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Hyphen Word-Hunt 2
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** or Hyphen-Word Hunt! **
Some English words are usually paired with a hyphen. The rules for this are interesting to browse, and some word pairs can even be correctly written in three different ways - e.g. playgroup, play group, or play-group.
This teaser invites you find a commonly hyphenated word-pair inside a pair of words.
e.g. undisCLOSEd - cUPbearer gives us CLOSE-UP
**CLUES**
1. Drunken - King
2. Proliferate - Synthesizer
3. Pothole - Dehumidifier
4. Superclean - Prosecutor
... and a triple!
5. Acknowledge - Excited - Footballer
Meanings or synonyms are provided in the Hint below, but be careful - these might make it too easy.
Some English words are usually paired with a hyphen. The rules for this are interesting to browse, and some word pairs can even be correctly written in three different ways - e.g. playgroup, play group, or play-group.
This teaser invites you find a commonly hyphenated word-pair inside a pair of words.
e.g. undisCLOSEd - cUPbearer gives us CLOSE-UP
**CLUES**
1. Drunken - King
2. Proliferate - Synthesizer
3. Pothole - Dehumidifier
4. Superclean - Prosecutor
... and a triple!
5. Acknowledge - Excited - Footballer
Meanings or synonyms are provided in the Hint below, but be careful - these might make it too easy.
Hint
1. Confrontation2. Full-scale
3. Boring
4. Sharply outlined
5. Wise guy
Answer
1. RUN-IN2. LIFE-SIZE
3. HO-HUM
4. CLEAN-CUT
5. KNOW-IT-ALL
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Fantastic!
Challenging, yet achievable. I need the hint for #4. Very creative!
Me likey.
Challenging, yet achievable. I need the hint for #4. Very creative!
Me likey.
Fun and challenging! Nice work.
I had to peek at the answer to #1 before I understood what we were supposed to do. After that I got the rest. It turned out to be fun. Thanks for posting.
Very fun and entertaining teaser; I got all of them very easily without having to use the hint.
Nice to see this on the daily teaser. This time through, I found "Lean-To" as a solution for #4.
Gr8 fun teaser, thanks!
Didn't need any hints.
Didn't need any hints.
Fun and entertaining teaser; I did the same as I did three years ago and got all of them without need of a hint.
Do we get extra credit for "Lean-to" as an answer for #4?
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