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Anagram 6 - 5 - 4
Each of the following sentences has three missing words. The first missing word of each sentence is 6 letters long, the second missing word is 5 letters long, and the third missing word is 4 letters long. All the 6 letter words are anagrams of each other, as are all the 5 letter words, and all the 4 letter words. Can you fill in the blanks?
1) Nobody would ______ to the old pirate any more, because his _____ were far too ____.
2) The fans were ______ as the opposition managed to _____ the game from the home ____.
3) When he decided to ______, he did not expect _____ bread with his ____ every meal.
4) On many of the lake's ______ in the Spring, _____ will be out looking for a ____.
1) Nobody would ______ to the old pirate any more, because his _____ were far too ____.
2) The fans were ______ as the opposition managed to _____ the game from the home ____.
3) When he decided to ______, he did not expect _____ bread with his ____ every meal.
4) On many of the lake's ______ in the Spring, _____ will be out looking for a ____.
Answer
1) Nobody would LISTEN to the old pirate any more, because his TALES were far too TAME.2) The fans were SILENT as the opposition managed to STEAL the game from the home TEAM.
3) When he decided to ENLIST, he did not expect STALE bread with his MEAT every meal.
4) On many of the lake's INLETS in the Spring, TEALS will be out looking for a MATE.
6 Letters: LISTEN, SILENT, ENLIST, INLETS.
5 Letters: TALES, STEAL, STALE, TEALS.
4 Letters: TAME, TEAM, MEAT, MATE.
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I got them all right, keep these coming
Whew!!! I kept at it til I got them all!!! Good job, Dave. Enjoyed it!!
Great job Dave, that was fun!
Thanks guys.
Oh, and Brainster - Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh, and Brainster - Thanks for the inspiration!
Rock on!! This is a good teaser!!
That was fun! I got most of them except for teals. Whats a teal? Other than that, I liked it!!
IF IT HAS TO DO WITH LANGUAGE, ENGLIS THAT IS, I FIND THEM EASY AND BORING, BUT FOR SOME REASON, I LIKED THIS ONE. AND IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO COMPLETE.
GOOD JOB.
A TEAL IS A DUCK
GOOD JOB.
A TEAL IS A DUCK
Imurray actually misspelled a word! Pshaw! Hey, the teaser was great. I appreciated the work you probably had to put into it. Thanks.
All the comments are marked "This is offensive" again. What's with that? Interesting teaser but I'm too impatient. Either that or just not bright enough.
This was a good work out for the ole noggin. Didn't get them all but had fun trying. Good teaser.
Easy and fun....great job!
I loved it. Oh I get it know that teal or whatever is a duck, right, right, right, right. Well I absolutely loved it. It wasn't too hard or too easy. Keep em comin!!!!!!!!!!!!
Usually I'm terrible at these, but the structure made it more fun, nice job. Never heard of a teal before though.
No sale! These always give me trouble
I missed TEAL- and learned from IMurray that it's a duck. Cool.
Thanks for a great morning brain workout!
RHMaustin: Regarding the "offensive" links at left: I too was confused when I first started seeing them and even clicked a bunch to try to figure it out. Apparently, if you find any comment in these comment sections offensive, you click on that link. Perhaps they evaluate the comment and decide whether to delete it when they get enough people complaining. ?? You don't have this option until you earn a certain level of points on this site.
Thanks for a great morning brain workout!
RHMaustin: Regarding the "offensive" links at left: I too was confused when I first started seeing them and even clicked a bunch to try to figure it out. Apparently, if you find any comment in these comment sections offensive, you click on that link. Perhaps they evaluate the comment and decide whether to delete it when they get enough people complaining. ?? You don't have this option until you earn a certain level of points on this site.
I did not understand the directions correctly.so i did not get it , but now I see it give me another chance
In spite of the fact that the instructions were not clear, I managed to get several, just based on context.
Yep, I even got the teal (their pretty shiny blue-green head feathers are TEAL green - get it??? That's where the color teal originated).
Told you I was a word freak. Can't help myself. Sometimes it's a burden. More often it's a blast. Thanks for the opportunity to challenge my brain daily!
Yep, I even got the teal (their pretty shiny blue-green head feathers are TEAL green - get it??? That's where the color teal originated).
Told you I was a word freak. Can't help myself. Sometimes it's a burden. More often it's a blast. Thanks for the opportunity to challenge my brain daily!
I don't see any "offensive" marks on the side of the comments -- so maybe you who do are having internal problems with your own setup.
And teal, as I remember from my Army days, was a particular shade of BLUE, not green. I was in the AMA and our colors included TEAL. Nice teaser, BTW.
And teal, as I remember from my Army days, was a particular shade of BLUE, not green. I was in the AMA and our colors included TEAL. Nice teaser, BTW.
Fun! I really enjoyed it
Clever! Love these word puzzles.
good one!! thanks!!
didnt feel like getting all those answers
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Excellent!! Well thought out, and perfectly executed.
hey... immuray liked it... it must have been good!
I really liked this one, and yes a teal is a type of duck.
Except for 'inlet' (which word I know well, but failed to construct this time), got all the others correct. This teaser would have taken quite some effort to produce, even if many find it simple. Thanks for the teaser - I love anagrams.
nice!
I enjoyed this one. As aforesaid, I presume it took probably more time to construct this teaser than it did to solve it. Consequently I find you have done an excellent job. Besides that, it was fun. More please!?
Wow.. I struggled with this for awhile, and only managed to TAME the TEAM, STEAL STALE MEAT, and LISTEN to TALES, MATE.
(I wonder if I am just feeling creative, or am feeling the need to prove I'm clever even though I couldn't get 4 of the 12 blanks filled. )
(I wonder if I am just feeling creative, or am feeling the need to prove I'm clever even though I couldn't get 4 of the 12 blanks filled. )
Really well written; thanks. I wish I'd persevered to complete it.
Blew me away. Couldn't get the brain working today. Guess I need another cup of java.
Tough one for me. Got a couple, but wasn't sure of them. Really well thought out teaser. Kudos.
Tough one! Very well written...only got a couple of them.
Duh!
Got this one fairly quickly, but it captured my interest and I enjoyed it.
I second, DUH!!!
This was difficult for me - but very clever. Congrats to all those who
got them right!
got them right!
Way to early in the day for my brain to work that hard.
I don't know if I'd have gotten them, as I, too, misread directions....I liked reading the positive posts, though!
I always do this wrong. I think it is in the same line and not the others, if you know what I mean. First in all lines is 6, 2nd in all lines 5, 3rd in all lines 4
maybe if I type it out I will remember this one.
maybe if I type it out I will remember this one.
Whew! I got a couple, and then gave up as it was getting past my bedtime and these were hard. For me at least. I sure had fun while I tried!
The best one in a long time!!
Woke up my brain and that's a good thing!
Woke up my brain and that's a good thing!
The best one in a long time!!
Woke up my brain and that's a good thing!
Woke up my brain and that's a good thing!
I almost got them all, but I only knew of "teal" as a color.
If i go back to October 21 2015 will I find tomorrow's teaser?
Fantastic. I could not get teals or inlets.
Fun, entertaining and challenging teaser; it took a little while but I got them all.
Brilliant fun teaser, thanks Dave!
Had to write them out to solve.
Had to write them out to solve.
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