Braingle: 'What to Add?' Brain Teaser

What to Add?

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Puzzle ID:	#28528
Fun:	(2.94)
Difficulty:	(1.34)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	fishmed

The same five-letter word can be added to either the front or back, but not both, of the following words to create four new words. Can you determine what is the five-letter word's identity?

KEY
WALL
GEM
WASHED

Answer

The word you need is STONE.

KEYSTONE
STONEWALL
GEMSTONE
STONEWASHED
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Comments

sweetmama Feb 09, 2006	Yeah I got it and I am the first one to comment. Woo hoo its gonna be a good day.
luckythirteen Feb 09, 2006	good teaser, but i didn't get it. oops. o well. it was a great teaser!
teen_wiz Feb 13, 2006	Good one. EZ yet cute! Great job fishmed!
schatzy228 Feb 19, 2006	liked this, saw one like it somewhere,,, keyboard wallboard boardroom boardwalk
solarsistim321 Mar 04, 2006	stonekey? wallstone? stonegem? stonewashed?
fishmed Mar 04, 2006	They are not all added to the end...
frostydino Apr 21, 2006	i got it woohay!!! I was looking at key and was thinking like "hole" "door" but they were all 4 letters then i went to gem and got it from there
cloughme Nov 18, 2006	Pretty easy, but fun nonetheless Thanks!
Trishgal Nov 18, 2006	Had to look up wallstone . had never heard the word,but now I have learned increased my vocabulary.And i have enjoyed your teaser.
OldChinaHand Nov 18, 2006	Good One Fishmed. This could be an interesting word series. Fun to think out. Thanks.
Pizzazz2u Nov 18, 2006	Very interesting and good for waking up minds. The board can throw you into thinking other words. Fortunately, I did get it correct, today! Fascinating teaser! Keep up the series! Just don't repeat it after a month! Please?!?
saleprice Nov 18, 2006	Good Morn, I too thought of board as in keyboard etc but stone obviously makes sense, don`t people realise it`s `stonewall` NOT wallstone come on folks wakey, wakey. Good teaser, thankyou
katie4 Nov 18, 2006	how do u cjange names???
katie4 Nov 18, 2006	sorry ,I mean CHANGE names
feste Nov 18, 2006	I am thankful an easy one comes along now and then
jr_whiz Nov 18, 2006	Got this one... first I thought the answer was chain...but that only works for key. But after rereading it, i decided that stone would more than likely work. Thanks for the great teaser!
coachpisco Nov 18, 2006	I was thinking WHITE, but that didn't match with Key and Gem. Good one.
jabdr Nov 18, 2006	Thanks Fishmed...nice way to start Saturday.
craniac Nov 18, 2006	katie4, I'm not sure you can change names, but you can set up a new account under a new name. But I'm not a Braingle pro, so I may not know what I'm talking about. Did that help?
Punk_Rocker Nov 18, 2006	Yay I got it. =] Nice teaser.
(user deleted) Nov 18, 2006	I got it, which means it's easy
katie4 Nov 18, 2006	A little craniac but what about ur email adress I don't have another one!!!
Iamthedude54321 Nov 18, 2006	I didn't think this one was bad. I liked it. It wasn't totally hard, but still sort of hard (I didn't get it right)
krystalklearsky Nov 18, 2006	pretty cool teaser!
FatHead Nov 18, 2006	Whoa, I took a guess and got it right!
wordmama Nov 18, 2006	Loved the teaser, Fishmed--thanks a bunch! Got the answer about as fast as it took to read it, but loved it anyway! Hope Mr. Negativity a few lines up finds another site to harrass; it's a real bummer to read mean comments.
twixy Nov 18, 2006	easy and good.
kman613 Nov 18, 2006	very easy
RRAMMOHAN Nov 18, 2006	Nice, interesting and easy. Got it in a jiffy! Thanks!
blondebookworm Nov 18, 2006	Loved the teaser. It was kind of easy, but it's nice to have one of those every once in a while. great job! you should do more like it.
bigsis024 Nov 19, 2006	Good one! Easy, but fun! My bro tried to figure out, but he couldn't even get the concept of what you are supposed to do! Nice!
lmurray Nov 20, 2006	ELEMENTARY. FAR TOO EASY FOR MY TASTE. RAISE THE BAR AND GIVE IT ANOTHER GO.
vlerma Nov 22, 2006	Liked this one Fishmed. Got it fairly quick but still enjoyed it.
starsky13 Nov 26, 2006	TOO EASY TO FIGURE OUT; NEED TO ADD MORE CHALLENGE!
Qrystal Dec 04, 2006	Wow... I have to admit, I'm a little shaken because my first guess (after reading only "KEY" and not the other words that needed to be completed) was correct... maybe if that didn't happen, I wouldn't have found it so easy. Or maybe I still would've. Tough to judge. Anyways, it was a neat idea for a teaser, and definitely a welcome break from my day (I think too much as it is!)
Apo_Kid Apr 30, 2007	"Gem"stone gave it away.
leroyleroy Nov 18, 2009	VERY EASY FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROCStorm Nov 18, 2009	(thumbs up)
Scorefire Nov 18, 2009	I thought it was water
doehead Nov 18, 2009	2EZ
bradon182001 Nov 18, 2009	Really good teaser. Probably one of those that if you got it, you got it right away, otherwise you never would. I didn't get it. Loved it, Fish. Thanks for posting.
emu77alu02 Nov 18, 2009	glad to have an easy one on my first day back here for sometime now!
UptheHill Nov 18, 2009	NICE!!!!
auntiesis Nov 18, 2009	I had trouble with this one. I gave up too quickly.
patiencewithaP Nov 18, 2009	I got it right away! Fun! Good one!
murdockstudent1 Nov 18, 2009	that waz awesome!
Babe Nov 18, 2012	Got this one quite quickly. It was easy, but fun to do.
HABS2933 Nov 18, 2012	Not very challenging but an interesting concept. Will have to look for more o these on the site.
cutebug Nov 18, 2012	The answer was written in STONE.
thecatladycac Nov 21, 2012	I kept guessing as I skimmed down the words, but when I came to Gem, the answer came to me! - I like making jewelry with beads and gemstones, so that's what did it. Thanks for a fun teaser!