Double Meaning
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.
The following words have one thing in common. Can you figure out what it is?
Bola
Chute
Graph
Mount
Pet
Site
Sol
Answer
Adding "para" to the beginning of each word creates a new word with a totally different meaning.
Parabola
Parachute
Paragraph
Paramount
Parapet
Parasite
Parasol
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Comments
froggygg   
Jan 03, 2006
| Another good teaser. Enjoyed this one as well.  |
Brainy_1   
Jan 03, 2006
| Great teaser!! I liked this one! Keep 'em coming!!  |
sgtammo   
Jan 03, 2006
| Thanks. I'm glad this one is enjoyable.  |
metallicman   
Jan 03, 2006
| I actually figured this one out. Come on sarge, only a few thousand points left until you beat froggy!  |
WJSMama  
Jan 03, 2006
| That was good.  |
schatzy228   
Jan 04, 2006
| hey para diddle diddle,
i'm gonna put on a para cletes
and play my fiddle
or fiddle my play
by the way --great teaser  |
goodriddler
Jan 07, 2006
| your one crazy cat i have never meet such an intense riddle you jerk lol  |
mr_brainiac 
Jan 12, 2006
| If I hadn't just done another puzzle of the very same style, I wouldn't have gotten it so easily. |
anne   
Jan 16, 2006
| i got it by chance. grt one  |
sgtammo   
Jan 16, 2006
| I'm glad it's enjoyable.  |
cb123   
Jan 25, 2006
| i love it  |
ragethe3rd  
Feb 04, 2006
| Very nice. I liked it.  |
RRAMMOHAN   
Feb 04, 2006
| A good teaser. The first and the last words pointed out to the answer.  |
shawneeo   
Feb 04, 2006
| For me it was pretty easy (rare) but its because, believe it or not, I am always trying to figure out what para means by thinking about all the words that have that prefix: paramedic, parameter,paradox, paranormal... Does anybody know exactly what the prefix means? I'll look it up if no one knows but I'd rather hear it here.
Thanks for the teaser!  |
coachpisco 
Feb 04, 2006
| I actually got this one.  |
shawneeo   
Feb 04, 2006
| paradigm, paraphrase, parambulate, it seems to mean protect in some cases and around in others, but its not always one of those.paradise...paramour... |
OldChinaHand  
Feb 04, 2006
| While 'para' has several meanings and usage, this teaser was par for some but 'para' (beyond) for other's skill. Good One.  |
churchlady 
Feb 04, 2006
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After studying it for a few minutes, I got it. Thanks and keep up the god work. |
shawneeo   
Feb 04, 2006
| i THOUGHT of a couple more: parasocks, parashoes, parapants,um... I think I better stop here. Ha ha, hee hee hehehe! Omg I'm funny!
China, that's very interesting that par means like equal, or average, (kinda) and para sometimes means beyond! Do they both really stem from the same root, or is it just co-inky-dinks? |
Vigo95   
Feb 04, 2006
| i'm so glad i got this . i just got up and when i looked at this i thought i shouldn't even try . then, it was almost like divine intervention , i said PARA !!!!!! |
speediebean  
Feb 04, 2006
| Oh, I liked this one a lot!!
I have no idea why, but as soon as I took one look at the first two clues, the prefix "para" just 'came to me'! I guess I've had enough coffee this morning!
(finally didn't have to have a brain aneurysm to get one right!)  |
iteachkids   
Feb 04, 2006
| Shawneeo, you are T FUNNY!!!
This was a GREAT riddle, and again the learning goes on and on in the comments. Whatabuncha BRAINIACS!  |
lorelle_b   
Feb 04, 2006
| I luv it...great job...that's very interesting with the meaning of para, i guess I've never thought about that before! |
teen_wiz   
Feb 04, 2006
| Great one! I actually got it too! Keep 'em coming!  |
xolilangel827ox   
Feb 04, 2006
| yay i got it!! but what does parebola mean?? ! good teaser!!  |
teri12265  
Feb 04, 2006
| I hated geometry, so even after looking up parabola, it will take me awhile to figure out what one is, however, I did figure out the teaser.
Thanks for including one word that required actual research. After today, I will now be one step closer to knowing everything. (jk)  |
azbee123   
Feb 04, 2006
| That is such a cute teaser! In fact, I just learned how to graph a parabala in Algebra last week... haha. That is prettty cool.  |
jabdr   
Feb 04, 2006
| I loved this one. Found it very easy but no less enjoyable. It's nice to occasionally feel bright.  |
Mogmatt16   
Feb 04, 2006
| Is bola a word? It was pretty easy since I thought 'para' as soon as I saw 'bola'. I hadn't even read the instructions by that point. |
lorakristin   
Feb 04, 2006
| A few of them stumped me. Great teaser, nonetheless!!!! Keep it up!! Awesome!!!  |
shawneeo   
Feb 04, 2006
| The first thing I thought of when I saw "bola" was "suave", heehee!  |
teahoney   
Feb 04, 2006
| This was a good one. I really enjoyed it. |
soccer_chick70   
Feb 04, 2006
| omg I so got this! I'm excited! lol I loved this teaser!! I looked at it and was spacing out and went "parabola! weird!!" and then read down the list, thinkin "whoa all these could have 'para' in front of them!" THEN read the directions! lol u know, I'm cool great teaser I wanna see more of these!  |
scm14   
Feb 04, 2006
| This is great! I usually don't get these, but I got it right away. Keep them coming!!!  |
vlerma   
Feb 04, 2006
| Greatly enjoyed this teaser also Sgetammo. At times I wonder how you guys come up with some of these, but sure am glad yo do. I look forward to sharing these and the comments with you guys. Am starting to just read the comments and can almost tell who wrote them without looking at the names. You are being like writing friends. Am enjoying this group of "Headers".  |
thimblenoggin  
Feb 04, 2006
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Hey Vlerma, bet u can't tell who this is. ..Oh wait.  |
EPBrause
Feb 04, 2006
| I suppose I should have put a little more thought into it but the first thing I noticed about the group of words were that they are in alphabetical order. |
Lucasgal  
Feb 04, 2006
| WOW good ONE!  |
kayt010  
Feb 04, 2006
| nice try-boring-dont get it-dont take it personally-i hate english(class)-
i luv -----!!!!!!!
~sorry~  |
sgtammo   
Feb 04, 2006
| Wow! I got off duty today and saw all these comment on this teaser. It truly overwhelmed me. Thanks for all of your comments. I'm glad this teaser was so fun. |
southerngirl13 
Feb 04, 2006
| uhh, all i have 2 say is u people have WAY too much time on your hands!! |
mitzimesser   
Feb 04, 2006
| Really cute one.
I didn't figure it out, but, that's nothing new.
A bola is some kind of a weapon, isn't it? |
sgtammo   
Feb 04, 2006
| Yes it is. I'm glad you enjoyed the teaser. |
zonahobo   
Feb 04, 2006
| Wow .. second Teaser of the Day in less than a week. Geronimo, then parachute .. I think there is a pattern here! Super job with this, I think we have a Braingle Superstar in the making! Two in one family?  |
sgtammo   
Feb 04, 2006
| Ah shucks! I'm blushing! There is only one superstar in this family and that's my wife. Thanks for the compliment though Zona. I appreciate it. |
bluehawk   
Feb 04, 2006
| VERY ENJOYABLE AND FUN. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK SGTAMMO.  |
FulanitoGM   
Feb 07, 2006
| YESSSSS!!! Nailed another one! WTG, Sarge... |
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