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Shorten and halve (Posted on 2005-09-21)

A six letter word, that when you take out its last letter, becomes half of its meaning. What word is it?

No Solution Yet Submitted by j441167

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re: edible math solution

| Comment 5 of 33 |

(In reply to edible math solution by Jer)

Jer, well spotted. U got the ball rolling (there must be a fair few alternative sols out there, even if they do have other numbers of letters)

Posted by Percy on 2005-09-21 20:37:49

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