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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
Can you identify which one of the following words does not belong in the group?
dingo
gusto
limbo
lingo
mango
tango
cameo
dingo
gusto
limbo
lingo
mango
tango
cameo
Answer
mangoFor all of the other words, if their trailing "o" is removed, then you are still left with another valid word i.e.:
dingo ==> ding
gusto ==> gust
limbo ==> limb
lingo ==> ling
tango ==> tang
cameo ==> came
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I came up with Limbo for 2 reasons:
-- All others have a "G"
-- All others end in a valid 2 letter word
-- All others have a "G"
-- All others end in a valid 2 letter word
Oct 27, 2012
Gusto doesn't end with a "G" "O"
Gusto does however have a 'G' and end in a valid word. 'TO'
wolfpackw2, your point is taken. I've submitted a correction for this teaser in order to address this. Thank you.
'bo' is a valid two-letter word - albeit not a common one. It is slang for 'friend', apparently.
I got the right answer for the wrong reason - I thought Mango was pluralized with -es while all the others just took S.
Both "mangoes" and "mangos" are correct.
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