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Behead G

Category:Language
Submitted By:MarcM1098
Fun:*** (3.08)
Difficulty:* (0.75)



When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.

1. Firm earth -> Circular
2. Tomb; serious -> Talk wildly or madly
3. Dead spirit -> Person who entertains guests
4. Spectacles -> Young maidens
5. Happy, joyous -> Youth; boy
6. Precious metal -> Advanced in years
7. Increase in size -> Move a boat with oars
8. Large boat with oars -> Narrow back street

Hint:

The shorter words start with these letters:
1. R
2. R
3. H
4. L
5. L
6. O
7. R
8. A

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Comments on this teaser


Posted by Stack160701/19/10
Nice teaser! I like these "behead" and "curtail" teasers. :D :D :D .

Posted by bear0103/15/10
sweet and fun :D thanks for the teaser, Good fun had by all :P

Posted by builder03/15/10
New, fun, easy, yay, thanks :D

Posted by doehead03/15/10
Nice and easy :) :) :)

Posted by patiencewithaP03/15/10
Fun and easy! Great teaser! :D

Posted by jcann03/15/10
Yes, they were easy, but fun. A good way to start the day! Thanks! :D

Posted by sunnybonghits03/15/10
I do like these teasers, but these were way too easy. Thanks though.

Posted by UptheHill03/15/10
8) 8) !

Posted by wattsofawesome03/15/10
I Alt-3 these teasers! A nice friendly brain exercise does me good! :D 8)

Posted by auntiesis03/16/10
Cute teaser, fun and easy. :D :lol: :D

Posted by wtfonfire03/17/10
pretty easy butalso first behead thing ive done! hooray!

Posted by Babe03/15/13
A very enjoyable, fun, and easy teaser. :D :D :lol:

Posted by jaycr03/15/13
Good way to start a Friday. :D

Posted by cutebug03/15/13
EZ,EZ,EZ :D :D :D

Posted by Maggiethe8th03/15/13
fun & easy worked perfectly this morning for me :D

Posted by HABS293303/15/13
Yes, they were easy, but it these teasers are always fun. .

Posted by allythebuterfly03/15/13
I got them all, except for the galley one. I got the alley part, but didn't know that a there was a type of boat called a galley. Now I know! :wink:

Posted by gaylewolf03/15/13
Fun - thanks for posting! :wink: :)

Posted by thecatladycac03/15/13
I was halfway through before the name of the Title kicked in - the 1st word in each answer started with G - I finished even more quickly than I started! - I enjoyed this quiz very much :D :lol: :D




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