Cross out six letters so that the remaining letters, without altering their sequence will spell a familiar English word:

             B S A I N X L E A T N T E A R S

I removed the bolding from the letters S I X L E T T E R S,

and underlined the letters that remain.

B S A I N X L E A T N T E A R S

Bringing the remaining letters together gives the solution:

BANANA

(The trick is that we are not crossing out 6 letters, but the letters in the phrase "six letters.")

Posted by Jer on 2013-12-11 11:15:49