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5 Vowel Substitution
There are many 3-letter words that can be changed into other words by changing a vowel. For example, JAG can be changed to JIG, JOG or JUG. However, JEG is not a word.
Can you find sets of common three-letter English words that are formed by using all 5 vowels (A,E,I,O,U)?
Can you find sets of common three-letter English words that are formed by using all 5 vowels (A,E,I,O,U)?
Answer
Here are 6 possible sets:BAD, BED, BID, BOD, BUD
BAG, BEG, BIG, BOG, BUG
DAN, DEN, DIN, DON, DUN
PAP, PEP, PIP, POP, PUP
PAT, PET, PIT, POT, PUT
TAN, TEN, TIN, TON, TUN
If you found others, please share them in the comments
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I found: gat, get, git, got & gut / hap, hep, hip, hop & hup / mad, med, mid, mod & mud. Not alll the words are common but they're in my scrabble dictionary. :-)
Let me add bat, bet, bit, bot and but. Thanks.
Also ban, ben, bin, bon and bun. At first I didn't think I could use it but according to Webster, a ben is an inner parlor in a 2-room cottage. =)
Why did you need webster's? YOu could have used skullim's scrable dictionary.
ohhg sorry skellum spelled your name wrong.
Enjoyed this teaser, Good Job
For 4 letter words, there's b[aeiou]ll, and my favorite makes a sentence:
List last, lest lust lost!
And if you count proper nouns, our on-line Webster's gives this 6 vowel permutation:
Dane Dene dine done dune dyne
List last, lest lust lost!
And if you count proper nouns, our on-line Webster's gives this 6 vowel permutation:
Dane Dene dine done dune dyne
Fun teaser. Thanks for posting.
Great, but HARD!!!!!!!!
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