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Missing Anagrams I
Below are several sets of words with some letters taken out. For each letter (A, B, or C) there are 2 words. Find the 2 or 3 letters that will fit into both words. Take the letters that you put into the words for A, B and (maybe) C and unscramble them. That is your answer for that number.
Example:
1)
A) FORE _ _ _
_ _ _ ITE
B) BR _ _ K
SL _ _ K
Answer:
A) foreIGN
IGNite
B) brICk
slICk
Unscramble IGNIC: ICING is the answer.
All 5 words will belong to a common group, and a smaller group inside that group. Can you figure out all the words, what common group they are in, and what smaller group they are in? Good Luck!
1)
A) N _ _ ER
_ _ ENT
B) FI _ _ _ T
_ _ _ T
2)
A) BO _ _ _ G
CLA _ _ _ ET
B) G _ _ _ TO
R _ _ _ ORIC
C) AF _ _ R
FIL _ _ R
3)
A) FUN _ _ _
TUN _ _ _
B) P _ _ _ E
SL _ _ _ E
4)
A) CONC _ _ _ E
SEC _ _ _
B) _ _ ART
SP _ _ RE
5)
A) ACC _ _ _
LAM _ _ _
B) DE _ _ _ D
LE _ _ _ NT
C) PHO _ _
PLA _ _ T
Example:
1)
A) FORE _ _ _
_ _ _ ITE
B) BR _ _ K
SL _ _ K
Answer:
A) foreIGN
IGNite
B) brICk
slICk
Unscramble IGNIC: ICING is the answer.
All 5 words will belong to a common group, and a smaller group inside that group. Can you figure out all the words, what common group they are in, and what smaller group they are in? Good Luck!
1)
A) N _ _ ER
_ _ ENT
B) FI _ _ _ T
_ _ _ T
2)
A) BO _ _ _ G
CLA _ _ _ ET
B) G _ _ _ TO
R _ _ _ ORIC
C) AF _ _ R
FIL _ _ R
3)
A) FUN _ _ _
TUN _ _ _
B) P _ _ _ E
SL _ _ _ E
4)
A) CONC _ _ _ E
SEC _ _ _
B) _ _ ART
SP _ _ RE
5)
A) ACC _ _ _
LAM _ _ _
B) DE _ _ _ D
LE _ _ _ NT
C) PHO _ _
PLA _ _ T
Hint
All of the answers are numbers.Answer
1)A) nEVer
EVent
B) fiNESt
NESt
Unscramble EVNES: SEVEN
2)
A) boRINg
claRINet
B) gHETto
rHEToric
C) afTEr
filTEr
Unscramble RINHETTE: THIRTEEN
3)
A) funNEL
tunNEL
B) pEEVe
slEEVe
Unscramble NELEEV: ELEVEN
4)
A) concRETe
secRET
B) HEart
spHEre
Unscramble RETHE: THREE
5)
A) accENT
lamENT
B) deNIEd
leNIEnt
C) phoNE
plaNEt
Unscramble ENTNIENE: NINETEEN
All of the answers are numbers (common group) and they are all prime (smaller group).
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