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Word Jumble 1 - The Gemstone Series
Unscramble the words below, and take the letters from each word as instructed:
LNEAC Take letters 2 and 4
IREPSTGE Take letters 1,4 and 6
MLACP Take letters 2 and 3
OGOLOYZ Take letters 1 and 4
INNUO Take letters 1 and 3
Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?
LNEAC Take letters 2 and 4
IREPSTGE Take letters 1,4 and 6
MLACP Take letters 2 and 3
OGOLOYZ Take letters 1 and 4
INNUO Take letters 1 and 3
Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?
Answer
LNEAC Take letters 2 and 4 - CLEAN, take L, AIREPSTGE Take letters 1,4 and 6 - PRESTIGE, take P,S,I
MLACP Take letters 2 and 3 - CLAMP, take L,A
OGOLOYZ Take letters 1 and 4 - ZOOLOGY, take Z,L
INNUO Take letters 1 and 3 - UNION, take U,I
Letters Collected:
L, A
P,S,I
L,A
Z,L
U,I
Unscramble the above to get 'Lapis Lazuli'.
Lapis Lazuli is a beautiful deep blue gemstone with a sparkling effect. It is one of the very first gemstones to be used in jewellery, and the Egyptians used it extensively in ancient times.
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i didn't know it was called that. i have a lapis lazuli rock
I was onto your gemstones ... so I thought I'd get this one. NOPE. Too hard for me!!!
I cheated! I didn't get the word zoology, but the rest of the letters were enough to figure out lapis lazuli!
Does that make me bad?
Does that make me bad?
I got all the letters and all I had left to do was unscrambled for the gemstone name. I knew what the stone was, but I just couldn't recall the specific word and spelling.
This one was too easy! $ourDough appreciates too easy
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Way too hard for me but I don't know the names of many gemstones. Also I unscrambled the first word as 'Lance' so I never had a hope. Still a good teaser though.
I'm sorry to say, but this is not a good teaser. The first word could also be LANCE (a type of spear), which has different letters in positions 2 and 4 (A & C) than does the word CLEAN (L & A). Ergo, I was not able to get the final solution. Not sure how this got past the editors.
This was a realy tough teaser and needless to say I didn't get it. Had fun trying, but even if I had somehow come up with the right letters, I still never would have gotten the correct answer since I've never heard of the genstone. Really good teaser for a really good workout and thanks for posting.
I thought this one was fairly easy, but years of doing crossword puzzles helped with the lapis lazuli. Really neat puzzle although the clean, lance conundrum could have messed up some of us. I just tried both choices, and only clean worked. Thanks for a good one.
got the answer even without#2
nice & easy, thx
nice & easy, thx
I got all the words easy, but I never heard of a lapis lazuli--diamonds are my thing. I think I would like it though, I love blue. Thanks
I've never heard of Lapis Lazuli!
Got the other words unscrambled without difficulty.
Got the other words unscrambled without difficulty.
I've never heard of Lapis Lazuli!
Got the other words unscrambled without difficulty.
Got the other words unscrambled without difficulty.
collecting the letters was a piece of cake.
Lapis what ? Sorry never had my stones in place to begin with.
Pretty cool one !
Lapis what ? Sorry never had my stones in place to begin with.
Pretty cool one !
I would think the scrambled words should unscramble into other gemstones. Isn't that the point of a theme?
Never seen "jewellery" spelled like that before (and apparently it's more correct than "jewelry")
I got Lapis Lazuli after I unscrambled the first three, but I did the rest just to make sure. Good teaser!
Oh, you all are picky, picky, picky!
It was easy for me, and I enjoyed it. Thanks.
It was easy for me, and I enjoyed it. Thanks.
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