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Rearrange the letters of the word ocean to form the name of a boat not

often found on the ocean.

canoe

If you begin with this five-letter word, you can form a homonym by removing

just the first letter. You can form another homonym by removing just the

second letter. What’s the word?

scent

Make one word out of the phrase, “new door.”

Make one word out of the phrase, “new door.”

one word

What do the names Bob, Otto, Eve, Hannah, and Anna have in common?

They are palindromes.

What is the only word with three double letters in a

row?

bookkeeper

What is the only word in which all five vowel letters

appear in alphabetical order?

facetious

What two homonyms are also antonyms? One means “to build up.” The other means

“to tear down.”

raise raze

What delicious thing do all of these words share?

beggar, coats, windjammer, hammer,

appease, spear, plumber, caprice, tease, scream

What delicious thing do all of these words share?

beggar, coats, windjammer, hammer,

appease, spear, plumber, caprice, tease, scream

What orderly feature do all of these words share?

almost, bent, fir, clot, fez, hut

The letters of each word are in alphabetical order.

What is so unusual about the words in this sentence?

I do not know every single British novelist currently publishing undebatable

masterpieces.

Each word contains one additional letter.

What is so unusual about the words in this paragraph?

This is an unusual paragraph in an important way. It conforms to our notions of grammar and syntax, but its words vary from typical options. Can

you say how? The letter e is not used.

What three words begin with the letters su but sound as though they begin with sh?

What three words begin with the letters su but sound as though they begin with sh?

sugarsuresumac

What is so unusual about the words sanction, dust, bill, cleave, clip, fast, hold up,

lease, screen, seed, temper, left?

What is so unusual about the words sanction, dust, bill, cleave, clip, fast, hold up,

lease, screen, seed, temper, left?

autoantonyms(contranyms)

Can you find the hidden word?

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Tommy’s mother has three children, represented by these coins. One is named Penny, and another is named Nicole. What is the third child’s name?

The third child is Tommy!