Each of the words
an, am, at, come, rate and many others can be transformed into a new valid word by adding a prefix
be.
The following list consists of 16 words, which may be sorted into 4 groups, each of 4 words fitting the same two-letter prefix, specific for that group.
One such group needs
KN as a prefix.
Other 2-letter prefixes are up to you to find.
All 16 words must be used.
1. able
2. aid
3. air
4. and
5. ant
6. art
7. ash
8. ave
9. easy
10. eel
11. idle
12. irk
13. other
14. out
15. own
16. ows
What comes to mind:
flair, flash, flout, flown, flows (but that's five; can we choose 4?)
braid, brand, brash, brave, bridle, brother, brown, brows (enough for two groups, but the letters have to be specific to the group).
grand, grant, grave, greasy, grout, grown, grows (again an overabundance from which to choose).
clash, clave, clout, clown
stable, staid, stair, stand, start, stash, stave, steel, stout, stows.
Given in the puzzle:
knave, kneel, known, knows
able st
aid st br
air st fl
and st br gr
ant gr
art st
ash st br fl cl
ave st br gr cl kn
easy gr
eel st kn
idle br
irk
other br
out st fl gr cl
own br fl gr cl kn
ows st br fl gr kn
So far there's nothing for irk.
Next step: a computer program.
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Posted by Charlie
on 2016-08-16 13:05:33 |
first thoughts
