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Add it Up - PA
Beginning with the letters "pa", add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a six-letter word meaning "of few and scattered elements". Do not scramble the letters as you add them. There may be more than one path to reach the final word. The hint offers definitions for one path.
Pool: R S E S
1) PA
2)
3)
4)
5)
Pool: R S E S
1) PA
2)
3)
4)
5)
Hint
2) the standard score for each hole of a golf course3) to gesture without landing a blow to draw one's opponent
4) the knocking down of all ten pins with the first two balls in a frame in bowling
Answer
1) PA2) PAR
3) SPAR
4) SPARE
5) SPARSE
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Could also do
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Parses does not match the given definition for the teaser. Sparse-thinly dispersed or scattered.
If you don't look at the hint, (like I don't, if I can figure out the teaser without any extra help), then the answer is not exclusive.
It would have been better to include the hint as a part of the problem.
It would have been better to include the hint as a part of the problem.
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