Braingle: 'Word + 1 Letter' Brain Teaser

Word + 1 Letter

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Puzzle ID:	#6411
Fun:	(3.1)
Difficulty:	(2.83)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	nat_ekim
Corrected By:	SEPTILLIONGOLDS

What is the word that has 1 syllable, but when you add 1 letter to the end, it becomes 3 syllables?

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klopper Aug 15, 2002	very good
zangel3000 Aug 17, 2002	Seen it b4
MJs_Kitten Aug 25, 2002	ooooh i really like that one!
FatBastid Sep 12, 2008	Add an O to CAME, it becomes CAMEO
bradon182001 Sep 12, 2008	Clever. I couldn't come up with the answer. Thanks for posting.
zxyggrhyn Sep 12, 2008	Nice, nice, nice. Never thought of that. 'Cameo' is also a good answer. I wonder if there are other words.
rwhitmer Sep 12, 2008	I thought this was one of those "trick" questions - so I was thinking "box" is a one syllable word and when you add a "letter" to it (as in a postal letter) it becomes a "mailbox" 3 syllables. But very good teaser -thanks for posting
mrschmooshies Sep 12, 2008	I was thinking this was a trick like rwhitmer. Having not looked at the hint, I came up with "news". News + Letter (1 "letter") = Newsletter! In other news (ha!), the word "letter" no longer looks like a word.
tommysmo Sep 12, 2008	this was a good one! i'm too tired to think about it though.
doehead Sep 12, 2008	Like hunting a needle in a haystack.I couldn't even find the haystack.
tobyclark Sep 12, 2008	how many possible answers are there to this..i got hell, ad an "o" becomes hello
bestgirl Sep 12, 2008	I can't believe I got this! Knew it had to have a lot of vowels so started with are and area popped up!
wordmama Sep 12, 2008	Are--area and came--cameo are both great answers!! Will someone explain how mailbox and hello are 3-syllable words????
tonjawithaj Sep 12, 2008	Have to agree with wordmama! please explain!
auntiesis Sep 12, 2008	Too hard for me, but I had fun trying to come up with an answer. Area and cameo are both great answers. Thanks for a great teaser.
tommysmo Sep 12, 2008	ore + o = oreo yummy!
FatHead Sep 12, 2008	Awesome!
kp52 Sep 12, 2008	There are other words to that this teaser could apply to. Anyway, great teaser.
brucemcdon Sep 12, 2008	Yeh, like Rome, Romeo. Mime, mimeo. Jude, Judea. Rode, rodeo. Jug, juggler. No, umm, wait...
abrain Sep 13, 2008	Good teaser. I'll look for more words too!
beyonce123 Jun 09, 2010	are-area rode-rodeo came-cameo ide-idea Still like it a lot, though
beyonce123 Jun 09, 2010	AND ore- oreo
beyonce123 Jun 09, 2010	AND ore- oreo
HABS2933 Sep 12, 2011	though it has obviously been demonstrated that there are a lot of possible answers to this, it was a nice try. I came up with several of the alternative solutions but not the one give. Really liked the people who thought outside the box and came up with "trick" answers too.
doehead Sep 12, 2011	AROB and that's a lot of syllables. A to GiMi & SiCt.
teri12265 Sep 12, 2011	I was focused on the '3', so I got tripe and triple. Okay, so the l isn't on the exact end, but it was close. At least I finally figured out what AROB means. Thanks doehead, your acronym kept me thinking much longer than some of these riddles.
gaylewolf Sep 12, 2011	Good teaser. Loved that there were so many bright commenters who had numerous OTHER answers. I fumbled with finding a letter at the "END" of the word. Now I realize that the end can also be the beginning! Warm thoughts and thank yous to Sis and KiPA!
wordmama Sep 12, 2011	teri, I'm jealous! You've figured out AROB. I've asked several times, so I surmise the answer is something that can't be printed on a family site. I wouldn't terribly care, except d keeps using it, so that makes it annoying not to know!
auntiesis Sep 12, 2011	Wordmama, AROB is not too raunchy to be printed on a family site, it is just shorthand for ........ you can figure it out. Hi to G and d. Teaser was tough, but in my old age I have come to realize that I'm a moron.
mepapa Sep 12, 2011	Another preview on braingle ... go figure