Curtail P
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Bend out of shape -> Armed conflict
2. Muscle contraction -> Pack to capacity
3. Pass over; omit -> Glide on snow
4. Wet -> Large water barrier
5. Marsh; bog -> Moved through water
6. Waterproof canvas -> Pitch; oily residue
7. Cry; shed tears -> Very small
8. Assume a slouching posture; decrease suddenly -> Run-down part of a city
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Bend out of shape -> Armed conflict
2. Muscle contraction -> Pack to capacity
3. Pass over; omit -> Glide on snow
4. Wet -> Large water barrier
5. Marsh; bog -> Moved through water
6. Waterproof canvas -> Pitch; oily residue
7. Cry; shed tears -> Very small
8. Assume a slouching posture; decrease suddenly -> Run-down part of a city
Comments
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Posted by wordmama on Apr 12, 2010 omg, I've never been first! Cool! I got all 16 words immediately, not so odd I guess, when you consider my "name"!! Enjoyable for those seconds!  |
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Posted by builder on Apr 12, 2010 pretty easy, except I needed the hint for #4 |
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Posted by doehead on Apr 12, 2010 Nice and easy.  |
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Posted by jcann on Apr 12, 2010 Lots of fun! I couldn't get the second one.  |
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Posted by patiencewithaP on Apr 12, 2010 I love these! Even if I couldn't think of number 2  Great teaser! |
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Posted by sunnybonghits on Apr 12, 2010 Cool. Definitely on the easy side but that's fine for a Monday morning. |
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Posted by auntiesis on Apr 12, 2010 I missed cramp/cram, but the rest were easy even without the hint.  |
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Posted by katie384 on Apr 12, 2010 I loved it. I'm no good at the hard teasers this one is perfect. |
Posted by precious1026 on Apr 12, 2010 I thought this was a very good teaser. Sorry, I don't have the patience. |
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Posted by boodler on Jul 22, 2010 tarp, contraction of tarpaulin? |
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Posted by Babe on Apr 12, 2013 I needed help on some, but got them all. Fun! |
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Posted by gaylewolf on Apr 12, 2013 I didn't get all of them, but I like this type of puzzle - thanks for posting! |
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Posted by cutebug on Apr 12, 2013 nice easy one. |
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Posted by lukasiwicz on Apr 12, 2013 This would have been a little more challenging if the letter to be dropped hadn't always been "p." |
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Posted by HABS2933 on Apr 12, 2013 ukasiwicz, this is one in a series of the same type puzzle, each ending with a different letter. There are also some that you don't know the letter to be dropped. You can look those up under Marc's teasers. They are considerably more difficult. Even though most of these puzzles are easy that does not take away from the enjoyment of them in my opinion. There would have been considerable time put into finding enough words that fit the requirement to make a decent teaser. |
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