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The following ten words can be divided into two groups of five words. The words within each group will share a common characteristic. What are the two groups? Which words belong in those groups?
dam late lice linger per son stern tent under use
dam late lice linger per son stern tent under use
Answer
The two groups are: words that can be prefixed with "ma" to form a new word, words that can be prefixed with "pa" to form a new word.Group 1: dam, lice, linger, son, under (madam, malice, malinger, mason, maunder)
Group 2: late, per, stern, tent, use (palate, paper, pastern, patent, pause)
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Very good; got me.
Whew.... that was hard!!! And I tried quite a few ways of associating them.
(Should have re-read the title!!) LOL Good one!!!
(Should have re-read the title!!) LOL Good one!!!
son, dont linger under the dam, as there are lice
be stern , per use a tent, and dont be late
be stern , per use a tent, and dont be late
Yea, I can pretty much say I was lost!! I tried though Nice teaser
stumped me completely... but very unique
I just don't think in this way- good practice as maybe someday I will!!!
Good one, got me
There is NO way I would have ever gotten that one...good thing I gave up when I did. I think we all could have used a hint.
I loved it though!
Great Job!!!
I loved it though!
Great Job!!!
I got a few of them. Good teaser tho! Keep up the good work!
Didn't get it, even with the good clue in the title!
I am clueless as I did not know what you wanted us to do.
Can you explain maunder and pastern, please?
Yes,plead do explain those two words.
Sorry, not my cup of tea.
Interesting teaser. Kept me busy for quite a while. Thanks for posting.
You could look the words up, but I'll save you the trouble. Maunder -- to wander aimlessly, either in speaking or walking; pastern -- the part of a horse's anatomy between the fetlock and the hoof.
I got onto the MA & PA trail directly but I had to look up the meanings of maunder and pastern to sort those out. Not bad at all.
I didn't have a clue! Clever teaser and the same two words (maunder and pastern) stumped me. Looking forward to tomorrow's puzzle.
I was disappointed in not being able to solve the teaser but say reading the comments made me feel a bit better. It seems several people had trouble with the definitions of a few words. I knew them both. Not sure I would have known the word "pastern" had I not spent 5 summers of my youth at Horse Camp.
Interesting teaser nonetheless.
Interesting teaser nonetheless.
I saw Adam and Alice and got stuck there.
nice 'n hard
I said five had 1 vowel, and the other five had 2 vowels. Not wrong, but apparently not necessarily correct.
I didn't get this one either, and not for lack of trying! I tried mom and pop, sis and bro, but didn't think of ma and pa. GUess I gave up too soon. Good teaser. Seemed to stump pretty much all of us so far!
Stumped me too. I was pre/post fixing him/her, he/she, la/el, couldn't figure it out. I have never heard of pastern or maunder. If I'd picked stern or under to test, I may have rejected ma/pa!
Tough, but good. I enjoyed trying.
Tough, but good. I enjoyed trying.
More obvious to me, was the fact that half contained single vowels, while the other had double?
Single Vowels: dam per son stern tent
Double Vowels: late lice linger under use
Had it not been for that diversion, I may have reached your conclusion!
Where is admin., are they asleep?
Single Vowels: dam per son stern tent
Double Vowels: late lice linger under use
Had it not been for that diversion, I may have reached your conclusion!
Where is admin., are they asleep?
Wow! that was really difficult - but I loved it! Well done!
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