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Six Similar Words (Posted on 2005-10-03)

There are six words that satisfy the following six definitions (one word for each definition) and these words share an unusual property. What are the six words and what is the unusual property?

Removed the withered heads of flowers

One who can recall an event

Emphasizes again

Calmness

Bare-armed

Whispers

Submitted by Nosher

Rating: 3.6667 (3 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Deadheaded, Rememberer, Restresses, Sereneness, Sleeveless, Susurruses
Each word has 4 occurrences of one letter, 3 of another, 2 of another and 1 of the other

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2022-09-03 22:35:30
Solution	warren	2005-10-04 08:06:18
That property--found with help	Tristan	2005-10-04 06:42:47
A couple of hints...if you want them	Nosher	2005-10-04 04:26:45
re: Best I can come up with so far...	Nosher	2005-10-04 03:05:37
Best I can come up with so far...	Bob Smith	2005-10-03 20:39:34

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