1. What do the following words have in common?
win,won,nor,fin,log,din,pun,ion,lug,boy,boa,bog,gun,fur,dug,bun,bus,mix
loam,quay,joey,foam,oafs,bomb,guff,hymn,buff,lion,wily,wolf
mocha,chain,munch,funny,bulls,mills,jimmy,fusion
2. What do these following words have in common?
be,ova,vex,nag,she,one,tang,rail,errs,ebbs,
Pyrex,terra,Cheryl,abjurer
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Submitted by Charlie
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Rating: 2.8333 (6 votes)
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In the first group, if one adds 6 to each letter, as in a Caesar cypher (wrapping around the alphabet if necessary from Z to A), a new word is formed: cot, cut, tux, lot, rum, jot, vat, out, ram, hue, hug, hum, mat, lax, jam, hat, hay, sod, rugs, wage, puke, lugs, ugly, hush, mall, nest, hall, rout, core, curl, suing, ingot, satin, latte, harry, sorry, posse, layout
In part 2, the difference is 13 rather than 6, and so the relation is mutual. "Tang" is especially interesting as its cypher is "gnat", which is also the original word reversed: or, bin, irk, ant, fur, bar, gnat, envy, reef, roof, clerk, green, purely, nowhere. |
