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Five bits for the bipolar (Posted on 2007-05-12)

What uncommon characteristic do the following five five-letter words have in common?

ALOFT CHART HUMAN PAEAN WARTY

Bonus: If you truly have a bit for the uncommon, can you identify any other five-letter English words that share this property?

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The other words that share this property are:

BLOTE - [obsolete] to cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them,

CHERT - variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz,

PHEBE - (variant of phoebe) the pewee, or pewit, and

WHURT - (variant of whort) the whortleberry, or bilberry

Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-09-08 02:45:59

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