ERGRO
Add the same sequence of three letters both before and after “ERGRO” in order to form an existing English word.
SOLUTION
Add the letters U-N-D to get UNDERGROUND.
Tag: Words
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11 is a Racehorse
Can you figure out what story the following sequence of statements is telling?
- 11 is a racehorse
- 12 is 12
- 1111 race
- 12112
SOLUTION
11 is a racehorse. 12 is one (1) too (2). 11 won (1) one (1) race. 12 won (1) one (1) too (2).
A Bunch of Words
Examine the 12 words below and determine what popular proverb is represented by them.
| mimic | iris | picnic |
| pilgrim | love | giving |
| love | rigid | icing |
| spirit | vigil | crisis |
SOLUTION
The answer is LOVE IS BLIND.
All the words in the table have 2 “eyes” (i’s), except for the word “love”.
A Cardinal Points
A cardinal points and says, “thorn, shout, seat, and stew.” Can you explain?
SOLUTION
The sentence is a play on words and anagrams. Thorn, shout, seat, and stew are anagrams of the four cardinal directions of the compass: north, south, east, and west.
Conflicting Words
What unique feature do the following words share?
FRIEND, FEAST, THERE, THOROUGH, FLIGHT, WONDERFUL, RESIGN, ENDURING, PEST, COVERT
SOLUTION
Each of these words contains its antonym as a sub-word:
FRIEND – FIEND, FEAST – FAST, THERE – HERE, THOROUGH – ROUGH, FLIGHT – FIGHT, WONDERFUL – WOEFUL, RESIGN – REIGN, ENDURING – ENDING, PEST – PET, COVERT – OVERT
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Repetitive
You have two groups of words:
- black, word, English, brief, noun, grandiloquent, last
- white, number, Russian, long, verb, unpretentious, first
To which group does “repetitive” belong?
SOLUTION
The first group contains self-explanatory words (known as autologicals), the second group does not. Therefore “repetitive” should belong to the first group.
