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Compounds X
By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words.
Example: MIOMST
_ _ _ E
_ _ _ E
Answer: SOMETIME
1. TOTRABM
_ O _ _
_ O _ _ _
2. RIDBM
_ A _ _
_ A _
3. RONUPI
_ _ T
_ _ _ _ T
4. NOLOSD
_ _ W _
_ _ _ W
5. ESIHTAH
W _ _ _
W _ _ _ _
6. CADOSOBE
_ _ _ R _
_ _ _ R _
7. BADLRHCN
_ _ _ I _
_ _ I _ _
8. BAXDHSW
_ _ _ _ O _
_ O _
9. HTECGOCS
_ _ A _ _
_ _ A _ _
Example: MIOMST
_ _ _ E
_ _ _ E
Answer: SOMETIME
1. TOTRABM
_ O _ _
_ O _ _ _
2. RIDBM
_ A _ _
_ A _
3. RONUPI
_ _ T
_ _ _ _ T
4. NOLOSD
_ _ W _
_ _ _ W
5. ESIHTAH
W _ _ _
W _ _ _ _
6. CADOSOBE
_ _ _ R _
_ _ _ R _
7. BADLRHCN
_ _ _ I _
_ _ I _ _
8. BAXDHSW
_ _ _ _ O _
_ O _
9. HTECGOCS
_ _ A _ _
_ _ A _ _
Answer
1. MOTORBOAT2. BARMAID
3. PRINTOUT
4. SLOWDOWN
5. WHITEWASH
6. SCOREBOARD
7. BRAINCHILD
8. SHADOWBOX
9. STAGECOACH
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These are really fun to do. Thanks for the teaser. Looks like you have really been busy!!
WO BU MING BAI.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS?
WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS?
U put in a lot of effort I see. Igot only 3. good one.
WOW! It took a lots of work but it was worth it. Grand teaser. Good job.
I see 'rude and crude' is at it again. imurray, I think you need to be on a permanent time out.
I see 'rude and crude' is at it again. imurray, I think you need to be on a permanent time out.
Got all nine -- took awhile, though. Great Thinker Puzzles!!
Thoughtful teaser, but I'm really bad with this kind.
Excellent. Good exercise for the brain cells. Enjoyed solving these. (Got them all correct too!) Expecting a few more of this type. It is quite a lot of work to produce such teasers. Thanks!
That was really good. I didn't have the patience to work them all, but this is the kind of teaser I like, when you have to really make an effort.
to lmurray: I don't know what the point is of writing naughty words in code, do you?
Thanks for the great teaser?
to lmurray: I don't know what the point is of writing naughty words in code, do you?
Thanks for the great teaser?
This teaser was hard for me; a couple must have been Am.E., but I enjoyed the challenge. Thanks phrebh.
It's not code but it looks like imurray, is trying to impress people with his crude attempts at Chinese. It also seems he signs in, leaves his ugliness and signs out quickly, running from any feedback. Mindless graffiti.
This was really a good teaser. I couldn't figure out any!!
Great teaser, you really have a knack for these, phrebh!
lmurray - wo bu hui shuo zhong wen; but if you really didn't understand the teaser, it was just a fun scrambler. Unscramble two words, one of the letters is already provided, and the two words can either stand alone or be used together (compound word).
lmurray - wo bu hui shuo zhong wen; but if you really didn't understand the teaser, it was just a fun scrambler. Unscramble two words, one of the letters is already provided, and the two words can either stand alone or be used together (compound word).
I liked this one. Once I get going I can't stop...
Great teaser! Couldn't figure out all of them... great work
great teaser! challenging but not impossible - worked it with my AM coffee (the caffeine helps). keep 'em coming!
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Terrific Teaser! I had to print it out to give it a GOOD GO. I can almost feel the new charge of electricity coursing through my brain synapses!!!
nu_rob_roy, you definitely have lmurray's number. Click on his name and he has a Chinese flag ... but I don't believe he IS Chinese. He's just "rude and crude," as OldChinaHand so aptly observed.
nu_rob_roy, you definitely have lmurray's number. Click on his name and he has a Chinese flag ... but I don't believe he IS Chinese. He's just "rude and crude," as OldChinaHand so aptly observed.
um... i didn't really understand how to do it. will some one explain it to me please?
Good one--how about a few more? Got 'em all right.
greeeat teaser! i only missed the last one.. (i'm not a native speaker) waitin' for more!
What a great job phrebh. You definitely had to work on this one and I worked on it for a while, but got impatient again, but I did get six. Your work is very impressive, even if Imurray doesn't appreciate the fine job you do. Too bad his mama didn't teach him about "if you don't have anything nice to say . . . . ." But maybe that's why he seems so hateful . . . . maybe his mother couldn't teach him too much. Some people are like that you know. Hey Imurray, try loving yourself a little more. Life isn't all that bad! Phrebd, please keep up the good work. Most of us really like it!
Got a few of them before getting impatient. Nice job challenging us! I liked this teaser.
Thumbs up . I will have to finish later but, It is Good.
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