EASY AS 1-2-3

GAMES/World of Puzzles 

January 30, 2024

Shawn Kennedy

 

Spell each six-letter answer using only the letters in one of the 3-letter words below, repeating letters according to this rule: Use one letter once, another letter twice, and the last letter three times. The frequency of each letter is for you to determine, and the 3-letter words are listed in random order.

3-LETTER WORDS

LOG      RHO      TAR

HUB      YAP      ENS

LAM      GIN      REP

NAB      NIP       CON

OAT      TRE      ADO

 

Example:

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RHO - HORROR 

1. Taste and sight are two of them

2. Noah's Ark's mountain perch

3. Fruit grown in bunches called "hands"

4. Tropical fruit with spicy black edible seeds

5. Stage in a metamorphosis

6. 1/9th of a certain sporting event

7. 1 followed by 100 zeros

8. Lion, tiger, or bear, e.g.

9. Sway unsteadily

10. Thingamajig

11. Commotion

12. The Scoville scale measures how hot it is

13. Body art, to some

Answers:

 

1. (ENS) SENSES

2. (TAR) ARARAT

3. (NAB) BANANA

4. (YAP) PAPAYA

5. (CON) COCOON

6. (GIN) INNING

7. (LOG) GOOGOL

8. (LAM) MAMMAL 

9. (TRE) TEETER

10. (ADO) DOODAD

11. (HUB) HUBBUB

12. (REP) PEPPER

13. (OAT) TATTOO