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What do each of the following words have in common?
brandy, pirated, swingers, tramps, grangers
brandy, pirated, swingers, tramps, grangers
Hint
They start off tall, but end up small.Answer
Each of the words can be reduced, one letter at a time, to form new words. Each time you remove either a first or a last letter and be left with a new word. The answers are sometimes different depending on which letter you drop.brandy, brand, bran, ran, an, a
pirated, pirate, irate, rate, ate, at, a
swingers, swinger, swinge, swing, wing, win, in, I
tramps, ramps, ramp, ram, am, a
grangers, rangers, ranger, range, rang, ran, an, a
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