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Compound Word Closers 11
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For each of the following, find a word that may be appended to each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words.
For example, given: "friend, owner, dealer", you would need to find the word "ship", which, when appended to these words, results in the three new valid words: "friendship", "ownership", and "dealership" respectively.
1. chatter, gear, pill
2. head, air, back
3. paint, air, nail
4. nut, bomb, tortoise
For example, given: "friend, owner, dealer", you would need to find the word "ship", which, when appended to these words, results in the three new valid words: "friendship", "ownership", and "dealership" respectively.
1. chatter, gear, pill
2. head, air, back
3. paint, air, nail
4. nut, bomb, tortoise
Answer
1. box - chatterbox, gearbox, pillbox2. space - headspace, airspace, backspace
3. brush - paintbrush, airbrush, nailbrush
4. shell - nutshell, bombshell, tortoiseshell
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