Braingle: 'A Mystery Word' Brain Teaser

A Mystery Word

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

Puzzle ID:	#793
Fun:	(2.57)
Difficulty:	(1.45)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	Phyllis
Corrected By:	npf2005

There is a word in the English language that describes a person or thing as being in no place at all--not here, not there, not anywhere. But, if you add a space between two of the letters in the word the person or thing is now here. Can you figure out what the word is?

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Comments

Rowsdower Dec 24, 2003	I love these fun-fact type teasers. Fun stuff!
humancalclator9 May 21, 2005	i loved the now here part in the body, even though i didn't understand it at the time...great job
Cheerleader_09 Jun 15, 2005	You totally gave away the answer!!!!!
jntrcs Apr 21, 2006	Haha i got it! i loved it.
FatHead Sep 07, 2007	Weh. Too wheezy.