Brain Teasers
Do Opposites Attract?
Language
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.Language
These seemingly "nonsense" words have pairs of opposites in them. For example:
lshoorntg would be "Long /Short" (LshOorNtG). If you've noticed, the letters in the words are always in the same order. Get the idea? Great! Now try these!
1) Wfateirer
2) Grsokuynd
3) Rpoiocrh
4) Frbeoiezle
5) Ppenecinl
6) Wmaomnan
7) Ldaigrhkt
8) Ounvderer
9) Cdilreatny
10) Riwrgohngt
lshoorntg would be "Long /Short" (LshOorNtG). If you've noticed, the letters in the words are always in the same order. Get the idea? Great! Now try these!
1) Wfateirer
2) Grsokuynd
3) Rpoiocrh
4) Frbeoiezle
5) Ppenecinl
6) Wmaomnan
7) Ldaigrhkt
8) Ounvderer
9) Cdilreatny
10) Riwrgohngt
Answer
1) Water/Fire: WfATEireR2) Ground/Sky: GRsOkUyND
3) Rich/Poor: RpoIoCrH
4) Freeze/Boil: FRbEoiEZlE
5) Pen/Pencil: PpENeCInL
6) Woman/Man: WmaOMnAN
7) Light/Dark: LdaIGrHkT
8) Over/Under: OunVdERer
9) Clean/Dirty: CdiLrEAtNy
10) Right/Wrong: RIwrGoHngT
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Ooh good one. Me and my friend worked together on this one and got about 2/3 of them right. Anyway, thanks.
I got all of them but #9. Good ones they had me thinking for awhile.
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Good one. Very very easy but interesting and fun. Got all of them in matter of minutes
I'm with V Bapat. I was very fun though. Well done.
Nov 08, 2004
LOVED this one!! I play scrabble and it helps to be able to see the word(s) inside the word!
Very easy, but it was fun!! I got all of them but number one. Haha I rhyme...
I got all of them whithin a matter of seconds #'s 2 & 4 I didn't get those at all, this was a good one I must say
this was a pretty good one.. I liked it but it was kinda hard for me.. I am a blonde. good job.
i just have to put eery smile i got because this was truly a master piece
I'd have to agree with sofine29ismine!! Truely a masterpiece!! I won't put all the smiles, though!!!
Finally i did not get stumped!
another good one
another good one
Good one horse_luver, keep up the good job.
It was awesome! It wasn't too easy, but not too hard either
Cool. First comment this time around. I liked this teaser. Most were easy, but still had to think about it. Thanks for posting.
Are pen and pencil opposites?
Great!!! I really liked this one!!
A great teaser to start the day and get me thinking!!!!
This was really hard, but fun, too.
Ol' SourDough wishes to thank thou for a Fun Teaser!
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Awfully easy, but still fun. Some weren't really opposites, though...
Very cool teaser, but as noted by others some were not really opposites. Related would be a better term, but fun puzzle. Thanks.
This was fun. I couldn't get #1 and almost just gave up and was about to click on answer, but then I gave the rest a try and they were not that hard for me. I agree with auntiesis.
FonUNe! Enjoyed it. Simple, easy and entertaining!
Easy but fun. i like it
Jul 10, 2008
Loved this one. Solved all of them, the ninth one took me some time though because it was arranged in a tricky way.
Woman/Man - not Opposites - a common misconception. They are two aspects of the same thing.
Fire/Water and Pen/Pencil aren't Opposites either...
Fire/Water and Pen/Pencil aren't Opposites either...
Fun, fun, fun!!
But much harder than it looked.
But much harder than it looked.
That was fun!
I got 'em all!
More, please...
I got 'em all!
More, please...
At first it looked hard, but when I got started it fell into place. Loved it!
Nice teaser, even though I'm not sure that all of them are opposites
Thanks for this teaser! Got them all pretty readily, even tho a very few were not opposites but contrasting in some way!
Three of these are not opposites,for instance (pen and pencil are both writing instruments, their chemical balance is different. So that does not make them opposites). I could go on and on,but I choose to say the editors don't review their material, or they would quit publishing these incorrect type teasers. I'm sure some of you agree with me, and if you don't so be it.
too easy, no challenge, give me one that makes me think.
Fun! Took me a bit on the freeze/boil one, though, the rest came pretty easily. Great job!
yeah i got all of them quite quickly but was really fun actually do another one like it
I like this type of teaser. A couple of them jumped out at me and a couple of them took a few minutes! Thanks for a good one!
Easy one but well made.Going to my favorites.
Very creative, I enjoyed this more than most I have tried. My patience didn't allow me to dwell on Rich/Poor long enough to get it but the rest went down
I see I worked this one out back in 2011 so did not try again as the hour is late and I am sleepy. Good one though!
Easy but fun.
Interesting, but a bit to easy.
As noted by several others, some of the pairs were not technically opposites but it was still a fun teaser and quite solvable if you put in the few minutes it took.
This was a good one and just the right amount of challenge for me today. Thanks for posting!
Good teaser, fairly easy for the most part, a couple of them took an extra second to spot.
#9 got me too for whatever reason. Good one!
Got all of these fairly easily. This was a great puzzle for the whole family to do. Didn't think they were all opposite, but related in some way. A fun puzzle.
I had more trouble with the beginning ones than with the end ones! Really good teaser!
Fun, entertaining and easy teaser; got them all very quickly.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got them all very quickly just as I did the first time I tried this teaser three years ago.
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