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One Letter of Separation 11
Each group of definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. The length of the words in each group is provided.
1) a long step & a conflict or struggle & to hit sharply (6 letters)
2) medicinal ointment & a device that regulates flow through a pipe & to divide into two equal parts (5 letters)
3) not coarse & a musical instrument & a collection of papers (4 letters)
4) meager & sweet baked good & storage room for food (6 letters)
1) a long step & a conflict or struggle & to hit sharply (6 letters)
2) medicinal ointment & a device that regulates flow through a pipe & to divide into two equal parts (5 letters)
3) not coarse & a musical instrument & a collection of papers (4 letters)
4) meager & sweet baked good & storage room for food (6 letters)
Answer
1) stride, strife, strike2) salve, valve, halve
3) fine, fife, file
4) paltry, pastry, pantry
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Good teaser, Took a lot of thought and that's why I do teasers. Thanks for posting.
As usual, I was too impatient to get them all, but I got more than 50% of the correct answers. Not good, but not bad either.
Fairly easy for me,but very interesting. Good teaser.
had to slow down & think for a minute. Thanks
Loved it, only missed paltry, but otherwise got all of the rest. Very clever, and fun. Thanks.
I got stuck because I was trying to make them rhyme like the example. Realized after looking at the answers that it didn't necessarily rhyme. Oh, well!
Took a bit of thinking but very fun!
I'm not entirely happy with the definitions of #3, they're a little loose.
I couldn't quite get #2 - I got close, but my brain just wouldn't zero in on the right words.
I did get all the rest, though. FUN! Thanks!
I did get all the rest, though. FUN! Thanks!
Nice teaser. Fun to work out and makes you feel smart when you figure it out.Thanks.
I liked it and thought it was just fine the way it was, but I got them all right too. Thought it was very easy but fun.
missed two, just for lack of opening my mind quite enough, but was pleased to get the rest-thank you!
Clever teaser- I liked this one! Thanks for posting.
Got some, missed some.
simple, yet entertaining; thanks
Challenging enough to require more than 2 seconds of thought but easy enough to solve.
Fun, entertaining and challenging teaser. It took awhile but I was able to get them all.
Took me awhile to get salve, valve, halve, but the other ones weren't too hard too get with a few minutes thinking. I enjoyed this teaser.
Fun teaser. Got them all. got stuck a little on number 2. I kept thinking half.
Fun-filled, easy teaser, thanks!
Very nice, wake-up-the-brain teaser. Not too easy, not too hard. It took me a few minutes, but I managed to get them all.
Fun and entertaining teaser; took a few minutes but I got them all.
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