not clear, I managed to get several, just based on context. Yep, I even got the teal (their pretty shiny blue-green head feathers are TEAL green - get it??? That's where the color teal originated). Told you I was a word freak. Can't help myself. Sometimes it's a burden. More often it's a blast. Thanks for the opportunity to challenge my brain daily!
marschie Oct 20, 2006	I don't see any "offensive" marks on the side of the comments -- so maybe you who do are having internal problems with your own setup. And teal, as I remember from my Army days, was a particular shade of BLUE, not green. I was in the AMA and our colors included TEAL. Nice teaser, BTW.
Blondie116 Oct 20, 2006	Fun! I really enjoyed it
jabdr Oct 20, 2006	Clever! Love these word puzzles.
immortalone Oct 20, 2006	good one!! thanks!!
OhEmGee Oct 20, 2006	didnt feel like getting all those answers blahh
matthewmurch Oct 20, 2006	Excellent!! Well thought out, and perfectly executed.
azbee123 Oct 21, 2006	hey... immuray liked it... it must have been good!
phyllisa Oct 24, 2006	I really liked this one, and yes a teal is a type of duck.
RRAMMOHAN Oct 27, 2006	Except for 'inlet' (which word I know well, but failed to construct this time), got all the others correct. This teaser would have taken quite some effort to produce, even if many find it simple. Thanks for the teaser - I love anagrams.
FeaerFactorY666 Oct 28, 2006	nice!
vlerma Oct 28, 2006	I enjoyed this one. As aforesaid, I presume it took probably more time to construct this teaser than it did to solve it. Consequently I find you have done an excellent job. Besides that, it was fun. More please!?
Qrystal Dec 01, 2006	Wow.. I struggled with this for awhile, and only managed to TAME the TEAM, STEAL STALE MEAT, and LISTEN to TALES, MATE. (I wonder if I am just feeling creative, or am feeling the need to prove I'm clever even though I couldn't get 4 of the 12 blanks filled. )
dalfamnest Oct 20, 2009	Really well written; thanks. I wish I'd persevered to complete it.
doehead Oct 20, 2009	Blew me away. Couldn't get the brain working today. Guess I need another cup of java.
auntiesis Oct 20, 2009	Tough one for me. Got a couple, but wasn't sure of them. Really well thought out teaser. Kudos.
patiencewithaP Oct 20, 2009	Tough one! Very well written...only got a couple of them.
craniac Oct 20, 2009	Duh!
hoppy Oct 20, 2009	Got this one fairly quickly, but it captured my interest and I enjoyed it.
UptheHill Oct 20, 2009	I second, DUH!!!
gaylewolf Oct 20, 2012	This was difficult for me - but very clever. Congrats to all those who got them right!
cutebug Oct 20, 2012	Way to early in the day for my brain to work that hard.
Maggiethe8th Oct 20, 2012	I don't know if I'd have gotten them, as I, too, misread directions....I liked reading the positive posts, though!
iggy39 Oct 20, 2012	I always do this wrong. I think it is in the same line and not the others, if you know what I mean. First in all lines is 6, 2nd in all lines 5, 3rd in all lines 4 maybe if I type it out I will remember this one.