The six words below can be separated into two groups of three according to a certain distinguishing feature. What are the two groups and what is the distinguishing feature?

UNCOUTH 

INDOLENT

MISNOMER

INDELIBLE

ANONYMOUS

NONCHALANCE 

 

Answer:

The two groups are:

UNCOUTH             INDOLENT          

INDELIBLE           MISNOMER

ANONYMOUS      NONCHALANCE

Couth, Delible, and Onymous are real words:

Couth = Refined, cultured

Delible = Erasable

Onymous = Bearing the author's name

Dolent, nomer, and chalance are not words.

Credit:

Katherine Baicker and Adam Wagner