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dudette Wrote:Yes it is ... I cheated and looked the rest up ... wish me to share them?

You mean there are more than those 4 ?

Let's see if anyone else can get the rest before you tell us Smile
dudette Wrote:Yes it is ... I cheated and looked the rest up ... wish me to share them?

Seems as if no-one else wants to give us the rest of the words so you may as well do the honours Dudette Smile
Jangar
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ALPHABET SOUP

How many common English words can you make from the letters below, using all five letters once in each word?


T S I E D
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(050203)

ANSWER: five: DEIST, TIDES, DIETS, EDITS, SITED




Choose the correct letter from each clue in the rhyme below. When put in order, the five letters will spell the answer to the riddle.

My first is in cut but not in hate.
My second in live but not in bait.
My third in use but not in pan.
My fourth in same but not in man.
My fifth in stop but not in mind.
My whole, detectives need to find.

_ _ _ _ _

(050204)
:duh: I would have never got Deist Sad

The word for your next clue is

Clues Big Grin
dudette Wrote::duh: I would have never got Deist Sad

The word for your next clue is

Clues Big Grin

Deist isn't even in my dictionary Sad

:thumbs: That was so easy even I managed to work it out :haha:




A PALINDROME PUZZLE

A palindrome is a word, sentence or group of words that reads the same backward or forward.

Can you find a one-word palindrome for something used by inhabitants of the Aleutians?
If I think of Aleutians, I immediately think of KAYAK Smile
dudette Wrote:If I think of Aleutians, I immediately think of KAYAK Smile

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*I must learn to put serial numbers on all the questions so that I can find them easily again :mad: *



One pizza maker can make one pizza in six minutes (not including baking). If a pizzeria owner gets an order for 60 pizzas, how many pizza makers does he need to fill the order in one hour?


(050206)
6 pizza makers
penelope Wrote:6 pizza makers

:thumbs:

My answer was 10 :duh:

ANSWER: 6 (Each pizza maker makes 10 per hour.)

What one three-letter word can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words?


GRIM ______
L ______
F ______
M ______

Jangar Wrote::thumbs:

My answer was 10 :duh:

ANSWER: 6 (Each pizza maker makes 10 per hour.)

What one three-letter word can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words?


GRIM ______
L ______
F ______
M ______


Grimace
lace
face
mace