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Find this word (Posted on 2017-07-31) Difficulty: 3 of 5
There is a certain common word in English language (say XYZ) such that prefixing it with a letter A creates a new word (AXYZ) that is a plural of another valid English word.

Find it - preferably with pen, paper and your knowledge only.

There is a possibility for several answers...

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Solution Funny... (spoilers) | Comment 1 of 8
That is, an episode of America's Funniest Home Videos, had someone asked "If Y-E-S spells 'yes', what does E-Y-E-S spell?" Of course the question and answer have one answer to this puzzle.

The alternative takes the A in the original puzzle literally: 

A + YES = ayes, the plural of a synonym for the same word.

  Posted by Charlie on 2017-07-31 10:27:48
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