Braingle: 'Two Part Challenge' Brain Teaser

Two Part Challenge

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Puzzle ID:	#6660
Fun:	(3.05)
Difficulty:	(3.06)
Category:	Series
Submitted By:	Gizzer
Corrected By:	phrebh

I had a lot of fun putting together the following list of words. Can you figure out the rule I used to develop the list? Once you do, have fun creating your own list!

mount, right, left, roll, mote, lick,
lass, over, rate, aunt, rill, arch,
oral, ever, pine, rice, tip, each,
team, rash, sage, ouch, edge, ray,
earn, any

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Answer

Each 3 to 5 letter word, when preceded by sequential letters of the alphabet, will form new words:

amount, bright, cleft, droll, emote, flick,
glass, hover, irate, jaunt, krill, larch,
moral, never, opine, price, q-tip, reach,
steam, trash, usage, vouch, wedge, x-ray,
yearn, zany
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Comments

dizzydesi Aug 23, 2002	This is really good, had me stumped. One of the best.
dsquared Aug 23, 2002	Great teaser, had to have a good hard look at it and got it eventually.
agent322 Aug 23, 2002	I had to use the hint, but I got it. Good job!
bmotts Aug 23, 2002	Yup, really good, that's bright
xiaobaby Sep 21, 2002	excuse me... q-tip? shld that b excused becus there are very little words beginning with Q?
kkats4 Sep 21, 2002	You shouldnt have used the -. If you really wanted a q word you should have made it Qtip.
klopper Sep 21, 2002	Good one!
cristos Sep 21, 2002	this is one of those teasers where the hint was really helpful...i didn't really like the teaser, but it was creative and easy...thumbs up
CCat20 Oct 03, 2002	One of the few good ones I've seen. In other words, excellent
gingimo711 Oct 25, 2002	very cute!!
flipper Oct 30, 2002	What is a Qtip?
stm8r1 Nov 05, 2002	Very tough. I needed the hint and even then took awhile to get it. Anyone come up with another choice for Q?
ElectronJohn Dec 11, 2002	Great teaser! By the way Flipper, a Q-tip is a brand name for cotton swabs, the things we use to clean our ears. I think Q-tip may be the only Q word that words since all the english words I can find that start with Q have vowels for the 2nd and 3rd letters and non of the words that start with U have a vowel as the 2nd letter. Maybe someone has a better dictionary than I do and can find one that I missed.
TODD1999 Jan 15, 2003	NOT BAD..IT WAS THE FIRST ONE I HAD A CHANCE TO READ..NICE JOB
doggyxp Jan 26, 2003	Great teaser! I didn't get it, but once I read the answer I banged my head against the wall bcuz it should have been obvious! I have to go ice my brain. Thanks a lot. LOL.
melly Feb 03, 2003	I am so confused...good job!
Codammanus Feb 11, 2003	Good one. But wouldn't any Q word have worked here? Am I missing something?
stm8r1 Mar 21, 2003	Codammanus, any Q word wouldn't work because the remaining letters once the Q is removed has to be a word also. That was the trick of this teaser.
jimbo Oct 17, 2003	Don't know about about cotton swabs but on the end of a billiard cue is a cue-tip. Good puzzle - what else can you do with a Q?(lol)
Drakar Jun 17, 2004	I finally got a teaser in the top 100 hardest right! W00t! Anyway, the teaser was great. I loved it.
accordionman Sep 28, 2004	A word that works for q is Qat. I have no clue what it means, but it is a real word
sageb Feb 26, 2005	this is boreing
Therulerofthem May 01, 2005	Genuis!
deadeye823 May 05, 2005	very hard, but pure genius!
marching_xc Jul 06, 2005	I think qat is a type of bush or plant. Anyways, the teaser was very clever, except that there is another similar one (called moral friend), which made this one easier to guess. I'm impressed that you came up with words for every letter.
drussel3 Aug 23, 2005	Very clever, loved it.
Question_Mark Sep 04, 2005	26th COMMENT! Good teaser.
smarty_blondy Sep 26, 2005	Briliant concept. I love a good chalenge but, it sure took me a while. Somehow i thought of counting the words, before i read the hint where you underlined the fact that order matters. I was thriled when I managed to finaly solve it, as i really had fun trying my hand at this one. Keep them coming!
rrn0rrnrrnY Sep 09, 2006	Very original and I got it right, but then doubted myself when I saw two letters added to rate. That threw me off and made me think I was wrong when I was right. Rather good though and I like the suggestion to create your own, a double gift in a way. Thanks!
Mad-Ade Oct 19, 2006	and from which language does the word QTIP derive? certainly not english, that is for sure!
silver83p Jun 13, 2007	aid -> qaid
(user deleted) Jun 13, 2007	Good one, enjoyed it very much. Had to try many different things before I figured it out. Thanx
coolpainter Jun 13, 2007	Obviously easy...but good.
cloughme Jun 13, 2007	I didn't think it was obviously easy at all! Excellent!!
coolguy5678 Jun 13, 2007	Also a Q word: Qi (It's in the two letter Scrabble dictionary that comes with the game.). Obviously, the original word is I.
anion Jun 13, 2007	Great teaser. Not super easy at all. I really struggled and in the end had to look to figure out the answer.
MurfQ Jun 13, 2007	Excellent teaser. Totally stumped me, but when I saw the answer I was ready to kick myself for not getting it. That's an excellent brain teaser by my way of thinking. By the way, though I don't have a problem with Q-tip, I would have used at=Qat for the Q word. It's a variation of Kat or Khat, which is a plant that is chewed like tobacco or steeped as a tea in the middle east for it's stimulating properties. I only know this because I found it as a great way to get rid of a lingering Q in scrabble
bradon182001 Jun 13, 2007	I really liked this teaser. I didn't get it, but was intrigued enough to keep trying to figure it out. Had a good brain workout before I finally gave in and looked at the answer.
gaylewolf Jun 13, 2007	Excellent teaser! Well done clever I'll try one on my own later - when I have LOTS of time! Thanks for a good one!
doehead Jun 13, 2007	Decent,But the hint made it easy
lmurray Jun 13, 2007	BU TAI NAN! NOT TOO DIFFICULT! THE CATEGORY WAS A GIVE AWAY, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO ENTERTAIN THE KIDS ON A RAINY DAY OR ON A LONG RIDE. THANKS FOR THE IDEA.
puttumup Jun 13, 2007	stupid quizz..hate those kindo teasers
Pissfer Jun 13, 2007	Good Challenge. It's a very interesting teaser.
achin4clay Jun 13, 2007	very clever
cashewnut801 Jun 13, 2007	One of the best I've seen. Come on people, let go of the Qtip thing. It's even in the dictionary. Try cleaning out your ears sometime if you don't know what a Qtip is. I think that is a better known word than Qad or Qaid. By the way, Murray, "Entertain the kids on a rainy day?" come on. I want to meet your kids then.
sarah7 Jun 13, 2007	Really great teaser, from the hint i figured itd be something to do with the alphabet but i didnt get it.. Was very impressed when i looked at the answer. Excellent teaser
auntiesis Jun 13, 2007	You got me ! Should have followed the hint instead of giving up so quickly.
tonjawithaj Jun 13, 2007	I would have maybe done better if I looked at the hint... Good one!
cheeny13 Jun 13, 2007	Very very good.. figured out it had something to do with the alphabet once I saw the hint but that was it for my brain.. Anyway, great teaser!! Thanks!
tommysmo Jun 13, 2007	great teaser! i didn't get it.
jacstop Jun 13, 2007	Q-Tip is a brand not a word sorry to throw a wrench in your plan. Perhaps if you would have used qi or qat it would have went over better
oddrey Jun 13, 2007	neverwoud have gotten it with out the hint. great idea. hey jacstop, do you even know what those words mean???
anniebee Jun 13, 2007	WOW! Very hard! The hint made sense after I peeked at the answer Spent some time on it , and had no clue GOOD ONE "GIZZER"
cooltigerr1 Jun 13, 2007	that was so fun! u did an awesome job on this!
Seize Jun 13, 2007	Qi or Qat wouldn't have left a 3-5 letter word...what about Qbert? Anybody remember the video game?
kauphi1976 Jun 13, 2007	nice one. I knew it had somethin to do with alphabets. At first i thought the synonyms need to start with the letters.. after a hard look i pre-appended the letters and got em ! Genie-Ass
mondayschild59 Jun 13, 2007	I loved this one. Had the ole grey matter working. Thanks so much for the post. Monday~
wandering_goat Jun 13, 2007	Very good! I only got it because I looked at the hint. Clever.
ejhops Jun 13, 2007	Very clever, I enjoyed this teaser a lot.
nerdyiscool Jun 13, 2007	I didn't get it, but I haven't been on for a while and besides, I 'm not very smart...
breathesunshine Jun 13, 2007	That was a toughy!
speedqueenkmw Jun 24, 2007	what?
Qrystal Jul 16, 2007	Awwwww.... I had no clue, and gave up too quickly. The hint helped me think I had a chance, knowing there was something to do with the alphabet... but I didn't get it. Oh well, better luck next teaser!
mathisnice Mar 16, 2010	Excellent teaser! Congrats on having the highest rated teaser in 'Series".
gaylewolf Jun 14, 2010	Great teaser! It was so good and so clever I didn't remember seeing it before - but I commented on it in 2007 Thanks for a good one!
doehead Jun 14, 2010	An old goodie revived.
sunnybonghits Jun 14, 2010	Wow - that was hard. This has no business being the teaser on a Monday morning
yash23 Jun 14, 2010	I don't get it. someone help?
antlerlady Jun 14, 2010	Good one. I had to use the hint and then it was really easy.
patiencewithaP Jun 14, 2010	Had to look at the hint and still didn't get it. Great teaser!
sunnybonghits Jun 14, 2010	Vasha - There are 26 words in the list. Add "A" to the beginning of the first word in the list, "B" to the second word, "C" to the third word, "D" to the fourth word, etc., until you get to the end, where you add "Z" to beginning of the 26th word.
sunnybonghits Jun 14, 2010	sorry - maybe that's "yash"?
precious1026 Jun 14, 2010	did you mean Harsh? Well, I guess this is basic to some part of speech, or English grammar, or Spelling, yes perhaps Spelling. I found this Teaser difficult. The Explanation is always difficult, it says one thing but seems to mean something entirely different. I loved this teaser. It keeps you learning, laughing and lingering in Language concepts.
bear01 Jun 15, 2010	QASIDA... cant rememebr what it means but it was on a website for unusual words that start with Q and Asida is a arabian food.. phew..
bear01 Jun 15, 2010	Qasida- form of Poetry from Pre islamic Arabia.. Common term i use every day...lol..