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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.Group
In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other.
The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck!
COLUMN A
1. Rite
2. Oven
3. Hole
4. Ring
5. Itch
COLUMN B
1. Race
2. Boil
3. Held
4. Item
5. Rope
The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck!
COLUMN A
1. Rite
2. Oven
3. Hole
4. Ring
5. Itch
COLUMN B
1. Race
2. Boil
3. Held
4. Item
5. Rope
Answer
All the words in COLUMN A can form a new word when preceded by the letter 'W'.1. Write
2. Woven
3. Whole
4. Wring
5. Witch
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Yay, first comment! Is that a good thing? Oh well, good one! Challenging, I like it!
Thanks for that.
That was really good! But I found it hard. This helps my English
I didn't make it
*sigh*
Great teaser. Keep up the good work
I don't understand column B.
Tough Teaser
Tough Teaser
Column A was easy,but column B was unnessary and confusing.
I'm not sure I understand why Column B was even there. It confused me and there's not even an explanation in the answer for why B is there. I'd get rid of it.
the explanation for column b is in the question so it doesn't need to be in the answer.
nice teaser!
nice teaser!
It would have been impossible had there not been a Column B. When figuring out what something is, it is important to know what it is not.
Huh? I didn't even understand the instructions, so I couldn't even try the puzzle.
Ditto Auntiesis. I had no clue even how to start to try and figure this one out. Jazz, how do you think of these things? Good job, you sure got me thinking even though I wasn't successful.
I pretty easily figured out column A, but the whole column B thing threw me. Maybe, instead of a column B, a list of hints of things it is NOT (like less than 12 letters) would be a better alternative.
Fun puzzle, though!
Fun puzzle, though!
Yeah, that Column B thing threw me, too, at first. But what did it for me was item A1. "I normally see 'rite' with a W in front of it," I thought.
i too felt column b was unnecessary. i got the teaser right away.
maybe you could say what column B is for: The answer for A does not work with B. i didn't know that until i read the comments.
I'm with Auntiesis & Bradon.
Didn't get it or the column B part.
This one was too difficult for me
Bravo to Everyone who got it
Thanks
Didn't get it or the column B part.
This one was too difficult for me
Bravo to Everyone who got it
Thanks
I didn't get it, but I think I could have if column B had not been there at all. How can the words in column B help me check my theory of adding "W" to the words in column A? Are the words in column B just random words, Jazzmusician? Samantha, how can you say it would have been "impossible" had there not been a column B. Lots of people solved the teaser, but did not understand column B. I just don't get it
A nice mix of comments
It's also good to see some people can understand why I place 'B' there. Sorry to those who don't understand. I can't really help those people since I thought the instructions were pretty clear as to why I placed 'B' there. Oh well, one cannot please everyone all of the time.
Thanks for trying it at least.
It's also good to see some people can understand why I place 'B' there. Sorry to those who don't understand. I can't really help those people since I thought the instructions were pretty clear as to why I placed 'B' there. Oh well, one cannot please everyone all of the time.
Thanks for trying it at least.
the question is not that hard i answered it easily
I have to say I totally agree with the people who didn't get the purpose of column B. The 'explanation' in the question is not clear, and after looking at the answer I still can't see how it would be helpful at all.
jazzmusician, it would have been helpful if your comment earlier could have given us more explanation instead of just saying you think it's clear.
jazzmusician, it would have been helpful if your comment earlier could have given us more explanation instead of just saying you think it's clear.
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