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Delete a Letter 27
Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word.
1) heavily decorated (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to speak formally
2) to establish or bring into being (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) affectionate or tender
3) to ransack, pillage, or plunder (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) abundant or numerous
4) a fugitive or deserter (7 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a narrow platform extending from a stage into an auditorium
1) heavily decorated (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to speak formally
2) to establish or bring into being (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) affectionate or tender
3) to ransack, pillage, or plunder (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) abundant or numerous
4) a fugitive or deserter (7 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a narrow platform extending from a stage into an auditorium
Answer
1) ornate & orate2) found & fond
3) rifle & rife
4) runaway & runway
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good one
I can never figure out what word you want for your definitions. They are so different than what I think they are.
I did not fair too well with this one.
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I got 1 and 4 by myself, but I had to use thesaurus.com to get the other two. I guess they decided "discovered" and "long-range firearm" were too easy to figure out, so they used lesser-known versions of those two words.
I got 1, 2 and 4, I didn't figure out 3, not even close. Had fun trying anyway.
Fun and challenging teaser; I got all four but had to look up synonyms for the last two to get them.
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