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Letter Duos
Following are 6 words that have the same two letters repeated at some point. Those two letters have been removed, replaced by two sets of asterisks. Can you figure out which two letters to use in each word? You use the same two letters within each word, but use a different set of letters for each word.
1. **chorm**
2. **joym**t
3. **iqu**te
4. **ip**ape
5. **s**cere
6. **p**zard
1. **chorm**
2. **joym**t
3. **iqu**te
4. **ip**ape
5. **s**cere
6. **p**zard
Answer
1. an = anchorman2. en = enjoyment
3. et = etiquette
4. sh = shipshape
5. in = insincere
6. ha = haphazard
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An easy, yet very entertaining teaser, coming from the top. You could add a few more to each teaser, so people don't feel cheated.
Great teaser.
Anchorman was a tough one though. Gave my brain a work out. The rest were very easy.
Anchorman was a tough one though. Gave my brain a work out. The rest were very easy.
Funny how some of them just jumped right out at me... and the others boggled my brain.
Good workout!!
Good workout!!
Very nice teaser! Surprised i could figure them out at this hour.
Got all except the first one.
I got them all -- at 1:30 A.M. & without any coffee yet!
QUITE EASY, BUT ENJOYABLE. STEP UP THE PACE PLEASE.
I liked it ...so did IMURRAY! Hurray!
Sometimes IMURRAY surprises you.
I really enjoyed this one. And I got them all right!!
Very enjoyable. Even Imurray says so.
I really liked this one - the language puzzles are my favorites! Was stumped on a couple of them Better have a cup of coffee first next time! Thanks!
I loved it! Fun!
Grade school quality!!!
#1 had me stumped for a while but I finally figured it out!! Easy but enjoyable teaser!!
Nice teaser! Thanks!
Fun, yet easy! Just what I needed this morning!
Nice job Fishmed and Imurray. I'm so proud of both of you. Did enjoy this one, seems these are the easiest for me as I do so many word search puzzel I somehow had developed the knack of filling in letters, or maybe it's just because that is the way I type. Good job.
I really liked this one!
I liked this one, but then I like anything that makes me use my brain. Good job, and Keep them coming. Thanks!
The question is are Braingles designed to be difficult or to be enjoyably simple? My answer is that it can be any way you want. Whatever could be on your mind at the time. All those who stated that is was too easy, don't complain, this just means that you can get back to your real JOB sooner
Excellent - It got my mind going...
Got all but#1,and it had me stymied, but I liked it . These are my favorite type of puzzle - THX
liked it, thanks
An excellently entertaining teaser! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Keep up the terrific work!
I love it! I actually got this one ! Thank you fishmed! I really appreciate what you do.
Great teaser Fishmed I had to go back to the first one when I was done with the rest But then I saw it. Thanks! (wtg Imurray)
i thought it was good. i dint get all of them but i enjoyed the callenge! GOOD ONE!!
My brain spaced out for a couple but I liked trying this one. Fun!
goodness you guys are smart i didnt get any of them
Very enjoyable- this is going in my favorites. I looked at the puzzle this morning and didn't have a clue, but I got them all just now. I guess my brain functions better at night.
I was SO SURE that the last one was going to be liplizard. Didn't anyone else get that? Sheesh.
Okay, all unseriousness aside, I also didn't get #1 or #4. I'm just not one of those crossword-puzzlers. Oh well! Maybe the next one will float my boat! (I had a funny thought in my head about ANCHORman and SHIPshape, but couldn't figure out how to incorporate it into my comment except in this lame-o way, so please excuse me.)
Okay, all unseriousness aside, I also didn't get #1 or #4. I'm just not one of those crossword-puzzlers. Oh well! Maybe the next one will float my boat! (I had a funny thought in my head about ANCHORman and SHIPshape, but couldn't figure out how to incorporate it into my comment except in this lame-o way, so please excuse me.)
Very creative!
Thanks, fishmed! Language puzzles are generally my favorites. As it's one in the morning, I got enjoyment, insincere, and haphazard. I a more normal hour I should have gotten etiquette. The other 2 I would not have gotten, but I enjoyed it anyway.
i.e.AT a more normal hour (poor typing also explained by the time!! g'nite!!!)
i.e.AT a more normal hour (poor typing also explained by the time!! g'nite!!!)
Good one fishmed, it was fun
I liked it Fish! Easy, but fun!
Cool, I got all of them. I wasn't too sure on number four though - I didn't know whether shipshape could really be a word or not!
nicely done. got all but #1. was fun too.
The more you relax in your approach to this one, the easier it gets. I think that's because the mind, when reading words, doesn't note all the letters of a word, but looks at the whole configuration of the word. It is like the sample paragraphs of words that have the correct first and last letters, but mixed-up middle letters. Your mind skims over the errors and reads the paragraph with no problem.
Aren't our minds fascinating?
Aren't our minds fascinating?
quick and easy one! Thank you!
I see I'm not the only one who subscribes to Reader's Digest. It's copied word for word, IIRC.
What, no. 6 isn't liplizard? Awww...
NICE!
I love it! Great job!
Most of the answers came quickly, others not at all.
Not much of a challenge.
Some were easy; some were not - but fun - I like this type! Thanks!
How did I miss this one? Oh well it made it a new one for me. Thanks for the good challenge. Did not get them all because it is my bed time and the brain is fuzzy. That is my excuse and I am sticking with it.
Fun! got them all right. But then the mind started spinning....came up with lip lizard. I'll stop there, the rest go down hill after that.
I started off thinking that the two asterisks together were double letters, and that the same double letters were repeated within the word, so of course none of it made sense. Then I spied "enjoyment" and it all came clear! Nice teaser!
Glad you guys liked it. Thanks.
In 2007 and 2013 I had trouble. Tonight I didn't remember seeing this puzzle and got them all. I really like this type and am glad I stuck with it. Thanks for posting!
I got every one except 3.
Nice simple, fun, teaser, thanks fish!
Maybe you could include a sample next time?
Maybe you could include a sample next time?
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got this one very quickly.
Glad you liked it. I thought of adding a sample, but figured that would make the rest too easy.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got it very quickly again on my second try.
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