Friday, April 29, 2011

1. The two sets of clues below share a similar, though different, property.

HEAD
POTATO
LINE
TIP
TICKET

SHOULDER
FRONT
TURKEY
CUT
SORE

2. These words follow a certain pattern. What is the missing word?

BEGIN INCH CHAPEL ELASTIC _____ CELLAR ARISEN END

3. What do these words have in common?

Bees
Eyes
Tease
Ease
Seize
Peas
Use
Wise

Answers:

1. Each word in the first set can be preceded by HOT and each word in the second set can be preceded by COLD.

2. ICE - Each word begins with the last two letters of the preceding word.

3. Each word can be spelled phonetically by a single repeated letter:

Bees - BB (B's)
Eyes - II
Tease - TT
Ease - EE
Seize - CC
Peas - PP
Use - UU
Wise - YY





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