NightTrain
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Sat Jan-24-04 12:37 PM
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A puzzler for you English buffs |
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I'm thinking of a six-letter word. If you add a seventh letter, its meaning becomes the opposite of what it was originally. Can you figure out what that six-letter word is?
HINT: You add the seventh letter to neither the beginning nor the end of the original word.
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Bertha Venation
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Sat Jan-24-04 12:56 PM
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1. Have you been listening to Saturday morning NPR/PRI? |
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Heheh. ;)
I haven't the foggiest, NT.
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On the Road
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Sat Jan-24-04 01:02 PM
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Adding it to the middle of the word is tricky. It's hard to even think of a good search strategy.
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Sat Jan-24-04 01:29 PM
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3. Saw your thread a while ago and I'm still flustered. |
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Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 01:29 PM by blondeatlast
Hint?
Pretty please?
Does the winner get an exclusive on the NT-LH hookup???
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Sat Jan-24-04 01:46 PM
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4. At least tell us if the single letter is a vowel or consonant? |
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I'm gonna start tearing out my hair . . .
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NightTrain
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Sat Jan-24-04 02:04 PM
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1. The extra letter is a consonant.
2. The original six-letter word can be extanded to eight letters. The only difference is that the eight-letter word is in the past tense.
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Sat Jan-24-04 03:42 PM
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Sat Jan-24-04 06:03 PM
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7. How about create and cremate? |
NightTrain
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Sat Jan-24-04 06:13 PM
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8. Very good! Not what I was thinking of, though. |
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Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 06:13 PM by NightTrain
OK, one last hint: The six-letter word starts with "P."
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Sat Jan-24-04 06:28 PM
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Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 06:28 PM by qwertyMike
should be a WINNER
so there
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Sat Jan-24-04 06:55 PM
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10. Is "cremate" an eight-letter word? |
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Sat Jan-24-04 07:08 PM
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Sat Jan-24-04 07:33 PM
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12. So am I right or wrong? |
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I already know I'm impatient. :)
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Sat Jan-24-04 07:38 PM
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13. I think you are right |
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better opposites than create and cremate.
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Sat Jan-24-04 09:07 PM
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:bounce: :party: :yourock:
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Sat Jan-24-04 09:18 PM
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16. Hooray! You can't see now, but I'm doing my victory dance (nt) |
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Sat Jan-24-04 10:21 PM
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Don't want to sound like a sore runner-up but...the word is spelled putrefy. :spank:
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