11 Body Parts
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There are 11 body parts that have only 3 letters (no slang allowed). What are they?
Answer
1. Arm
2. Leg
3. Ear
4. Eye
5. Lip
6. Gum
7. Rib
8. Jaw
9. Toe
10. Hip
11. Gut
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dsquared   
Sep 03, 2002
| Good one Michelle, I enjoyed sitting there working these out.  |
jpalmer
Sep 05, 2002
| Little too easy but it was fun for getting my brain warmed up =D |
bludreama
Sep 09, 2002
| um.. :sarcastically: "WOW"! |
(user deleted)
Oct 02, 2002
| Good one to share with the kids. |
(user deleted)
Oct 02, 2002
| Good one to share with the kids. |
ElectronJohn 
Oct 18, 2002
| I stopped after the first 5 because there are two of each of them. Two arms, two legs, etc. But I can not argue with the other five you found. Good one for kids as others have said. |
glyn1wood
Dec 31, 2002
| the rod/s in the retina of the eye is the 11th!! |
hcleong
Jan 17, 2003
| How about (body) fat? :-) |
stm8r1
Jan 17, 2003
| How about eye "LID" as another? |
(user deleted)
Jan 17, 2003
| one of mine was "gut" it's not slang. |
jonnyonline
Jan 17, 2003
| gut is slang
what about wax (earwax)
or nez (nose in french) |
Sir_Col
Jan 17, 2003
| Great puzzle Michelle! What's with these people belittling puzzles like this? When they say it would be good for kids, are they saying that they enjoy them? |
Sir_Col
Jan 17, 2003
| By the way, gut, is not slang. It is the collective name for the digestive tube (bowels), made up of the foregut, midgut and hindgut. It is slang when it is used in the context: "My gut feeling." Also you could use, tum, as it is a perfectly usable synomyn for stomach. |
bananee
Jan 17, 2003
| I've heard this one a few times, but never heard the answers. Thanks. |
moelizabeth
Apr 12, 2003
| Well, actually, ANY of them, an infinfite possibilty, because there are many parts and any of them can include 3 letters.. |
BrenBeadSP
Jan 19, 2004
| I enjoyed it and will share it, thanks. |
Nizzer
Jan 19, 2004
| Hard only got toe
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liltunalol
Jan 19, 2004
| wow~! i liked this one... it was fun to try, but i only got 5. very clever though!  |
tenzin_gyatsu
Jan 19, 2004
| I enjoyed this. I thought of: abs, (knee) cap, and [this is pushing it] (finger) tip.  |
fg_4ever
Jan 19, 2004
| lol it was sooooo funny!!!! I'll be anticipating for more teasers like this one. |
goldenguide
Jan 20, 2004
| What about 'Wow'? I have often heard people referring to the complete female body like that.
And what about 'LOL'? (People looking at me often use LOL to describe me) |
H2ohouse
Jan 20, 2004
| There are 11 the "lid" of the eye is missing from your list. |
airhead3
Mar 02, 2004
| Not to be too picky, but nearly ALL of our body parts HAVE three letters, but only a small number are spelled using ONLY three letters. (Sternocleidomastoid has three letters in it - and has 16 more  ) It was, however, a fun exercise - thanks!  |
cnmne
May 24, 2004
| I got 8 of 10 ... stumped by jaw and hip. |
(user deleted)
Apr 02, 2005
| bum |
flygirl4ever
May 18, 2005
| That was good. I had fun figuring them out, I only got 7. You got me with gum, rib, and jaw. 
Good job! |
drussel3
Jul 13, 2005
| I love it, now one of my favorites. |
Deina
Dec 04, 2005
| Great. Michelle!
I missed Rib & Jaw 
but I added "web" (fingers/toes), "Lid" (eye) and "sternocleidomastoid"
Lot's of fun! |
mosca
Dec 09, 2007
| Very good teaser! I only could think of 8 of them though!  |
Barticus
Dec 23, 2007
| Wax is not a body part, and lid, cap, and tip are not full names of body parts. "Abs" and "ass" are slang.
However, "bum" (meaning hindquarters) comes from Middle English and is not slang. The vagrant sense of "bum" comes from "bumler" meaning someone who sits on his bum. |
jmcmahon656
Mar 02, 2011
| maybe in England its not slang but in America its called your stomach. foregut hindgut? ive never heard anything like that. even my spellcheck says its wrong |
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