Near Lame Arms
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.
What is strange about the words in the group below, apart from the fact that they are all four letters long?
NEAR
LAME
ARMS
CAME
DEAL
GAIN
WINE
SCAR
HIND
HintBreak them down into groups of two letters.
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Answer
The words are made up entirely of abbreviations for states in the United States of America.
NE AR
LA ME
AR MS
CA ME
DE AL
GA IN
WI NE
SC AR
HI ND
AL = Alabama
AR = Arkansas
CA = California
DE = Delaware
GA = Georgia
HI = Hawaii
IN = Indiana
LA = Louisiana
ME = Maine
MS = Mississippi
ND = North Dakota
NE = Nebraska
SC = South Carolina
WI = Wisconsin
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Comments
phrebh   
Jan 25, 2007
| Good one! |
Blondie116
Jan 25, 2007
| loved it! very clever  |
Sand-Storm
Jan 25, 2007
| Great job. Didn't get correct but very well done. |
scallio
Jan 25, 2007
| Very tough! I hate using the hints, but in this case, I couldn't even solve it with the hint!
You got me good! |
calmsavior
Jan 25, 2007
| easy for me |
GebbieRose
Jan 26, 2007
| Very nicely done!  |
ViaTunisi
Jan 28, 2007
| wow- i never would have gotten that one. nicely done |
coolcow35
Feb 06, 2007
| Clever... |
builder
Jun 03, 2011
| Easy with the hint, no idea without it. : ) |
doehead 
Jun 03, 2011
| Great teaser. Needed the hint to put on the right path.  |
doehead
Jun 03, 2011
| OOPS!!! to put me on the right path.  |
gaylewolf
Jun 03, 2011
| Nice one! Very well done!
I didn't read the hint and I should have  that's my kind of puzzle!  |
karenokupniak
Jun 03, 2011
| I would never in a million years have gotten that. Great teaser. |
auntiesis
Jun 03, 2011
| Great teaser, but I didn't get it even with the hint.  |
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