Ebony, stow, retrench, uniform, feverish, exits, sovereign...
Which of the following words is the best fit to continue the sequence?
orchard
malaise
essence
thieving
sporadic
rhapsody
ivory
(In reply to
answer by K Sengupta)
Each of the given words contain the all the letters constituting the spelt out version of the numbers from 1 through 8.
Thus,
EBONY -> ONE -> 1
STOW -> TWO -> 2
RETRENCH -> THREE -> 3
UNIFORM -> FOUR -> 4
FEVERISH -> FIVE -> 5
EXITS -> SIX -> 6
SOVEREIGN -> SEVEN -> 7
THIEVING -> EIGHT -> 8
Consequently, the word "thieving" is the best fit to continue the sequence.
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