An "A" Pyramid . . .
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
See if you can figure out the words in this "pyramid" using the hints given below. Each new word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus a new letter.
1) First letter of the English alphabet
2) Present; attending
3) Loves picnics
4) A small biter
5) Pro ballplayers have one
6) An attracting object
7) An article of clothing
8) A heated debate
Answer
1) A
2) At
3) Ant
4) Gnat
5) Agent
6) Magnet
7) Garment
8) Argument
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Comments
kratsg  
Feb 03, 2008
| I got up to Magnet, but then failed xD Pretty cool ;-o |
King_of_Smart
Feb 11, 2008
| That's fun. This is probably on of the best brainteaser series on braingle, so keep on making them! |
snowmonster
Feb 12, 2008
| Thank you - that is very nice of you to say.  |
moriarty94  
Mar 04, 2008
| A very enjoyable teaser. Got stuck at agent but then was able to work backwards to finish. Added to my favorites. |
bradon182001
Mar 04, 2008
| So far I'm the only one who was totally lost after I got to present,attending. Obviously not one of my favorite kind of teasers. Thanks for posting anyways.  |
doehead 
Mar 04, 2008
| Took me a few minutes to figure out what I was doing,but was fairly easy once I got started. Good teaser  |
squirt41
Mar 04, 2008
| i really liked this one!! very cool please do more of these!  |
builder
Mar 04, 2008
| these always take some time and thinking plus usually some paper. good teaser and at least none of the words were obscure, that helped a lot! |
kwelchans
Mar 04, 2008
| Got all of them except "garment." I knew the last one was "argument," but I couldn't fill in the gap. All I could come up with was "augment," which didn't fit the clue.  |
hradilv
Mar 04, 2008
| Very good! Thanks. |
GrandmaB
Mar 04, 2008
| Very clever puzzle. Lots of work to put it together, I'll bet. Thanks.
I worked it backwards from the definitions of magnet and argument..... Stumbled on agent and garment. At first, I assumed incorrectly that the letters stayed in their original orders. |
auntiesis
Mar 04, 2008
| Very nice puzzle, Snow. I was able to get all of them without resorting to paper & pencil. Very nice, would like to see more of this type. Keep up the good work. |
1hotmom
Mar 04, 2008
| That was lots of fun. Had to go back and fill in a coulple o' blanks. Felt I had conquered the world once I got "agent" (my last piece to the puzzle)!!! |
carolyns
Mar 04, 2008
| I liked that. I got all of them but agent. Nice job! |
koolstarkid101 
Mar 04, 2008
| Loved it! It took me a little time, but it was fun and enjoyable. Great job! |
pansy
Mar 04, 2008
| Fun! |
zaya
Mar 04, 2008
| That was fun, nice one |
SweetPotato
Mar 04, 2008
| Fun one, Snow. I managed to do them all in my head so had to rate it easy. However it was one of those right on the edge ... I almost gave in and grabbed a pencil, but held out ... it was perfect. Thanks for posting. |
snowmonster
Mar 04, 2008
| So glad all or most are enjoying this teaser - I like making this kind - it's FUN and CHALLENGING to make, as well as do!  |
masquerademe235
Mar 04, 2008
| I love these teasers! They're really fun. |
gaylewolf
Mar 04, 2008
| I loved that one - fun and challenging. I got all but garment, was looking for a particular item 
Would love to see more teasers like this one - thanks |
Shadower
Mar 04, 2008
| did anyone notice that from number 4 to 5 the "a" in Gnat becomes an "e" in Agent
I thought each time a letter was added not changed |
snowmonster
Mar 04, 2008
| In Agent, the e was the new letter - so yes, there is a NEW letter added to each new word . . . if you take the e out of Agent, you can make the word gnat out of the letters that are left, right? |
smartymarty
Mar 04, 2008
| Great teaser Keep making them Thanks |
mondayschild59
Mar 04, 2008
| That was fun. I got down to gnat and lost my concentration. Brain fart. Thanks for posting it was a great teaser. Just a confused mind trying to solve it.
Monday~ |
jabdr
Mar 04, 2008
| Well, it was obviously a good one (from comments)  I pride myself as a word person and got nowhere  My bad, Snow - and your good! |
composer
Mar 04, 2008
| Nice work! |
avonma
Mar 04, 2008
| Good one! I missed "agent," as I kept looking for sports equipment. It was fun though.
I work these by taking the email with the puzzle, clicking on reply, and then beside each clue, I start working on the answer. You don't have to worry about erasing, just backspace and start over. It is a lot easier than using pencil and paper. |
avonma
Mar 04, 2008
| Just a note: you don't ever SEND the email... |
dogg6pound9
Mar 04, 2008
| LOL avonma!!! threw in the quick clarification there!!! ... so, an all-around excellent teaser snow!!!... i got the first 3, then got the last 3 and just took me a few minutes to fill in the middle (just like 1hotmom)... that agent part really tripped up most of us ... definitely one of my favs, and please create more just like this |
snowmonster
Mar 05, 2008
| Thanks for all the nice comments - it was nice to have this teaser as the Teaser of the Day! |
tonjawithaj
Apr 15, 2009
| Good one! Although I got lost at the pro ballplayer. LOL |
Awkward
Apr 15, 2009
| Ugh, I got up to gnat and couldn't move on to agent, so then I started at the end and got down to garment but couldn't get magnet...I lose
Great teaser though! |
Spidey
Mar 04, 2011
| I got them. I was stuck on number 7 so I got clues from number 8. Really fun. Good job. |
gaylewolf
Mar 04, 2011
| Nice puzzle, Snow - and you got some nice comments too!
I love this type of puzzle and hope to see more! Thanks! |
builder
Mar 04, 2011
| hey Snow, was it three times as nice today? Didn't even need paper this time. |
patiencewithaP
Mar 04, 2011
| Good one! I got hung up on agent, but somehow got the words after that Fun start to the morning! |
chocoholic99
Mar 05, 2011
| I didn't get it, so I only got up 2 ant! Still, good fun. |
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