Brain Teasers
Words Within a Word #4
Language
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.Language
In this teaser you must place a 3-letter word on the dashes to complete a word on the left and to begin another word with those letters on the right.
Example:
e a r _ _ _ m e = e a r T H Y/ T H Y m e
1. f e a t _ _ _ o i c = ?
2. c o u r _ _ _ n d a = ?
3. d i s p _ _ _ o v e r = ?
4. k e e _ _ _ s i s t = ?
5. r u n _ _ _ i c e = ?
Example:
e a r _ _ _ m e = e a r T H Y/ T H Y m e
1. f e a t _ _ _ o i c = ?
2. c o u r _ _ _ n d a = ?
3. d i s p _ _ _ o v e r = ?
4. k e e _ _ _ s i s t = ?
5. r u n _ _ _ i c e = ?
Answer
1. featHER / HERoic2. courAGE / AGEnda
3. dispLAY / LAYover
4. keePER / PERsist
5. runOFF / OFFice
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I haven't posted for while jazz...that doesn't mean I haven't been reading your work. That teaser was so hard, but so good too! Keep up the fantastic work!
It wont be long before you reach 400 by the looks of it!
It wont be long before you reach 400 by the looks of it!
Thanks Rosey. I appreciate that.
jazzmusician46 - I've gone to working the ones you've created - they are fun. Did you have your class try them first?
Thanks Zonarita.
I did run few past my Masters students when I worked in China and they found some of them far too hard. But's that's ok.
I did run few past my Masters students when I worked in China and they found some of them far too hard. But's that's ok.
Yeah! Good one!
I'm glad you enjoyed them
Nice teaser Jazz and not too difficult either.
Very nice teaser Stuggled with the last one but eventually got it.
I haven't been on here in a while but I'm glad I checked this out this morning. Really fun and even though I couldn't figure out #'s 3 and 5 I still enjoyed the challenge. Can't wait for the next one. Thanks Jazz, keep it up!
They were great!!
Another great teaser, Jazz. Keep them coming!!
I agree. A really good teaser Jazz!
Great teaser!!!
loved it
Nice teaser. Got my brain going this morning. "runoff" was kind of tough...
Thanks!
Thanks!
Cour AGE nda got me , but the rest were fairly easy. Good job as usual Jazz. Thanks for a brain workout.
Yep! Another Great Teaser from
Jazz
It was just hard enough that I
couldn't get #3.
Keep sending more . I like these.
Rose
Jazz
It was just hard enough that I
couldn't get #3.
Keep sending more . I like these.
Rose
Man, that was harder than it should have been! I could not get #2 or #5.
Fun teaser!
Fun teaser!
I liked how this teaser stretched me to think of the varieties of ways words can be formed.
Thanks for WWW4. Gave me another chance and I did my best yet Got all but the last one Maybe I'll ace # 5.
That was great. It sure earned the name teaser. I managed to get 4 of them right. Thanks for the fantastic teaser.
Monday~
Monday~
Nice 1!
Excellent teaser!
Very nice. I had trouble with 3 and 5. Looking at it now, it seems so easy.
Thanks guys.
I've never written a comment before but I really enjoyed this one, even though I didn't get runoff! Thanks for waking my brain up this morning!
That really made me think and I finally had to look to get a few answers but it was really nice. THX
Jazz, I love these. More please.
Thank you all
cool
last one could also be runnir and nerice- which are a type of moths
Kasiecom, I have been unable to verify, through any of the resources available to me, including the OED, that "runnir" is a legitimate word in the English language. What is the source of your info that this "word" denotes a type of moth?
I think she meant "runner" and just made a typo--which I do quite often. And nerice is explained in wikipedia.
I like these and usually just breeze thru, but this one seemed a bit harder. Nice one though!
I missed two but had fun! Need to get the brain more engaged this morning!
@the above posts: Even if nerice is a word, NER is not a word. The three connecting letters are supposed to form a word as well. Good teaser! I got about half of them.
This was a toughie for me. I had to go away for a few minutes and come back to it......but I got it!!!! This was a good one!
Fun and entertaining teaser; I got all of the words but it took awhile to get them.
Wonderful! I really simple concept, but surprisingly difficult to solve. Very fun.
3/5 Fun teaser!
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