End/Start Inserts
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
For each of the pairs of words below, insert a word in the blank space between them to form two separate words such that the inserted word finishes the first word and begins the second. For example, given "MAN ____ ON", you would insert the word "GO" to form "MANGO" and "GOON". The hint gives the number of letters in each of the words that must be inserted.
BOW ____ AGE
GENE ____ KING
LAND ____ GOAT
DIG ____ SELF
PAR ____ ATE
BOW ____ AGE
GENE ____ KING
LAND ____ GOAT
DIG ____ SELF
PAR ____ ATE
Answer
LINE (bowline, lineage)TIC (genetic, ticking)
SCAPE (landscape, scapegoat)
IT (digit, itself)
ROT (parrot, rotate) or DON (pardon, donate)
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