Five-letter Lineup

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.

 

Fun:	(2.17)
Difficulty:	(2.06)
Category:	Group
Submitted By:	ThinksForFun

 

Can you identify which one of the following words does not belong in the group?

dingo
gusto
limbo
lingo
mango
tango

Answer

mango

For 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
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