Ten X Ten
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Each of the following clues refers to a word that begins with "ten". Can you guess all ten of them?
1. Inclination
2. Delicate or gentle
3. A sinew
4. A racket game
5. Capable of being stretched
6. Between the bass and alto
7. Stretched tight
8. Unsubstantial
9. A dwelling
10. An opinion held to be true.
Answer
1. Tendency
2. Tender
3. Tendon
4. Tennis
5. Tensile
6. Tenor
7. Tense
8. Tenuous
9. Tenement or Tent
10. Tenet
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Comments
grilledcheese 
Mar 31, 2008
| I like all your teasers |
dutchymonster 
May 30, 2008
| I thought #9 was tent, well it fits and you can live in one - I wouldn't fancy it in the winter though. 
Good one Scubee  |
castillion  
Jun 02, 2008
| Excellent! I got 7 right - very enjoyable.  |
castillion
Jun 02, 2008
| by the way - I said "tent" for number 9 as well! |
karenokupniak
Jun 02, 2008
| Add me to the list of "tent" people. Fun teaser. |
doehead 
Jun 02, 2008
| Pretty easy and very interesting. How about renter(tenant).  |
snowmonster
Jun 02, 2008
| I love these kind of teasers! Keep them coming!  |
emu77alu02
Jun 02, 2008
| Good one! Here's another 'ten'- Persistant and courageous: tenacious |
RRAMMOHAN
Jun 02, 2008
| Nice one, tests our vocbulary too. Rather simple, though. Liked it. |
bradon182001
Jun 02, 2008
| I, too, thought tent. Nice fun teaser, thanks for posting.  |
avonma
Jun 02, 2008
| That was fun. I was with you until the last three - I got:
8. tentative
9. tent (not a great answer - but it works for me!)
10___________(couldn't think of anything) |
kasiecom
Jun 02, 2008
| could not #5 be tendon, they too can be stretched |
smartymarty
Jun 02, 2008
| On the contrary, Avonma, TENT is a great answer! I'm a camper. Great teaser--not too easy, not too hard. Thanks |
auntiesis
Jun 02, 2008
| I seem to have followed the crowd with tent as a dwelling. Otherwise it was easy, but fun. Thanks Scubee. |
locutus13ds
Jun 02, 2008
| 7 out of ten---  |
craniac
Jun 02, 2008
| I came up with tent also and count it correct. I knew a whole family once who lived in two large army tents out in the woods year round, so I know it can be done. |
Scubee
Jun 02, 2008
| What is this thing you all speak of? A tent? I agree it needs to be added as an answer and would also mark it correct. |
SweetPotato
Jun 02, 2008
| That was fun ... thanks!
I had "tentative" for #8 and "tent" for #9 ... couldn't come up with anything for #10 though. |
scallio
Jun 03, 2008
| Guess Sweet Potato is my kind of guy because I also had Tentative & Tent and also missed # 10!
Great quiz!
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phyllisa
Jun 03, 2008
| I thought tent also!!!! |
smartymarty
Jun 08, 2008
| Why Scallio, are you flirting with SweetPotatoe  |
smartymarty
Jun 08, 2008
|  Please excuse the spelling SweetPotato. I seem to have made the same mistake as a politician we once knew. |
s_o_s
Jun 22, 2008
| Great teaser! I got all but 5 and 8 |
HABS2933 
Jun 02, 2011
| Fairly easy, got them all but still lots of fun. |
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