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Which is the shortest word in English that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E and F ?
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Took me a second, but got it GREAT teaser
Thanks redraptor, glad you got that one! After all you were watching...
Great teaser!
Cool! I was tired at the moment, so I just sort of gave up. lol.
I loved it though!
I loved it though!
Thanks you guys!
Good one! I enjoyed it very much! Keep 'em coming!
Thanks brainy! This one also completes my 10th teaser, so I am all kicked about that too!
and also
HAPPY NEW YEAR
everyone!
and also
HAPPY NEW YEAR
everyone!
Nice One!
Thanks rowsdower!
Good puzzle - you can also have BOLDFACE.
Tried to come up with something else too, but I guess it's too early in the morning (or else there isn't anything). Good teaser.
how about befaced....only 7 letters (not sure if its a word though)
ok, well i was waaaaay off
I got stuck on defaced and couldn't get the b worked in there. Great teaser.
AHHH!!!I still don't get it!!!
What about facade?
Where's the b in "facade"?
Good teaser!
Good teaser!
Great teaser, had me stumped. I tried to do it with no other letters, just the 7 given, and couldn't get it.
Fun teaser. I couldn't get a word less than ten letters... fabricated.
What about alphabet?
Great teaser! Made up a few words while I was trying to figure it out! Hehe!
I JUST DONT GET IT
Boldface
Backfed... 7 letters
Nice teaser, Brainster, I didn't get it but had fun with it. Thanks for posting.
First of all, FatBastid, backfed is not a word.
Anyways, I go it right but it took me a while. I came up with other ones to that are the same length.So there are actually multiple answers.
Anyways, I go it right but it took me a while. I came up with other ones to that are the same length.So there are actually multiple answers.
Backfed is a word... to make sure I did a yahoo search on it... I saw plenty of references to backfed circuit breakers and copy machines...
Maybe backfed is word, FatBastid, but I looked it up in the dictionary and it doesn't exist in it. Also the spellcheck marks it wrong. so my guess is that they people made up backfed. (because it's not in the dictionary) Note: I looked in several and it wasn't in any of them)
It's a technical term, not often found in standard dictionaries.
You can find it in the IEEE standard dictionary of electrical and electronics terms (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
The word appears in legislation, specifically in the National Electric Code.
here's a press release from the Kissemee Utility Authority that uses the word 'backfed'-
http://www.kua.com/Corporate /Press/News/NewsItem.aspx?ID=587
Here is an article using the word in the Duke University Newspaper-
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu /2005/08/lawwater._print.ht
Here is a story on KUAM, Guam's News Network, using the word-
http://www.kuam.com/news/19037.aspx
An article in the Augusta Chronicle-
http://chronicle.augusta.com /stories/071705/met_4672916.shtml
Obviously this is a word in common usage.
You can find it in the IEEE standard dictionary of electrical and electronics terms (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
The word appears in legislation, specifically in the National Electric Code.
here's a press release from the Kissemee Utility Authority that uses the word 'backfed'-
http://www.kua.com/Corporate /Press/News/NewsItem.aspx?ID=587
Here is an article using the word in the Duke University Newspaper-
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu /2005/08/lawwater._print.ht
Here is a story on KUAM, Guam's News Network, using the word-
http://www.kuam.com/news/19037.aspx
An article in the Augusta Chronicle-
http://chronicle.augusta.com /stories/071705/met_4672916.shtml
Obviously this is a word in common usage.
That explains why I never heard of. I guess it is a word sorry.
You did not say you could use more letters than A B C D E F. I was trying to make a word out of just using each one of those. Poor expla nation for those of us who have never done this before. Bummer!
It was obvious that you were not limited to those letters if you were the question would not have asked for the SHORTEST word (indicating that there are multiple length words that contain those letters). And I don't know about anyone else, but I don't know any word that contains ONLY those letters.
I didn't get the given answer but did come up with a few of the others .
I didn't get the given answer but did come up with a few of the others .
AROB, Good morning to my special friends. Have a great day.
AWOR. A to my lady friends.
I didn't get it, but I loved it! I laughed at myself for not realizing that you could use a letter more than once! Good teaser! Thanks! Happy weekend, friends!!
and HABS you're right - it DID ask for the shortest word, but somehow that fact slipped right by me!
"BEFACED"( reaction to an insult ); it is in the Urban Dictionary!
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