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Which is the only word in the English language to be comprised of two letters, each used three times?
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thought it was something else.........alas brainster you did it again ti me BUT.......I will be watching
sure redraptor, anytime!
great one! u got me
this one was good...i would have never guessed...
Nice teaser, I went through about 403,212 words of my vocabulary before I just had to peek at the answer. It was like: 'Of' Nope. 'Off' Nope. and so on...
Good one! And I learned something new!!
Thanks guys, glad you all liked it!
That's a toughie!
i'm glad to see that i was the only one that it was hard. a great teaser, makes you think, sorry my brain is still on vacation
i meant to say i was not the only one sorry
You stumped me brainster, yet again!
Good one. Keep them coming.
Good one. Keep them coming.
I was trying to use two & three , failed miserably
good one
good one
I'M SURPRISED SO FEW PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER. WE LEARNED THAT IN ENGLISH CLASS.
Hummm, a real thinker...the a.m. shift might need that extra cup of joe for this one. And there no failure or discredit for missing this one. It's may seem simple but... A Good One.
And just when I had my daily streak going again! Hadn't missed since Pac-Man ate me up 8 teasers ago. Great Job!
Oh, and the Chimera beast before that (another Brainster one) Thanks Brainster!
Got me, too. Must be I was sleeping in English class the day they taught that.
I no get it! I mean, I get it, but I didnt GET the answer.
I went through the vowels, becoz there would have to be a vowel, with every letter, "ababab, acacac, cacaca, dada, addad", but, deeded just didn't occur to me when I did the "eb, ec, eded, efeef", altho, at the end, I did kinda start to think that there would probably be a double vowel, which would narrow it down to "ee, oo", but, for all my wonderful organized thinking, I still didn't GET IT! And, like the other person here, I don't think I ever would have guessed it unless I wrote every possible combination down. Then maybe after 2000 combination, maybe, maybe...
Thanks for the great teaser!
I went through the vowels, becoz there would have to be a vowel, with every letter, "ababab, acacac, cacaca, dada, addad", but, deeded just didn't occur to me when I did the "eb, ec, eded, efeef", altho, at the end, I did kinda start to think that there would probably be a double vowel, which would narrow it down to "ee, oo", but, for all my wonderful organized thinking, I still didn't GET IT! And, like the other person here, I don't think I ever would have guessed it unless I wrote every possible combination down. Then maybe after 2000 combination, maybe, maybe...
Thanks for the great teaser!
Does the fact that I wasn't even sure "deeded" was a real word mean that I have to relinquish my Braingle membership?
This is a very outstanding teaser, although I came up with the answer right away My mind was in gear, this morning. This does get you to test ALL possibilities. Thank you, Brain!
I don't feel so bad about not getting it.
Fun one, Brainster! I didn't have the time to try like some of the overachievers here ... SHAWNEEO! I plan to use this as a teaser when I'm at camp this week!
I did not get it but it was cool to see the answer....
Very nice!
I wasn't even sure "deeded" was a real word either, so I looked it up. It does not exist in the Oxford Dictionary © 1998, but it is in the American Heritage Dictionary © 1978.
Wow! That was a tough one! Couldn't get it, but had fun trying to figure it out. Keep em' coming!
Thanks all! And I see lmurray is back in style! *shrugs crazy commenting person off her mind*
Great choice!
Just a real puzzle. Great job!!!
Enjoyed thinking about it but sure came no where near solving it.
way clever. I had no idea what it was.
Good one!!
Great teaser!
Man, how did you come up with that one?????
La-la-la.
NBen...I kept coming back to lalala too! Great teaser. Worked and worked and still didn't get it. Thanks, Brainster.
That's why she's the Brainster.
Made me feel dumb since I am a licensed assessor - should know something about deeds. Like the old assessor's joke - how high is an awning? Give up? It's just a shade above the ground. Thanks Brainster, keep them coming.
Made me feel dumb since I am a licensed assessor - should know something about deeds. Like the old assessor's joke - how high is an awning? Give up? It's just a shade above the ground. Thanks Brainster, keep them coming.
Great teaser! Though the use of the word 'deeded' is uncommon in my country, I could still get it after some effort. I WAS excited! Thanks . Would like to see more such teasers!
I was just too curious about the answer to keep looking for it myself. I'm glad I gave up quickly .... it could've potentially bothered me all day, but instead I get to move on to another teaser before my coffee is finished.
Good morning!
Good morning!
No, no you are wrong. Clearly the only reasonable answer is "nanana!"
woould keeper have worked? I looked up needed, I guess theres no such word..ya got me!
I get it now brainster, that was really a tough one once I really understood the teaser, GOOD ONE!
Please prove that this is the *only* such word.
HAHAHA
Good one! I never would've gotten it...thanks for posting!
the closest I came was to banana, unfortunately it had 3 letters. Deeded eluded me as it did so many others.
Laugh it up, Doehead!!!
i got it
Thanks for the comments all! The only way I could think of proving this leftclick, was to use an online anagram solver. It didn't give me any other option except the word "deeded"!
Very good!
I kept thinking of words with repeated letters, but there was always a THIRD letter lurking in there! I just couldn't come up with only two different letters! I kept thinking of Mississippi, banana, rococo, Bimini until I just got lost in all the letters. Never even thought of a word with "e's" - That is really bad - with all the "e's" in words!
I kept thinking of words with repeated letters, but there was always a THIRD letter lurking in there! I just couldn't come up with only two different letters! I kept thinking of Mississippi, banana, rococo, Bimini until I just got lost in all the letters. Never even thought of a word with "e's" - That is really bad - with all the "e's" in words!
@composer
I've never even heard anyone use the word before, so.... XD
nice teaser, by the way
I've never even heard anyone use the word before, so.... XD
nice teaser, by the way
This would take way too much time to figure out so I did not even try, but you all liked it so that makes it a good teaser.
I definitely didn't get this one. It was a real thinker!! Unfortunately, I couldn't get past "cocoon.....No. It ends with an 'n'...........cocoon....No....."
A tough one, yes in deed.
Would dedeeded by a word? To remove a deed from somebody. That would be something.
I guessed hahaha
There I sat at the Braingle teaser crossroads. That moment of indecision we all know. "Can I solve this and therefore invest the time to succeed or should I bale now because I'll probably never get it?" Relying on the solid three point difficulty rating, I tentatively bailed but was rewarded when the answer assured me I too never would have gotten it.
5 seconds, simple...I liked it
Fun and entertaining teaser. Took a while but I got it.
Loved it! Took me a minute as I went through words with "a" first, and then the ones with "e".
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