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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
Five of the six listed words share a common characteristic. Which word does not belong?
1. fantasy
2. smother
3. smidge
4. stick
5. bunker
6. smite
1. fantasy
2. smother
3. smidge
4. stick
5. bunker
6. smite
Hint
The commonality shared makes them the most populous species than all other land animals put together.Answer
Answer: Number five (5) bunker does not belong.The common words hidden inside each original word are insects.
1. ant
2. moth
3. midge
4. tick
6. mite
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The insect is a tick, not a tic. A tic is a spasm or twitch.
Whoops, yes your right. Editor: Please change "stick" to "tickle."
Oh, I mean change the answer to Tick! need of sleep right now. LOL
I said bunker, but had no reason why. It just sounded out of place with the others. Nice quiz even if I did get it wrong.
The title gave it away for me.
.. hey ... wait !!!
isn't a "bunker" a bedbug who prefers EITHER the top OR the bottom ???
.. huh ???
... no ?? ..
OK ...
US (BadBunnees)
isn't a "bunker" a bedbug who prefers EITHER the top OR the bottom ???
.. huh ???
... no ?? ..
OK ...
US (BadBunnees)
nice job; kinda simple, but got the brain going a bit.
Babe- you got it right!!
Nice try, but a tick is an arachnid, NOT an insect.
I didn't notice the title, but even that may not have helped me with this one. I was totally lost.
hey, davey .....
... don't be so picky ....
... go up a clade or two and you got ...
"insecta" ....
US (the BadBunnees)
(from the "hare" species)
... don't be so picky ....
... go up a clade or two and you got ...
"insecta" ....
US (the BadBunnees)
(from the "hare" species)
The same five words have the common characteristic that they contain an "S". You should design the problem so there is only one answer.
Good hit, lelrod ....
Everybody else missed that one !!!
US (Bunnies)
Everybody else missed that one !!!
US (Bunnies)
And the irony unfolds; there is only one answer, "bunker"....how many organizations say all their members agree on (anything)? LOL
I said it was "smite" that didn't belong, since all the other words had two or more consonants in them.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I did not find this teaser very difficult to solve and got it very quickly.
Firstly, "Bugs" are predatory( a moth is not a bug )!
Secondly, there are multiple solutions: repeated letters, ratio of vowels to consonants etc.?
Secondly, there are multiple solutions: repeated letters, ratio of vowels to consonants etc.?
There may be multiple technical ways to solve any group puzzle, but clearly this has only one meaningful answer. I liked the hint in the title. Wished I'd noticed it up front instead of afterward!
Fun puzzle.
Fun puzzle.
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