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Submitted By: soccer_chick70







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Submitted By: soccer_chick70









Language
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.Language
What do these six words have in common?
BACKSPLASH
BIRTHPLACE
MATCHSTICK
HEARTTHROB
THOUSANDTHS
ANGSTS
BONUS: What's so special about the word ANGSTS?
BACKSPLASH
BIRTHPLACE
MATCHSTICK
HEARTTHROB
THOUSANDTHS
ANGSTS
BONUS: What's so special about the word ANGSTS?
Hint
bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz... and sometimes y!Answer
All of these contain a string of five consecutive consonants uninterrupted by vowels or spaces.BONUS: ANGSTS is the shortest word in the English language with five consecutive consonants.
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