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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
Which one of the following words does not belong in the group?
education
enrichment
instantaneous
philanthropy
precursor
universally
education
enrichment
instantaneous
philanthropy
precursor
universally
Hint
Consider the first word of the title.Answer
You may want to ask Ed, Rich, Stan, Phil, or Sally!The answer is "precursor" because it is the only word which does not contain a common first name of a person. All of the other words contain a first name as follows:
EDucation
enRICHment
inSTANtaneous
PHILanthropy
univerSALLY
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The hint was suitably cryptic without giving the answer away, and the common thread was well disguised but not impossible to find. Great teaser!
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