ODD ONE OUT VII
Joseph Appel

One of the item in each list is different from the others. Which one is it, and why?

1)
Live
Part
Kayak
Flow

2)
Cloud
Final
Ground
Night

3)
Straight
Strength
Twelfth
Scratch

4)
Encore
Brilliant
Shame
Goody

5)
Jane
Terry
Alex
Pat

6)
Civic
Livid
Mimic
Divide

7)
Success
Bicycle
Cactus
Circus

8)
Candor
Father
Season
Sundry

Answers:

1. Kayak - Kayak is a palindrome - the same word reading forward or backward. The other words are perfect anagrams (semordnilaps) - words that become other words when read backward.  

2. Night - The other words are commonly followed by numbers: Cloud 9, Final 4, Ground 0.

3. Straight - The other words have only one vowel.

4. Brilliant - The other words are often repeated twice: Encore! Encore!, etc. 

5. Jane - The others are unisex names.

6. Divide - The other words, when each letter is capitalized, are made up entirely of Roman numerals: CIVIC, LIVID,  MIMIC

7. Cactus - The other word contain both the hard and soft C sound. 

8. Candor - The other words are made up of two smaller words: FAT + HER = FATHER, etc.