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Compound Word Closers 15
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For each of the following, find a word that may be appended to each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words.
For example, given: "friend, owner, dealer", you would need to find the word "ship", which, when appended to these words, results in the three new valid words: "friendship", "ownership", and "dealership" respectively.
1. back, key, heat
2. flag, soap, sand
3. land, water, hall
4. white, night, fools
For example, given: "friend, owner, dealer", you would need to find the word "ship", which, when appended to these words, results in the three new valid words: "friendship", "ownership", and "dealership" respectively.
1. back, key, heat
2. flag, soap, sand
3. land, water, hall
4. white, night, fools
Answer
1. stroke - backstroke, keystroke, heatstroke2. stone - flagstone, soapstone, sandstone
3. mark - landmark, watermark, hallmark
4. cap - whitecap, nightcap, foolscap
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Smashing teaser; most enjoyable, thanks!
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Fun and entertaining teaser. Tough one for me - only got the first one.
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