Behead S
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Mark left after healing -> Vehicle
2. To have hit -> Vehicle
3. Intelligent -> Individual store
4. Tiny -> Large retail complex
5. Take illegally -> Bluish green
6. Clean the floor -> Cry
7. Expressed in words -> Give assistance
8. Talk -> Highest level; summit
HintThe shorter words start with these letters:
1. C
2. T
3. M
4. M
5. T
6. W
7. A
8. P
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Answer
1. Scar -> Car
2. Struck -> Truck
3. Smart -> Mart
4. Small -> Mall
5. Steal -> Teal
6. Sweep -> Weep
7. Said -> Aid
8. Speak -> Peak
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Comments
KarateGirl098   
Mar 28, 2010
| Great teaser! I got all of them except for #7. |
mkinneym13  
Mar 31, 2010
| lots of fun. I got all but 5 and 7. I hope to see more like it. |
precious1026 
Apr 29, 2010
|  Finally, |
builder
Apr 29, 2010
| too easy |
craniac 
Apr 29, 2010
| Just right! Makes you work your brain a little, but easy enough to win them all, and all on just 2 cups of coffee. I like these behead and curtail word teasers. Thanks for making them. |
bradon182001
Apr 29, 2010
| Very hard for me this morning. |
doehead 
Apr 29, 2010
| Easy one to start my day.  |
sunnybonghits
Apr 29, 2010
| I do like these puzzles, but can we seriously turn it up a little? These are just too simple. |
patiencewithaP
Apr 29, 2010
| Took me a minute on #2...kept thinking "smack" and "Mack," like in the truck  Great teaser! |
auntiesis
Apr 29, 2010
| Only #2 gave me pause, the rest were very easy. Still fun, but not much challenge. |
Babe
Apr 29, 2013
| I did not even try. I am tired of these. Just my opinion, but after a while it is boring.  |
lukasiwicz
Apr 29, 2013
| I agree with those who find these "behead a word" teasers unchallenging, especially when the one letter to be removed is the same for all the words in the group. Let's have a mratorium on this type of puzzle, shall we? Unless of course the puzzles can be stiffened up a bit. |
HABS2933 
Apr 29, 2013
| I agree they are easy, but If you don't like the "Teaser of the Day" then just find another you do like. I just checked, there are 16061 teasers currently on this site. And there are most likely 100+ that are awaiting approval. Even if you remove 52 to account for curtail and behead puzzles for each letter of the alphabet that still leaves over 16,500+ puzzles to choose from (including 20+ pf each series in which the letter is not given).
I am sure out of these you can find one of two you like. If not, why not write a few yourself for the rest of us to enjoy? You will soon find out it is harder than you may think.
It is IMPOSSIBLE to write a teaser that appeals to everyone it is either "too easy", "too hard", "boring" or any other number of complaints.
This site is supposed to be fun. I am sure we can all find something on here we like.
*This comment is not directed at anyone in particular but as a generalization to many. |
thecatladycac
Apr 30, 2013
| Count me as one who enjoys this kind of puzzle. Even if it is easy, sometimes "easy" is what I need at the moment! I look forward to more like this! |
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