Consecutive Double Letters 2
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Feed, good, and kiss are 3 examples of words with double letters. Use the clues and fill in the blanks to find words with consecutive double letters. Remember, these words have 2 sets of double letters in a row!
1. A woodwind instrument that dates back to the mid 16th century.
B _ _ _ _ _ N
2. A sweet treat that is sometimes made with nuts or raisins.
T _ _ _ _ E
3. A term that can be used to describe boats and ships.
K _ _ _ _ _ _ S
4. A character in a courtroom.
A _ _ _ _ _ _ E
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5. A Belgian language.
W _ _ _ _ _ N
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6. This word has 3 consecutive double letters!
B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R
Hint1. B A _ _ _ _ N
2. T O _ _ _ E
3. K _ _ _ _ _ S S
4. A P _ _ _ _ _ E
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5. W A _ _ _ _ N
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6. B O _ _ _ _ _ _ E R
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Answer
1. Bassoon
Clue: A woodwind instrument that dates back to the mid 16th century.
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument that finds its origins in the dulcian, a Renaissance era woodwind instrument. The bassoon is commonly used to play bass and tenor-range music. Composers often write music for the bassoon. Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven all wrote pieces that feature the bassoon prominently.
2. Toffee
Clue: A sweet treat that is sometimes made with nuts or raisins.
Toffee is a candy that is made by boiling molasses with butter. Common toffee flavors are rum & butter, chocolate, vanilla, chocolate, rum & raisin, and honeycomb.
3. Keelless
Clue: A term that can be used to describe boats and ships.
A keel is a structural element of a ship that is called the "spine of the ship." It is a long beam in the center of the ship that the hull is built around. Keel is an interesting word because some scholars believe it to be the first English language word ever recorded in writing.
4. Appellee
Clue: A character in a courtroom.
An appeal, in law jargon, is the request to change a ruling made by one court. Often appeals are filed in higher courts that have the ability to reverse rulings made by lower courts. The party that files the appeal is appellant. The appellant wants the first ruling changed. The other party is the appellee. The appellee won the case in the lower court and wants the ruling to stay unchanged.
5. Walloon
Clue: A Belgian language.
Walloon is a Romance language heard in Wallonia, Belgium. It sounds most like the French language. However, it is not a French dialect. People who speak the Walloon language are called Walloons.
6. Bookkeeper
Clue: This word has 3 consecutive double letters!
This is a fun word that can be used to stump your friends. It is one of only a few words in the English language that has 3 consecutive double letters. If you consider hyphenated words, sweet-toothed also has 3 consecutive double letters.
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Comments
acornalice   
Nov 22, 2009
| I LOVED THIS TEASER!
Hee hee |
acornalice
Nov 22, 2009
| I loved thie teasrer, so much fun
Hee hee  |
crazy10man   
Dec 21, 2009
| Wow. That was very well done. I especially liked the thoroughness of your answers.
(insert applause here) |
quesadillaman12
Dec 21, 2009
| Wait... aPPaLLEE has 3 double letters. |
emu77alu02
Dec 21, 2009
| Good one!  |
Sartre
Dec 21, 2009
| Clever. I got them all but #4. I've never heard of an apeallee before. |
Sartre
Dec 21, 2009
| err, appellee |
auntiesis 
Dec 21, 2009
| I knew a few, missed a few. Very good teaser.  |
martinb216
Dec 21, 2009
| very enjoyable teaser |
patiencewithaP
Dec 21, 2009
| Fun! Very well written! |
UptheHill
Dec 21, 2009
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bradon182001
Dec 25, 2009
| Excellent. Thanks for posting. |
Babe
Dec 21, 2012
| I never heard of 3 or 4, but got the rerst! It was okay!  |
chessgenius
Dec 21, 2012
| thanks for the teaser buddy.loved it..... |
gaylewolf
Dec 21, 2012
| Great teaser - difficult for me but fun! Thanks for posting!   |
jaycr
Dec 21, 2012
| The last teaser of the day ever.  |
Maggiethe8th
Dec 21, 2012
| fun and interesting! thanks for the effort you took to make it seem less difficult but more challenging |
Bugger
Dec 21, 2012
| Another solution for the triple is Ballooneer, one who flies hot air balloons. |
iggy39
Dec 21, 2012
| Great going to those who caught the appellee (sp) thought it was hard I'm
not good at these but I did get some of them. Last teaser ever haha Merry Christmas everyone. as santa would do. |
Quocalimar
Jan 04, 2013
| Wow, absolutely excelent. i love that i learned a good bit from this one too. |
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