Q: There is a set of five five-letter words that vary by just their middle letter. If the middle is any letter from K through O, it makes a common word. However, no other letter can go in the middle to complete a word. What words are these?The first and last words are somewhat similar.
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DeleteOne of the five words can be rearranged to a word for something useful in games.
ReplyDeleteOnly one of the five words can be rearranged to a word, it would appear.
DeleteThree of the words are adjectives, one is a noun, and one can be a noun, but often isn’t.
ReplyDeleteMy answers are two adjectives exclusively and three multiple parts of speech.
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DeleteFascinating. I wonder if we have different solutions, or are using different dictionaries…
DeleteThis would be a good puzzle on MLK day.
ReplyDeleteMaybe National Train Day, as well.
DeleteIf you replace the middle letter with a "P", you'll have something that's not a real word, but is found in the Urban Dictionary.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a word not associated with urban dwelling.
DeleteReplace the middle letter with another letter, to name both a World War II US Navy destroyer and a merchant ship sunk by a Japanese submarine in WWII.
ReplyDeleteOne of the words reminds me of a college.
ReplyDeleteThe words go together well with one of my first guesses.
ReplyDeleteOne can be a term of endearment.
ReplyDeleteI was thoroughly confused by the second sentence of the clue, but my hubby, who's not a puzzle person, understood it correctly. In my confused state, I was going for clack, cleck, click, clock, cluck. 🙄
ReplyDeleteMusical clue: 1969
One of the words is a word that Americans use to mean the same thing as another word means in British English. But that other word has quite a different meaning in American dialect, so be careful!
ReplyDeleteNot quite a dizzy dance, but a challenge.
ReplyDeleteIf you take one of the words and put something that makes it in front, then it will sound like a name.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of those puzzles that came to me quickly while enjoying my Sunday brunch.
ReplyDeleteI lived in San Francisco's Noe Valley for a little while in the 1990s. Other than that, I'm a New Yorker.
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