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Shared Letter 2
In each set below, pick any two words and you will find that they share one, and only one, letter. Each set consists of seven words that meet the above restriction; your task is to find the missing words.
Set One
1. YEA
2. RAM
3. GYM
4. ERG
5. MET
6. ???
7. ???
Set Two
1. NTH
2. ONE
3. PUN
4. HUE
5. ???
6. ???
7. ???
Set One
1. YEA
2. RAM
3. GYM
4. ERG
5. MET
6. ???
7. ???
Set Two
1. NTH
2. ONE
3. PUN
4. HUE
5. ???
6. ???
7. ???
Hint
In each set, every letter that is used must occur exactly three times.Answer
Set One: TRY, TAGSet Two: OUT, PET, HOP
There are very few words that can form a set like this. In any set, there must be a word that is either all vowels (such as YEA) or all consonants (such as NTH).
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A worthy challenge! Refreshingly different. I managed the first with a different method, more like a logic grid. Then i looked at the hint and it became quite easy!
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