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In the following five sentences, six consecutive letters and an unknown number of spaces have been replaced with an asterisk. The six letters will make up a common word. For example, given "A special West Point insignia is placed on the front o*t's uniform," the solution would be "FACADE" (...oF A CADEt's...). Can you guess the five words?
1. Though I found the corned beef ha*ible, I polished off a whole plate of meatloaf.
2. A skilled grade school teacher will convert a b*ood time.
3. A lovely ja*n carpet with complimentary turquoise trim ran the extent of the hallway.
4. At the beginning of the camping trip, the sc*ched their initials into a large boulder.
5. The winegrower thought the area near the gorge would be the perfect spot fo*yard.
1. Though I found the corned beef ha*ible, I polished off a whole plate of meatloaf.
2. A skilled grade school teacher will convert a b*ood time.
3. A lovely ja*n carpet with complimentary turquoise trim ran the extent of the hallway.
4. At the beginning of the camping trip, the sc*ched their initials into a large boulder.
5. The winegrower thought the area near the gorge would be the perfect spot fo*yard.
Answer
1. SHINED (haSH INEDible)2. RATING (bRAT IN Good)
3. DEGREE (jaDE GREEn)
4. OUTSET (scOUTS ETched)
5. RAVINE (foR A VINEyard)
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Always love your work Bob. Yet another great language puzzle.
that was really hard. where do you cxome up with these things?
i'm sorry but I didnt really like this one. It's very confusing and very hard.
I got 3 and 5 right, though I was reading it rather quickly. Good teaser.
This was a fun teaser. I found a possible alternative answer to #2. It could be ADDING (convert a bAD D IN Good time)
Great work! Took me 15 mins to get all of them!
I'm not fond of this one. How are we supposed to know what j*n is?
Got 4 & 5 easily, the others were too hard for me
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