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One of These Doesn't Belong
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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
All of the following words, except one, share a common characteristic. Which word is the odd-one-out, and why?
If you form a hypothesis, or are struggling to do so, please look at the hint before checking the answer.
town
events
flour
heater
exist
water
note
fervid
If you form a hypothesis, or are struggling to do so, please look at the hint before checking the answer.
town
events
flour
heater
exist
water
note
fervid
Hint
numbersAnswer
All of the words except "water" contain scrambled versions of words for numbers, namely "one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", and "seven", as follows:noTe ==> one
towN ==> two
heAter ==> three
fLour ==> four
feRviD ==> five
ExisT ==> six
evenTs ==> seven
Therefore, "water" is the odd-one-out.
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