Braingle: 'Country Scramble 2' Brain Teaser

Country Scramble 2

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Puzzle ID:	#31451
Fun:	(3.04)
Difficulty:	(1.94)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	chidam11
Corrected By:	MarcM1098

Unscramble these four word jumbles and use the instructions given below them to form the name of a country which is a jumble of those letters.

1. KERWC. Take the 1st and 2nd letter.
2. LZEA. Take the 1st, 2nd and the 4th letter.
3. KURNT. Take the 1st and the 4th letter.
4. IASB. Take the 2nd and 3rd letter.
5. SUKD. Take the 1st and 3rd letter.

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Answer

1. Wreck.
2. Zeal.
3. Trunk.
4. Bias.
5. Dusk.

The letters taken from the above words using the instructions form WRZELTNAIDS.

Switzerland is the country which can be formed from the jumble.

For much of the 20th century, Switzerland was the wealthiest country in Europe by a considerable margin.
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Comments

GebbieRose Jun 30, 2006	These are always fun! Not too easy, not to hard.
skittledewzoo Jul 05, 2006	I love it!! Though, even with all the right letters, and pretty much knowing the answer, I still couldn't figure out the right way to spell switserland.....um..... ......
kittyloverhan22 Jul 10, 2006	kinda hard
scallio Sep 25, 2006	Isn't LAZE a word? It's hard to figure this out when you can't even get the original unscrambling right! I'll own the next one!
marschie Sep 25, 2006	I got the five words ...then got stuck wondering how to spell New Zealand. Couldn't come up with Switzerland even after I read the hint!
utnative Sep 25, 2006	i got all the clues but didn't get the country. i was feeling really smart and the really stupid this was lots and fun terriffic teaser. hope i spelled that right
starnz Sep 25, 2006	Great puzzle! Yes, LAZE is a word, but having a choice of two words in that one spot made the puzzle more interesting!! I worked around it and found that ZEAL was the word needed. Fun!
bluehawk Sep 25, 2006	Rats got all but Bias. I did figure out "switzerland" that was a snowboarder.
thatmoodieguy Sep 25, 2006	Good teaser, though I got switzerland after just unscrambling the first two and looking at "wrzel"
coachpisco Sep 25, 2006	Didn't get this one. I'm really bad with scrambled words.
bradon182001 Sep 25, 2006	I didn't get this one, but I came close. I was also trying to get New Zealand, but couldn't fit the t in there. Fun teaser. Next time.....
schmedley9 Sep 25, 2006	YOu know what, I really like that one. It had a lot of flavor and pizaz!!! Oh yeah!!!
jabdr Sep 25, 2006	Chidam 1 - jabdr 0. I let laze screw me up . Fun though.
OldChinaHand Sep 25, 2006	Good teaser, had my mind ticking like a Swiss watch, just glad it wasn't Germany. Switzerland was the wealthiest country in Europe and still one of the costliest. Good chocolate ain't cheap.
nsamitgirls Sep 25, 2006	its boring and they didnt explain the directions right Its not nearly as fun i say below boring
feste Sep 25, 2006	Once I realized that the country would require a W & a Z, my gray matter got a workout.
Pizzazz2u Sep 25, 2006	Very outstanding teaser! I had to use the hint, and the answer fell right into place. Relaxing enough to be fun! Keep up the dynamic work.
Trishgal Sep 25, 2006	I enjoyed it and I got it solved That added too my enjoyment, but the teaser was a brain workout -not too hard though especially since I just got up.!!! Thx
udoboy Sep 25, 2006	I guess "azle" isn't a word after all. But it is a city in Texas. And I still got it right.
thimblenoggin Sep 25, 2006	I, too, got lost in New Zealand for a minute. Nice.
heyman Sep 25, 2006	unscrambling the listed words was easy. Coming up with the country was a little harder as I had fixated on New Zealand, but there was a 'T" in the name. Finally, I figured it out.
rhmaustin Sep 25, 2006	I disagree about the second word which could be unscrambled as laze or zeal. I think you should only be able to unscramble a word in one way. What if every word could be unscframbled in more than one way, and how would you know this was the case or not? You'd have to consider so many variables, it would be next to impossible, not to mention no fun. But that's just my opinion.
TheSmartest Sep 25, 2006	This was easy! I got it on my FIRST try (which is also a first ). I loved the puzzle, very fun.
Wingsfan Sep 25, 2006	I loved this one. I got all the clues but couldn't figure out Switzerland yikes!
RRAMMOHAN Sep 25, 2006	More alternatives to an anagram word make the teaser challenging! This one was a very good one. Thanks - I enjoyed it!
POPS Sep 25, 2006	Love it it was fun and very informative Thank you.
yunfo Sep 25, 2006	Too easy. Completed in about 12 seconds.
FeaerFactorY666 Sep 25, 2006	nice!
FeaerFactorY666 Sep 25, 2006	nice!
nu_rob_roy Sep 25, 2006	A good one for sure...
tdbrsun Sep 26, 2006	Good Job!
tkubitz Sep 26, 2006	Good fun but I think 12 seconds is a bit short to unscramble the words, select the letters and rearrange the into Switzerland. Once you got LAND, it was easy. tk
Moon_Girl_ Sep 26, 2006	what was with the info at the bottom? oh well .....good one
vlerma Sep 26, 2006	Nice job chidam11. I thought it weas a lot of fun. And I did get all of it without looking at the clue. But of course next time I will probably completely fail. More please?
lmurray Sep 27, 2006	EASY, BUT SWITZERLAND TOOK A SECOND. NOT BAD
misloe Sep 27, 2006	way to easy
Qrystal Sep 28, 2006	Awesome!! I admit I started to worry when I saw both LAZE and ZEAL, but the fact that two of the three letters that are used in the scramble really helped. In the end I thought it added nicely to the challenge. I don't know exactly how I got Switzerland, especially since I had a "Z or A" as one of my 11 letters, but after DIANTSLERWA... LAWRENTSIDA... RAWTSDINZEL... it just came to me. Yay me!
smartymommy May 20, 2007	I absolutly loved it! Great Job! I love word jumbles and geography so these teasers are right up my alley! I got all the unscrambles correct and when I saw the letters to be used for the country I felt overwhelmed! But then I said to myself, "Come on you can do it!" And I got it faster than I thought! For some reason I always get the correct unscrambling and never even think of the other options. As to nsamitgirls or whatever your name is, What is your problem?! Grow up!
oddrey Oct 20, 2007	2 E-Z I had fun anyway
2thGirl Sep 25, 2009	Also tried to guess New Zealand, but saw the letters weren't right. After I got it, and looked at the answer, I skimmed the explanation, looking for the correct answer. When I saw "WRZELTNAIDS", I was THIS CLOSE to submitting a "correct this teaser"!! Good thing I kept reading..... haha!!
doehead Sep 25, 2009	Easy as eating a chunk of SWISS cheese,but not quite as good.
Jimmymo Sep 25, 2009	EZ PZ. Knew afte zeal it was either Swaziland(no longer a country is it?, New Zealand, Mozambique, or Switzerland. Fun teaser!!
auntiesis Sep 25, 2009	Very easy, but fun just the same. I like jumbles and sometimes get the final answer before I finish unscrambling the first words. Had fun, and loved all the comments.
kittygirl19 Sep 25, 2009	sound of music is my fv movie
UptheHill Sep 25, 2009	Ha, nice1!!
Babe Sep 25, 2012	Easy suits me fine. I liked it even if it took a short time to solve. FUN!
JQPublic Sep 25, 2012	After I got 'wrzeltniads', I said 'New Zealand'. Nice teaser.
cutebug Sep 25, 2012	Nice and eZZZZZZ