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Which word does not belong?
selflessness, selfishness, strengthlessness, defenselessness
selflessness, selfishness, strengthlessness, defenselessness
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and it is also the only one not ending with "lessness"
all the others use just E and that uses I and E. Also, you could say strengthlessness because it has no F in it.
but strengthlessness is the only word without "F" - do it doesn't belong if you use that rule
Defenselessnes is the only word not beginning with "s"
(and it's also misspelled, although I assume that's a typo).
(and it's also misspelled, although I assume that's a typo).
defenselaesnes was spelled with only 1 s at the end in stesad of 2, so that does not belong also it does'nt start with an s.
sorry 'bout the misspells. typo
I though "defenselessnes", since it is the only one that starts with a D. For a letter-type teaser the choice of words wasn't the best, but i had fun with it never the less. Keep them coming. 
I was thinking the same as smarty was. But all in all, still a good teaser.
The answer "uses only one vowel" is very misleading. That portrays that each word only contains 1 vowel, not that it uses specifically ONE vowel. Consider a rewrite please
You could say the answer is:
Defenselessness: because it doesn't start with an s.
Selfishness: because it doesn't end with "lessness."
Selflessness: because it is a positive, rather than negative, trait.
Teasers like this require a supplementary group of words that don't fit the criteria, used to test methods of discrimination.
Defenselessness: because it doesn't start with an s.
Selfishness: because it doesn't end with "lessness."
Selflessness: because it is a positive, rather than negative, trait.
Teasers like this require a supplementary group of words that don't fit the criteria, used to test methods of discrimination.
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