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BB02 GROUPIE CHALLENGE #01
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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
If one were seeking three-word common phrases (such as "live and learn") where there are two "front-back" words (such as "live", "learn") and one "mid" word (such as "and"), what would be truly rare about what is shared by the following group of words?
all, back, day, neck, time
all, back, day, neck, time
Hint
Think of "mid" (connective) words such as "and", "if", "or", etc.Answer
All the words in the group can form three-word common phrases by repeating the same word as the "front" word AND the "back" word.all in all
back to back
day by day
neck and neck
time after time
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This one was fun for me to do and I hope it will be easy and fun for you to solve.
But it's not the REAL challenge.
That's to come up with MORE three-word common phrases that fit the same genre, such as;
arm in arm
(there are - at least - more than 30 or so additional ones).
If you can come up with more (one at-a-time, please) then send them to me in a PM (personal message) and I will post them here. Let me know in the message if you wish to be credited.
All who do so will also receive a SPECIAL award.
Thanks ... and good luck !!
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But it's not the REAL challenge.
That's to come up with MORE three-word common phrases that fit the same genre, such as;
arm in arm
(there are - at least - more than 30 or so additional ones).
If you can come up with more (one at-a-time, please) then send them to me in a PM (personal message) and I will post them here. Let me know in the message if you wish to be credited.
All who do so will also receive a SPECIAL award.
Thanks ... and good luck !!
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That "PM" should be "Private Message"
... not "Personal Message".
Get it by clicking on "Community" (atop your screen) and then on "Private Messages" beneath that.
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... not "Personal Message".
Get it by clicking on "Community" (atop your screen) and then on "Private Messages" beneath that.
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I thought of day to day as well. Clever!
Clever...
Thsnks, MT10 ......
I, too, thought it was 'clever' .... even though it was not original. It was one that Dad (the original 'BadBunnee') left us as his legacy ..... (in his database).
He would have enjoyed it too,
Alas ... nobody (much) took up on it. Nobody wanted to play.
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I, too, thought it was 'clever' .... even though it was not original. It was one that Dad (the original 'BadBunnee') left us as his legacy ..... (in his database).
He would have enjoyed it too,
Alas ... nobody (much) took up on it. Nobody wanted to play.
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