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Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Group A: comb, mount, strophe, tonic
Group B: acre, floor, giant, log, redo, view
Group A: comb, mount, strophe, tonic
Group B: acre, floor, giant, log, redo, view
Answer
Each word in Group A can have "cata" added to its beginning to make a new word.comb - catacomb
mount - catamount
strophe - catastrophe
tonic - catatonic
thus
log - catalog
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nice and easy. I liked it
Got the right answer, for a completely wrong reason (I thought it was to do with the vowel 'o' in the first/primary syllable!)
what
i did not realize strophe was a word by itself , until now !
i learned something !
i learned something !
Ouch!Total catastrophe for me/ But a very nice teaser. If I had realized the trick to it. I would had done well, bt as it is, I just became catatonic. Sorry
I LIKEY ! KEEP UP GOOD WORK.
Nice one.
...and then I though.. hang on, isn't it spelt catalogue?
Go, UK spellings! O_o
...and then I though.. hang on, isn't it spelt catalogue?
Go, UK spellings! O_o
Oh my goodness.. I'd thought it was "giant" that could have gone into Group A.. and I won't go into the reasons why!
Definitely fun fun fun!!! Love these ones that make me think.. then make me go "'DOH!"
Definitely fun fun fun!!! Love these ones that make me think.. then make me go "'DOH!"
Thank you but I am sorry to say I did not get it. Keep them coming.
I to thought it was supposed to be giant! well, we can't get them all right......?
I wanna know why two out of ten thought the answer was giant !? I didn't get it, and I thought the answer was view, but I didn't spend a lot of time. I don't know if I ever would have thought of that, cata, althought right away I thought of catastrophe, but the "cata" didn't hit me for the others. That's the way I like it, showing me I have to think and look in more ways! Thanks!
I too thought that log was part of group A because of the "o"
I got all the 1st part Cata etc, but for the life of me I couldn`t get what was associated with the 2nd part, silly me when I saw the answer!!
Good one, CNMNE. I got it at first look....though I could miss the next one! Keep them comming.
Good one It took a lot of thought and still was wrong
great teaser
Well I guess I'm not good enough at things like this because the question was which word in group b can be added to a and why.So I thought it was a word in the b group so where did cata come from?
I was on the right track, really I was! I was playing with prefixes/syllables/suffixes, but when I tried a few and never came up with cata. I guess I gave up too easily.
Until today, I knew of no such word as "catamount" for "cougar." I've seen "catalogue," but rarely. In my dictionary, "catalog" is the spelling. I'm sure it's a US/UK thing.
GREAT teaser!!!
Until today, I knew of no such word as "catamount" for "cougar." I've seen "catalogue," but rarely. In my dictionary, "catalog" is the spelling. I'm sure it's a US/UK thing.
GREAT teaser!!!
sorry, but i didn't get it.
I guess I am really stupid. I cannot find the word "cata" in Group B.
I thought this was worded badly--like some others, I was looking for a word in the B list that could be added to each of the words in the A list to create new words.
One more thing . . . the catalogue/catalog thing--these are both acceptable spellings in the US.
who in earth has heard of the word "strophe"???? i looked it up, but until then had never heard of it or heard anyone else use it....
I thought this would be easy, but it stumped me. Good one!
Don't get it, cata is not in group b, so how can you add it to the words in group a?
that was so cute!!!!!!! loved it...
only... i didnt get it
only... i didnt get it
I'm sorry, but I just can't come up with "cata."
nice one, even though i got it for a different reason
Ok people who didn't get it the word log in group b can have cata added to it just like all the words in group a. All my scrabble playing paid off for this one.
That was hard! FUN!!!!!!! :
I, too, tried to fit one word from B with each of A. Needless to say, I was WRONG!! Made me think, though.
More of a tormentor than a teaser.
Mar 03, 2006
I answered correctly!
I did not get it ! Where in the world did cata come from, that word is not in group B!
that was strange but kinda funny
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