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Odd Word Out
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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
Which of the following words does not belong in the list, and why?
Reappear
Caucasus
Inefficiencies
Signings
Arraigning
Horseshoer
Intestines
Appeases
Reappear
Caucasus
Inefficiencies
Signings
Arraigning
Horseshoer
Intestines
Appeases
Hint
Other words that would fit in the list are:Hotshots
Couscous
Beriberi
Answer
The odd word out is INEFFICIENCIESIn all the other words, each of the letters in the word appears twice.
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This was fun! At first I didn't get it until I REALLY looked at it. It was fun, and at first, confusing. Keep up the good work!
Thanks magicalmystical.
I thought the three words in the hint might make it a bit easier, but too obvious if I put them in the main teaser.
Thanks for the comment!
I thought the three words in the hint might make it a bit easier, but too obvious if I put them in the main teaser.
Thanks for the comment!
Excellant! I was looking for double letters, not repeated letters.
Loved this one! Keep it up
I got this one. I saw something similar to this somewhere.
Great teaser. Keep these coming
I thought i had it until i saw the hint. Fun teaser
Great teaser and I actually got it. Yippee
It too a while, but it was worth it. Good work.
It took a while, but it was worth it. Good work.
great teaser !!!!! i really liked it!
Very good. Interesting.
Nice one! Kicked my brain into gear this morning.
I first thought it was the first and last halves of the word had the same letters. Took a little while to figure out the real answer. Perfect, loved this one.
Very clever...nice job!
Cute and easy. Usually I am not good at these, but I got this one instantly. Thanks for the boost of esteem!!! I loved it!!
It took me a few minutes and after getting a headache I figured it out. Great teaser!
aw chupasuevos, yourjust mad that you probably didnt get it. but how are we to know, so theres no use in arguing. it was certainly more clever and thoughtfull than what you put down.
WHAT? i didnt get it...
its ok.... im sure it would be ok if i understood it. lol.
its ok.... im sure it would be ok if i understood it. lol.
aww, heck. I thought I got it, but it wasn't what you had, however, what I found is true of all the words except horseshoe, all the rest have two sets of the same three letters, some in the same order, others in different order. Its interesting, I guess because all the letters were dupes it also had this other property. But my answer WAS a little farfetched, I thought...
Off on a tangent again... Very, very good teaser, Thanks!
Off on a tangent again... Very, very good teaser, Thanks!
Trremendomonsst!
Aw forget that ... TREMENDOUS!!!
Aw forget that ... TREMENDOUS!!!
OR Caucasus because the others have suffixes or prefixes. I teach third grade, what can I say?
I teach 3rd grade also and had picked the same word for the same reason until I saw the hint. Then I was lost. I liked it, though!
this one was fun! and after a few i figured it out..great teaser
That was fun! Thanks! It's going in my favorites!
Wow!! This one was a tough one. I liked it. I didn't get it though. Oh well. I'll have to try harder and look a little more closely next time. Great job!!
I liked it -- as I do so often. But I only liked it after I saw the answer.
Very good. I like that one
Cute!! I actually got it right. Yeah!!
Wow. I had no idea. Good workout for my brain, tho as I was trying to analyse each word for meaning.Good teaser.
After I quit thinking about word meaning,I figured it out.Greatway to wake my brain up!!
Great Teaser! Keep up the good work!
you know , i didnt look at the hint so i really thought it would be signings- since it is the only word in the list with 2 syllables
I got this one, and I really liked it
I saw the pattern right away, but it was interesting to see how many words could be written with pairs of letters.
Did not get this one at all. Each time I went over the list I picked out a different one to eliminate. Sad how poorly my brain works. But I'm like a dog with a bone, I never give up. Thanks for the brain workout.
I got it right! It took me a while , but I noticed the pairs after a bit . Please send more of these , it was a good start to my morning.THX.
Without looking at the hint I went with Arraigning cuz it was the only one that didn't end in a the letters s or r. That seemed to easy, now I know why.
Brilliant! Especially since mNy of the words end in S! If you don't get how simple it is by seeing the Pattern right away it could be confusing since thas are nice long intelligent words! Great teaser!
Yay me I "got"it!
Yay me I "got"it!
I like this kind of puzzle.
Words that have interesting properties are interesting
Words that have interesting properties are interesting
The occassional guess works out well I'd say!
An absolutely *Totally Awesome teaser. Even after seeing what was involved, I enjoyed it even more. The clue would have easily given away the answer. It could be that some of us, are geared toward loooking for certain tricks, that we get the answer, too quickly! I would still enjoy it, anyway! Keep bringing these type of teasers, on out! Fantastic work!
good one!
i was tihinking of PARTS of words repeated, not letters
good teaser!
good teaser!
simple but fun. i was actually lookin for the word with a letter appearing once.
nice one
nice one
I also thought that it was parts of the word repeated. That was a great teaser! I loved it!
Now that was an excellent job. I enjoyed it very much. More please?
I got it almost on sight. Well, I got that the letters were duplicated but I had to look at each word to be sure and that is when I saw that inefficiencies had four i's. Like me, four-eyes.
Are we going to get a new teaser for the day? I don't have enough points to submit one, or I would??
I didn't take the time to figure it out, but when I saw the answer, I liked it. Good job.
I almost gave up, but the repeating letters kept calling me back.... and I did eventually get it. Yay me!
I didn't really help me that I had no idea what the words were or how to pronounce them. I considered this as a really boring teaser.
I thought it was pretty good
I got it after looking at the words for a little bit.
I got it after looking at the words for a little bit.
I thought it was pretty good
I got it after looking at the words for a little bit.
I got it after looking at the words for a little bit.
cute. i got it fast!
Very nice teaser, although pretty easy. A few less words in the group would have made it harder.
I got the correct answer by counting syllables.
Trickier than I first thought.
I saw all the repeating letters, but got sidetracked when I saw that there were 3 other solutions.
Caucasian - no pre-/suffix
Horseshoer - only one defining a job
(forgot word)ing - only word to end in ing
Oh well. Maybe next time.
I saw all the repeating letters, but got sidetracked when I saw that there were 3 other solutions.
Caucasian - no pre-/suffix
Horseshoer - only one defining a job
(forgot word)ing - only word to end in ing
Oh well. Maybe next time.
I must need more coffee! Inefficiencies stood out but I wasn't sure why! Fun!
A tad on the easy side, but I liked it a lot!! Thanks for this one
NICE!
Too many possiblities. Had to use the hint to find the author's intent.
Syllables is also another reason.
I think I used to be able to see patterns more clearly Teaser was challenging for me!
Meh.
Did not get it again.
I actually got it! These aren't my best type of teasers, but thanks for making my day. I got it with the hint.
I am with Habs!!! I don't even try these.
Glad there are some who are challenged and like them.
Glad there are some who are challenged and like them.
simple, fun!!
Signings is also an odd one out, all the others have more than 1 repeated vowel; 2 many possibilities 4 me I'm afraid!
The answer given needs to be more definitive.
The answer given needs to be more definitive.
That was easy but it was fun.
Fun and entertaining teaser; I got it with the hint.
Poorly designed Teaser, in that there is more than one reasonable solution. The word "Caucasus" could also qualify as being the odd one out, since it is the only word in the list that does not have at least one instance of consecutive consonants.
But the words in the hint have something else in common: They are the same string of letters, doubled.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. No hint needed this time - I got it very quickly.
Good one. Must've taken quite a while figuring out words for it.
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