NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 3, 2016): Shall we play a game?:
Q: Take the word FALSE and divide it between the L and the S (e.g. FAL and SE). FAL is the start of the word FALL, and SE is the end of the word RISE. And, of course, "fall" and "rise" are opposites. Do the same thing for the word SHALL. Divide it into two parts, so that the start of it starts one word and the end of it ends another word — and those two words are opposites. The dividing point is for you to discover. There are three different solutions and you are to find all three.
A: SHORT and TALL, SHARP and DULL, SHAKY and STILL and SHAN'T and WILL
Here's my standard reminder... don't post the answer or any hints that could lead directly to the answer (e.g. via a chain of thought, or an internet search) before the deadline of Thursday at 3pm ET. If you know the answer, click the link and submit it to NPR, but don't give it away here.
ReplyDeleteYou may provide indirect hints to the answer to show you know it, but make sure they don't give the answer away. You can openly discuss your hints and the answer after the Thursday deadline. Thank you.
I have FOUR answers.
ReplyDeleteI should have added, four answers using all five letters of "shall." I have several answers using only the first & last 2 letters of "shall." For one of these see below.
DeleteI now have SEVEN legitimate answers, one of them is a repeated word with 2 different antonyms and one contains an abbreviation.
DeleteI now have TEN answers using all 5 letters.
DeleteUsing all 5 letters of “shall.”
Delete1. SHORT>>>TALL
2. SHYNESS>>>GALL
3. SHOOT (up)>>>FALL
4. SHARP>>>DULL
5. SHARP (distinct)>>>OVERALL (general). A sharp impression, an overall impression.
6. SHADED (understated)>>>OVERKILL (in excess, overstated) His explanation was “shaded,” but her explanation was “overkill.”
7. SHAN'T>>>WILL
8. SHARK (expert cheat)(Reyemile's animal?)>>>THRALL (a slave)
9. & 10, SHAKE (up)(agitate)>>>STILL (to calm) or LULL
Question I posed at the end of last week's Blog: Is it one dividing point with multiple solutions, or possible multiple dividing points with one or more solutions each?
ReplyDeleteThe dividing points are not the same for all the answers.
DeleteIf that's true shouldn't the puzzle read "The dividing points are for you to discover?"
DeleteI found four answers, too. Two of them use the same dividing point but involve different parts of speech.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't listen this morning. Did the on air version say who came up with this puzzle? The master or someone else?
ReplyDeleteI might have five answers. Not sure if contractions are allowed. Also, not sure if the opposite of SHABBY is SWELL.
ReplyDeleteSHRINK>>>SWELL
DeleteI like it.
DeleteWell, that definitely makes more sense.
DeleteBut SHRINK and SWELL don't use the A in SHALL. I think all 5 letters must be used. And, of course, we're not supposed to be giving away legitimate answers.
DeleteWell, that definitely makes more sense.
DeleteI agree. Since "shrink" & "swell" don't use all 5 letters of "shall," it is not, therefore, a legitimate answer and as such, not a "giveaway."
DeleteI will "give away" another of my non-a answers: SHOVE>>>PULL.
DeleteGood point, Jan.
DeleteGood point, Jan.
DeleteI have three, but one word I used is the opposite of itself! ---Rob
ReplyDeleteIf you've solved the puzzle with opposites, now try to solve it using members of a category. That is, the second word is a member of the first word's category. (For example CLANS would be CLOTHING and JEANS.) I can think of at least four such associations using our word, SHALL.
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ReplyDeleteSo far, I have five out the three answers. Maybe I should try to get at least six or seven of those three before I submit my answer.
ReplyDeleteI have five different answers, and one of them is roughly a kin to an unlikely PEAR, peace and war.
ReplyDeleteI have an animal-based answer that I'm convinced is legit but my wife says is not valid. Anyone care to weigh in on the pros and cons of this solution?
ReplyDeleteI found several sets of antonyms, three of which use the same dividing point.
ReplyDeleteI think the puzzle segment, generally speaking, might give some clues to this week's challenge. I can't say more without getting too obvious. I'll explain after the deadline...
ReplyDeleteI'm just going to not submit "SH!tcan" and "instALL"...
ReplyDeleteOh, but you should!
DeleteYour sh!tstorm is not the be-all and end-all of the story...
DeleteI suspect "shoponline / shopatthemall" is not an intended answer.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I don't think you are allowed to divide "shall" at the end and use "shallow / deep".
ReplyDeleteIn additional to the four answers I mentioned in my post this morning I have found two additional word pairs that fill the bill. As with two of the original four, they share the same dividing point but involve different parts of speech. I did not send these two in since I had already submitted my four answers earlier. But I’ll share them with you on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteI have more than enough answers that qualify.
ReplyDeleteAs is sadly too common, the PM spent little time exploring possible areas of ambiguity and confusion in this challenge.
ReplyDeleteMost glaring is the "point" vs "points" phrasing.
But I have a problem with whose rules to violate. I may give away an answer and cross Blaine, but I am not sure whether the answer follows what what Will wants.
So. Every one knows a shack is a poor hovel, while many great English manor homes are called halls.
Are there too many "a's" (as opposed to too few) and where does "shall" get divided?
At least if you have already sent in your only allowed answer, this won't cause you problems.
There are so many likely solutions, one more won't tilt the world too far.
MJ: I had same issue with one of my answers. The parameters were really not set up. Just sent in my answers (5). Interested to see what the PM says next Sunday re the rules.
ReplyDeleteCan we agree that there are two sets of answer antonyms that everybody will get, and then a set of answer antonyms that I expect will vary with everybody?
ReplyDeleteNow the two sets that I believe everybody will get, I've figured out that with one of them, if you take the unused beginning of the word that shares its ending with SHALL, and add on the unused ending of the word that shares its beginning with SHALL, you get a legitimate word to which you can add three letters to the end to get another legitimate word.
However, with the other set of antonyms, if you take the unused beginning of the word that shares its ending with SHALL, and add on the unused ending of the word that shares its beginning with SHALL, you do NOT get a legitimate word. However, if you spell the result backwards, then add 4 letters (the first and last of which are the same letter), you now not only have a legitimate word, it's actually found in the Declaration of Independence!
In the first paragraph above, "sets" would have been better than "a set".
DeleteBy the dawn's early light, I see nothing wrong and very much right with your excellent analysis of the situation.
DeleteBeautiful job, E&WAf!
I found the word in the Declaration of Independence. Great observations. Fun to use for answer verification.
ReplyDeleteI sent in 4 with the same dividing point.
ReplyDeleteI have 4 answers splitting shall in 4 different ways. I'm sure there are many more.
ReplyDeleteI have 4 answers splitting shall in 4 different ways. I'm sure there are many more.
ReplyDeleteWe SHALL overcome!
ReplyDeleteHappy 4th of July!
ReplyDeleteYeah, and it fell on Independence Day this year too!
DeleteAnd here I thought all the fireworks were meant to provide a little extra light because we're at Aphelion.
DeleteSTARS AND STRIPES FOREVER.
DeleteI don't know why we always have to have the fireworks in the evening when it's dark and hard to see. Why don't we let the corporations decide when it should be? They're people too, you know.
DeleteDo they have a fourth of July in England?
DeleteOld joke. Sorry.
Several years ago I was at the supermarket checking out and mentioned to the young woman (girl) that the Canadians were so unpatriotic they didn't even celebrate the Fourth of July. She replied, "I didn't know that." I was not at all surprised.
DeleteAnother time I was standing at the very top of a man made knoll at Gasworks Park at the North end of Lake Union waiting for the fireworks to begin in a few minutes. I was crammed in with tens of thousands of other spectators waiting for the spectacle to begin at about 10:15 PM when I heard one of two or three young woman standing right behind me ask her friend(s) when the fireworks would begin on Elliot Bay, our other major fireworks display back then, and I had the inspiration to turn my head and tell them the Elliot Bay fireworks were going to be held this year on Independence Day. She asked when that was. Again I was not surprised.
@jan,
DeleteSo now we're just being sucked back in?
Yup, facing a fiery death on January 4.
DeleteIt is very American to celebrate independence by blowing things up.
DeleteEver notice that the patriots at Fox never have any special programming about the meaning of the Fourth (or Veteran's or Memorial Day for that matter) while the America-hating liberals at PBS always have programs relevant to those holidays?
Gives me time to plan ...
DeleteFor an interesting treatment of the end-of-the-world genre, try Ben Winters' The Last Policeman trilogy.
DeleteHere's a link to an interesting piece I received in email this morning re: understanding our country:
DeleteThree Comforting Myths About the Declaration of Independence
I think you forgot the link, SDB. Were you thinking of this?
DeleteThis op-ed was also interesting.
jan, NO, that is the link. I highlighted it and pasted it into the bar and it opened just like your properly done link, that I don't seem to know how to do here. It never comes up green when I paste it on the blog.
DeleteI will read the article, but don't we have laws in this country stopping people from just saying what they think? I mean.....
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DeleteBut weren't those "Two British officials, Guy Carleton and Guy Johnson," just a couple of Guys having fun?
DeleteWhat did Natasha say?
DeleteI wonder why I wonder anyway;
And if I'm wond'rin' is it still okay
Sorry, brainfart.
Natasha said, "I searched the title of SDB link and found it easily."
DeleteYes, so did I. But I thought that SDB had meant to embed HTML to make a clickable link, as I did.
This is true, but just to clarify, SDB is not the Missing Link.
DeleteThanks, jan.
DeleteI think sdb just doesn't do HTML.
Can I tolerate that without respecting it?
I'm doing my best.
There was just not an HTML there, and I would have added it, but I tried it without and it worked just the same. Sorry for the puzzle, guys.
DeleteSDB: FYI here are instructions for the magic of making a clickable link, that come from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/leave-blogger-comment-26481.html. I thought it complicated at first, but it's not too bad.
DeleteSDB must have posted directions for his link at same time I was posting directions. I saw that a few minutes later and deleted mine.
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DeleteI looked at Eco's link for directions for clickable link and it works. Click on Home above. Thanks Eco!!!
DeleteI just tried it 3 times, but step #3 is not exactly working for me. I did not have the HTTP stuff when I posted; just the title of the piece, and I tried it to see if it would work before I posted earlier today, and it worked.
DeleteI still do not know to make my links green, or some other color, as I would like to, but all that is needed to open them is to right click on one when you highlight it first and then open in a new tab or whatever you want, but I do find it frustrating that I can't easily change the color on blogs. I did NOT forget the http stuff; it just wasn't showing from where I was reading the article. Thanks for the help anyway.
OPEN LETTER TO GOD HTML coded.
DeleteExcellent! I am now changing my party affiliation.
DeleteOn the other hand, I doubt Donald Trump is really a racist since he doesn't even own a pair of running shoes.
The above has been an HTML free post.
Here is FREDERICK DOUGLASS' HISTORIC SPEECH on the significance of the 4th of July for the slave, delivered July 5, 1852.
Deletesdb: For step 3 just substitute the website address for home. It should work.
DeleteI understood that, but I did not have the website address. It was not available in the form I received the article. That is why I did not have the http.
DeleteLater, when I tried the fix, I cut and pasted jan's "this" link, but it just gave me another blank Blaine's tab. I don't need my to be this difficult at the moment. I am having major car work to do tomorrow.
Ok. I have car work tomorrow too.
DeleteYes, but I bet you are not doing it yourself.
DeleteTo use HTML coding, you need to download a text formatting toolbar, then it becomes easy.
Deleteron,
DeleteThat looks like the answer. Should I set the default to HTML? I will work on it after I finish with my engine repair tomorrow. Thanks.
Yes. Set the default to HTML.
DeleteSDB..I suspected you as the mechanic.
DeleteMinor car work: one day; moderate car work: two days; major car work: three or more days. :)
Deletehttp://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=32074
ReplyDeleteMaybe that will work.
Well I'm back, happy to report another ignorant, narcissistic, hegemonic, racist, nationalistic display has now ended here in Seattle, where we all are proud to delude ourselves into thinking we are the good people of the earth.
ReplyDeleteMaybe, on this day after Jingoistic Patriotism Day, you'll appreciate this comic: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/america
DeleteCurtis,
DeleteThank you for that, but even more thanks go to you for using the word, Jingoistic, which I could not bring to mind last night, but wanted to use in my above post. I also loved the last drawing where our patriot is slurping Kirkland vodka. The Kirkland brand which is only found at Costco, I believe, was a nice touch.
Up the Rebels! Jingoists unchained? Wait, wasn't that Wild Bill Hickok's sidekick?
DeleteGB,
DeleteYour above post is Devine!
Pays to be 'andy with words in these parts, old chap.
DeleteBy jingo, a jingoistic jingle!
DeleteAs I went walking I saw a sign there
DeleteAnd on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Will think for food.
Just a subtle hint to all you connivers for power.
DeleteNot to worry, HerHillaryness is poised to save us.
DeleteWhy don't they sing, "The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle?"
DeleteThe skies in Seattle make the entire city sing the blues.
DeleteBut that's what gave the world Starbucks.
And all this time I thought it was Herman Melville.
DeleteHe gave just one in a book, not one on every block.
DeleteI will have to agree with you. After all it was nothing more than a story about a bunch of overly sensitive men who couldn't even kill a whale without then carrying on with a shameless display of nonstop blubbering.
DeleteCareful. I'm pretty sure calling them overly sensitive is one of those micro-aggression deals.
DeleteI don't mean to harp(o)on current events, but if it weren't a white whale any gang of cops could have taken him down in minutes.
DeleteAnd no one will be baleen him out of jail, either.
DeleteCouldn't decide between Typee and Omoo pun. Settled for Typo. (Almost relevant to this week's puzzle.)
DeleteToday's New York Times crossword relates to last week's theme here.
ReplyDeleteThe first two answers are indeed quite easy, but the third I have may or may not be correct. Nevertheless, I remain unmoved...a little nervous, but unmoved.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you just aren't shilly-shallying?
DeleteI shall not shilly-shally. It's shallow and silly.
ReplyDeleteSHORT & TALL > SHARP & DULL > SHRINK & SNOWBALL > SHABBY & SWELL > SHORTCOMING & WINDFALL > SHAN'T & SHALL
ReplyDeleteLast Sunday I said, “I found four answers. Two of them use the same dividing point but involve different parts of speech.” They are:
ReplyDeleteSH-ORT, T-ALL
SHA-RP, DU-LL
SHAL-LOW, FUL-L (as adjectives)
SHAL-LOW, FIL-L (as verbs)
Two additional answers are:
S-COFFLAW, MARS-HALL (as nouns)
S-CATTER, MARS-HALL (as verbs).
I didn’t send these in because I had already submitted the first four.
SHARP & DULL, SHORT & TALL, SHANT & WILL
ReplyDelete> It's hard to find clever clues this week, but there's a way.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Here's my best guess with the same dividing point:
ReplyDeleteShort and Tall
Shiny (or Shine) and Pall
Shun and Call
SHYNESS & GALL
ReplyDeleteSHAME & GALL
SHANGRI-LA & HELL
SHAKY & STILL (pjb's, I think)
and, of course,
SHORT & TALL
SHARP & DULL
My guess using the same (sha/ll) dividing point:
ReplyDeleteSharp / dull
Shallow / full
Shaking / still
We selected a single break point. I did SHA and used shabby-swell, sharp-dull, and shaky-still. My wife used SH and used shoo-call, sheen-pall, and short-tall. Neither made the phone ring, however.
ReplyDeleteI think we all agree that SHort & tALL and SHArp & duLL are 2 of the intended answers. To those above I can add:
ReplyDeleteSHAbby & sweLL
SHAken & stiLL
SHAre & aLL (as in my share)
SHove & stALL
out of the box is SHANGRI-LA and HELL
ReplyDeletealso, there are at least two synonyms:
SHERIFF and MARSHALL
SHARD & SPALL
DeleteShalom evil is the only one no one else has brought forth of my six.
ReplyDeleteIf one cannot follow the Puzzlemaster's clear intructions, perhaps he or she should find something else to do on Sunday morning.
ReplyDeleteHe plainly told you that there are three (3) solutions.
How is it going to make him feel when he receives more than twice that number?
He also told you that the dividing POINT (not POINTS) was for you to discover.
So some of you pick four (4) of them.
Will is going to be very disappointed in you.
I think Shack and HALL, and SHack and hALL, and SHAck and haLL are nice violations of the rules.
Like many others, I had
ReplyDeleteSHORT, TALL
SHALLOW, FULL
SHARP, DULL
SHAKY, STILL
SHACK, HALL
plus a few that were stretches.
Certainly more than 3.
Neither shallow & full nor shack & hall are antonyms.
DeleteHow about SHAL(low) thoughtfu(L)
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DeleteThesaurus.com lists FULL as an antonym of SHALLOW.
Deleteeco implied above that SHort & tALL and SHArp & duLL are the obvious answers. I agree they are obvious, but I don't believe they are Will's intended answer. I took Will at his word when he said "The dividing point is for you to discover."
ReplyDeleteThus I submitted "SHARP/DULL SHAKY/STILL SHARPIE/NUMSKULL." I figured Will might dismiss SHAN'T/WILL because of the apostrophe; SHALOM/FAREWELL because "Shalom" is both a farewell and greeting; SHARE/STONEWALL because "stonewall's" is so much broader than "not sharing," and SHABBY/SWELL because "swell" is simply side-of-a-barn-broad!
I did not get "the call."
What did I get this week? A realization that the word "opposites" -- as well as "antonyms" and "synonyms" probably -- are fraught with "wiggle room."
Lego'sSyllogism:
DungAttractsFlies,
OppositesAttract
Ergo:DungAndFliesAreOpposites
I think the heavy-duty puzzle-doers are a bit prone to overanalyze the puzzle statement. Will did say the dividing point (singular) was for [us] to discover, but that was referring to a single answer. The sentence after that is where he states there are three answers. If he had put the dividing point sentence after the three answers sentence I might accept a uniform division.
DeleteBut nowhere does he state the dividing point is the same for all three, and had he intended that I believe he would have stated that explicitly.
This is why there are so many #$%@%^#$& lawyers!
That there are more than three potential answers should come as no surprise, many times he has broadcast "my intended answer was x, but I also accepted y and z." And sometimes he adds some others that he did not accept.
One more thing (as a licensed professional): I have a hard time accepting SHack and hALL as opposites; HOvel and maNOR? That I would HONOR.
A plank that moves along the puzzle fulcrum? What was Will (possibly) thinking?!
DeleteC. Saw ;-)
Point well-taken about the order of directions at the end of WS's puzzle text, ecoarchitect.
DeleteI take umbrage, however, regarding your innuendo that I may be a "heavy-duty puzzle-doer." I like to think of myself as a "dainty-duty puzzle-doer!"
What's more, I want all to know that I am not a #$%@%^#$& lawyer! I am a #$%@%^#$& self-proclaimed hack-writer. I was never a licensed professional... But I was a professional who continually abused (and continue to abuse) my literary license.
LegoPredicts500CorrectEntries
I submitted:
ReplyDeleteSHort and tALL
SHArp and duLL
SHAky and stiLL
SHAn't and wiLL
and later I came up with a new one:
Satanic and HALLowed
I look forward to hearing Will's intended answer.
--Margaret G.
I entered:
ReplyDeleteShan’t/Will
Short/Tall
Shaking/Still
Shallow/Full
Sharp/Dull
The clues built into the puzzle segment that I referenced earlier are the fact that Will and Short appear in the apparent answers, alluding to Will Shortz.
Huh, am I the only one who came up with:
ReplyDeleteSpecific and catcHALL
No, you're not the only one who came up with it. I did too.
DeleteMy reference to watching Querrey at Wimbledon on my big screen was clueing a Sharp TV. My question as to who came up with the puzzle - the master? - was referring to Will Shortz (like Curtis above).
ReplyDeleteSHORT and TALL
ReplyDeleteSHARP and DULL
SHAKY and STILL
"Nervous, but unmoved" was my hint for SHAKY and
STILL. I hope that is the third possibility, but I am unsure about it.
eco: I have visited Haddon Hall and Kedleston Hall, both in Derbyshire.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid they really are the opposite of shacks.
Twelve score years ago didn't we rebel against that? Wasn't it more than just trying to preserve slavery?
Delete"Shortcoming and windfall" has a shortcoming.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so, as I proved it with a thesaurus. Merriam-Webster I believe. That is what WS uses too.
DeleteI submitted shortage/windfall - is that better?
DeleteWill Will accept "will"? He shan't.
I think he shouldn't, B_D, but I've heard it said that everyone loves the sound of their own name, and I'm beginning to suspect that may be the whole point of his exercise.
DeleteBeing in Will's thesaurus makes them shoo-ins for Sunday's list, then.
DeleteHow about Sha/ll: Shalom and Farewell
ReplyDeleteNot sure acceptable.
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DeleteShalom poses a unique question as in addition to peace, it means hello and goodbye, forming its own antonym.
DeleteAs a side note, although it fails the antonym requirement, my favorite "fill in" for SHALL is the sign seen in tbe South, "Shalom y'all."
Blainesvillians,
ReplyDeleteThis week's Puzzleria! is now uploaded.
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There puzzles are titled:
Rotating dervishes
Underdogs shall overcome
Lettermen not named David
ABC’s Wide World of Exports
Gobsmacked Sennettors
Double yolks in the cracked “shall”
All God’s creatures 5 and 3 letters long
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SDB -
ReplyDeleteI agree that shallow and full - as adjectives - are not true opposites. However, I would consider shallow and fill - as verbs - to be opposites.
Silt shallows the river. Rain fills the river.
You might want to check and see if the dictionary and thesaurus agree with you. I do not believe they will. If they do, please let us know.
DeleteMy wife came up with SHAME and EXTOLL (to praise highly). It took her ten minutes to get all three.
DeleteThe only problem with that is EXTOL is the accepted spelling. What a SHAME.
DeleteThe two sets that everybody got:
ReplyDeleteSHort & tALL, SHArp & duLL.
(Note that the t from tALL + the ort from SHort make tort, which + ure makes torture. Also, du from duLL + rp from SHArp make durp <not a word>, but that backwards + ence makes prudence, a word which appears in the Declaration of Indepence. See a post I made earlier in the week.)
The other sets which I, and I THOUGHT FOR SURE ONLY I submitted:
SHAke & stiLL (or SHAkey & stiLL or SHAke & queLL) and SHyness & gALL (or SHAme & gaLL).
Of course, JUST as I was about to post this, I saw Paul's post!
I tried to allude as obscurely as possible to your treatment of the leftover letters:
Delete"nothing wrong" --> a "tort" is a "civil wrong" and the quote from the Star Spangled Banner parallels John Lennon's exhortation to Prudence Farrow to "greet the brand new (beautiful) day".
Perhaps you did not see my post "way above."
DeleteAccording to Urban Dictionary: "a durp is something you say if you dont have anything else to say"
DeleteThat's my durp.
According to the Urban Dictionary:
Deletedurp
Go for it! (If you've got the megabytes)
DeleteSilence is preferable to durp, yes?
DeleteAnd "So. . ." is what many say when changing the subject, eh?
So. . .
Hush, WW, I'm working on an anagram of Baiame/Shangri-la. It'll be great! It'll be huge! Trust me.
DeleteIt's hard to hush, Paul, when you're talking gastropods.
DeleteIt's hard to hush, Paul, when you're talking gastropods.
DeleteSHort and tALL
ReplyDeleteSHrimpy and tALL
SHouldn't and shALL
The one I alluded to earlier was SHArk and guLL, referring to a con-artist and a conned person, respectively. Am I the only one who got this?
ReplyDeleteI had SHark and thrALL. See above.
DeleteNext week's challenge, from listener Martin Eiger: Think of a phrase that denotes a particular major-league sports team in 12 letters. The first 6 letters are the same as the second 6 letters rearranged. What team is it?
ReplyDeleteIt's deja vu all over again!
DeleteNext week's challenge, from listener Martin Eiger: Think of a phrase that denotes a particular major-league sports team in 12 letters. The first 6 letters are the same as the second 6 letters rearranged. What team is it?
ReplyDeleteI thought it was "shackle" and "disenthrall."
ReplyDelete