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What special characteristic do the following words have in common?
anyone
before
envy
foresee
seedy
teepee
tutu
anyone
before
envy
foresee
seedy
teepee
tutu
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Their pronunciations consist exclusively of the sounds of the letters ("a" through "z") and/or the digits (0 through 9), as follows:anyone - ne1
before - b4
envy - nv
foresee - 4c
seedy - cd
teepee - tp
tutu - 22
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Very clever, & not too difficult, thanks!
OK, pretty good. I was on the right track with sounds of letters and numbers, but didn't quite finish the thought.
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