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Words in Common 7 (Posted on 2003-09-30) Difficulty: 3 of 5
What do the following words have in common?
  • BOOKLET
  • BROWNED
  • CHARRED
  • GONIUMS
  • INDULGE
  • PREVAIL
  • REALIGN
  • SHALLOT
  • SOPHIST

  Submitted by DJ    
Rating: 4.3077 (13 votes)
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If you take every other letter of each word, starting with the first, you get a new word:
  • BOOKLET (BOLT)
  • BROWNED (BOND)
  • CHARRED (CARD)
  • GONIUMS (GNUS)
  • INDULGE (IDLE)
  • PREVAIL (PEAL)
  • REALIGN (RAIN)
  • SHALLOT (SALT)
  • SOPHIST (SPIT)

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionFull explanation to solutionK Sengupta2022-08-25 22:25:56
solutionK Sengupta2007-03-30 05:07:33
re(2): Not only do they all have 7 letters, but...Brian Smith2003-10-01 14:37:37
re(2): Not only do they all have 7 letters, but...Charlie2003-10-01 14:30:33
re: Not only do they all have 7 letters, but...DJ2003-10-01 13:14:49
odd problempat2003-10-01 13:09:40
SolutionNot only do they all have 7 letters, but...Bryan2003-10-01 13:01:01
SolutionWords in Common 7Danny Morin2003-10-01 00:20:06
Questionre: Think of a hard answer!SilverKnight2003-09-30 23:29:29
Some ThoughtsThink of a hard answer!Gamer2003-09-30 22:47:59
duhjaypee2003-09-30 21:33:32
Some Thoughtscoincidence?Tristan2003-09-30 18:56:55
re:SilverKnight2003-09-30 17:01:20
No SubjectGamer2003-09-30 16:57:21
re(2): um... solution - YOU'RE BOTH WRONG!!!SilverKnight2003-09-30 16:46:42
re: um... solutionN2003-09-30 16:18:17
um... solutionTim2003-09-30 15:57:00
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