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The same five-letter word can be added to either the front or back, but not both, of the following words to create four new words. Can you determine what the five-letter word's identity is?
KEY
WALL
GEM
WASHED
KEY
WALL
GEM
WASHED
Answer
The word you need is STONE.KEYSTONE
STONEWALL
GEMSTONE
STONEWASHED
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Yeah I got it and I am the first one to comment. Woo hoo its gonna be a good day.
good teaser, but i didn't get it. oops. o well. it was a great teaser!
Good one. EZ yet cute! Great job fishmed!
liked this, saw one like it somewhere,,,
keyboard
wallboard
boardroom
boardwalk
keyboard
wallboard
boardroom
boardwalk
stonekey?
wallstone?
stonegem?
stonewashed?
wallstone?
stonegem?
stonewashed?
They are not all added to the end...
i got it woohay!!! I was looking at key and was thinking like "hole" "door" but they were all 4 letters then i went to gem and got it from there
Pretty easy, but fun nonetheless
Thanks!
Thanks!
Had to look up wallstone . had never heard the word,but now I have learned increased my vocabulary.And i have enjoyed your teaser.
Good One Fishmed. This could be an interesting word series. Fun to think out. Thanks.
Very interesting and good for waking up minds. The *board* can throw you into thinking other words. Fortunately, I did get it correct, today! Fascinating teaser! Keep up the series! Just don't repeat it after a month! Please?!?
Good Morn, I too thought of board as in keyboard etc but stone obviously makes sense, don`t people realise it`s `stonewall` NOT wallstone come on folks wakey, wakey. Good teaser, thankyou
how do u cjange names???
sorry ,I mean CHANGE names
I am thankful an easy one comes along now and then
Got this one... first I thought the answer was chain...but that only works for key. But after rereading it, i decided that stone would more than likely work. Thanks for the great teaser!
I was thinking WHITE, but that didn't match with Key and Gem. Good one.
Thanks Fishmed...nice way to start Saturday.
katie4, I'm not sure you can change names, but you can set up a new account under a new name. But I'm not a Braingle pro, so I may not know what I'm talking about. Did that help?
Yay I got it. =]
Nice teaser.
Nice teaser.
Nov 18, 2006
I got it, which means it's easy
A little craniac but what about ur email adress I don't have another one!!!
I didn't think this one was bad. I liked it. It wasn't totally hard, but still sort of hard (I didn't get it right)
pretty cool teaser!
Whoa, I took a guess and got it right!
Loved the teaser, Fishmed--thanks a bunch! Got the answer about as fast as it took to read it, but loved it anyway!
Hope Mr. Negativity a few lines up finds another site to harrass; it's a real bummer to read mean comments.
Hope Mr. Negativity a few lines up finds another site to harrass; it's a real bummer to read mean comments.
easy and good.
very easy
Nice, interesting and easy. Got it in a jiffy! Thanks!
Loved the teaser. It was kind of easy, but it's nice to have one of those every once in a while. great job! you should do more like it.
Good one! Easy, but fun! My bro tried to figure out, but he couldn't even get the concept of what you are supposed to do! Nice!
ELEMENTARY. FAR TOO EASY FOR MY TASTE.
RAISE THE BAR AND GIVE IT ANOTHER GO.
RAISE THE BAR AND GIVE IT ANOTHER GO.
Liked this one Fishmed. Got it fairly quick but still enjoyed it.
TOO EASY TO FIGURE OUT; NEED TO ADD MORE CHALLENGE!
Wow... I have to admit, I'm a little shaken because my first guess (after reading only "KEY" and not the other words that needed to be completed) was correct... maybe if that didn't happen, I wouldn't have found it so easy. Or maybe I still would've. Tough to judge.
Anyways, it was a neat idea for a teaser, and definitely a welcome break from my day (I think too much as it is!)
Anyways, it was a neat idea for a teaser, and definitely a welcome break from my day (I think too much as it is!)
"Gem"stone gave it away.
VERY EASY FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
(thumbs up)
I thought it was water
2EZ
Really good teaser. Probably one of those that if you got it, you got it right away, otherwise you never would. I didn't get it. Loved it, Fish. Thanks for posting.
glad to have an easy one on my first day back here for sometime now!
NICE!!!!
I had trouble with this one. I gave up too quickly.
I got it right away! Fun! Good one!
that waz awesome!
Got this one quite quickly. It was easy, but fun to do.
Not very challenging but an interesting concept. Will have to look for more o these on the site.
The answer was written in STONE.
I kept guessing as I skimmed down the words, but when I came to Gem, the answer came to me! - I like making jewelry with beads and gemstones, so that's what did it. Thanks for a fun teaser!
I didn't remember having done this one three years ago, and arrived at the answer the same as last time - working with gemstones is one of my hobbies. Fun quiz.
easy and nice
Under 30 sec. love this one
Easy.
Sorry, I'm with imurray & starsky on this one; far 2 ezy!
Got to have some easy ones for the newbies and younguns...
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got it very quickly.
Glad you liked it.
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