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There is a word that paradoxically changes both its number and its gender with the addition of an 's'.
Indeed, it becomes singular where before it had been plural, and feminine instead of masculine....
The words are Princes and Princess
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you-supply-the-answer,I'll-give-you-the-question:
The answer is 9-W , posed in the "Caffeine/Dehydration--quick question" thread of I&A (this very forum!)
The question was Do you spell your name with a "V," Herr Wagner?
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1 = F O of the C N1 Fell Out of the Cuckoo's Nest
1 MPM = 60 ??? = 88 FPS 1 Mile Per Minute = 60 Miles per Hour = 88 Feet Per Second
2 for the SS 2 for the SeeSaw
3 = A at which J J M M W G DuP T G C of his M 3 = Age at which James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree Took great care of his Mother (from Winnie the Pooh)
3 B M = S H T R 3 Blind Mice = See How They Run
3 = C in the F 3 = Coins in the Fountain
3 = on a M 3 on a Match
4 = C of the E 4 = Corners of the Earth
4 = H of the A 4 = Horsemen of the Apoclypse
4 = S and 7 Y A Four Score and Seven Years Ago
7= D in M 7 Days in May
7 = I in a S B G 7 Innings in a Soft Ball Game
7 = H of R 7 = Hills of Rome
7 = W of the A W 7 = Wonders of the Ancient World
BF = 8 Butterfield 8
8 = E 8 is enough
8 = K N H 8 = Kings Named Henry
B 9 S Beethiven's 9th Symphony
10 = L I10 = Little Indians
12 = A M 12 = Angry Men
12 = D of C 12 = Days of Christmas
12 S of the Z 12 Signs of the Zodiac
13 = B D 13 = Baker's Dozen
14 = S of the C 14 = Stations of the Cross
15 = M on a D M C (Y H H and a B of R) 15 = Men on a Dead Man's Chest (Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum)
16 = T and WDY G 16 = Tons and What Do You Get
M 18 Milo 18
26 = L of the A 26 = Letters of the Alphabet
30 = S over T 30 = Seconds over Tokyo
43 = P of A 43 = Presidents of America
54 = C in a D (with the J) 54 = Cards in a Deck (with the Jokers)
76 = T L the B P 76 = Trombones Led the Big Parade
80 D to G A the W 80 Days to Go Around the World
83 C C R 84 Chariong Cross Road
88 = P K 88 = Piano Keys
101 = D 101 = Dalmations
103 = E in the P T 103 Elements in the PeriodicTable
110 = C R B 110 Cornets Right Behind(see 76 = T)
206 = B in a S 206 = Bones in a Skeleton
1001 = A N 1001 = Arabian Nights
1776 = M in the D 1776 Miles in the Danube
1814 = WTaLTAWCJDtheMMIn 1814 we took a little trip/along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
5280 = F in a M 5280 = Feet in a Mile
86400 S = 1440 M = 1 D86,400 seconds = 1440 Minutes = 1 Day
I'll update this periodically, as time permits.
(originals - and additional challenges - in Initial Impressions, in Wordplay and Fun)
(updated Jan 30, 2003)
(3 = A at which J J edited March 3, 2003)
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3 = A at which J J W W W G DuP T G C of his M 3 = Age at which... (see below):
James James
Wellington Wellington
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great care of his Mother
Though he was only threeIt's from Winnie the Pooh, Now We Are Six, I think (maybe it's from The House at Pooh Corner?) Edit: Yes. The poem is named "Disobedience," from Now We Are Six. The complete text can be seen at http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~ridge/local/disobedience.html.
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That was really bugging me. I knew the part about the age and the mother, but couldn't think who it was. Thanks to both of you!
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In response to "GOK's Disease" (in Words from Medicine, "below-the-line") = "God Only Knows"
"NBD" stands for "No Big Deal"
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My version has JJ MMWGDu P! - the "M M " standing for "Morrison Morrison." edit - and so does the link, above !!
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Oooops!  How right you are. I think I'll have to invent a new reading disability, chacterized by misinterpreting letters upside down, rather than the more typical right/left problem. (I think maybe I'll go back and edit out the mistake, too. Thanks for the alert!)
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Yes. This thread.
"...the old cattle rancher who died and left his three boys to carry on. The ranch was renamed "Focus"--and why would that be? "
It's JH's riddle, not mine; I'll let him post the answer if he wants to.
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Because...
that's where the sons raise meat.
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Poke me with a fork...I'm done 
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A start -
cowl, crease, dart, erase, farce, faro, frame, fret, from, hoar, holies, howl, lime, lore, mare, mart, recoil, roads, safer, smart, trams, treads, trow, whilom, whoa, whom, worms, wort
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armies, smear, farms, recto, meads, mesa, corms, tease
armies, corms, cowl, crease, erase, farce, farms, faro, frame, fret, hoar, holies, howl, mart, meads, mesa, recoil, recto, roads, safer, smart, smear, tease, trams, treads, trow, whilom, whoa, whom, worms, wort
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so one can use letters that are diagonal to each other?
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Erm--I PM'd mine; couldn't figure any other way to stop poaching. Yes, diagonals are allowed. For ex.,
S E
A T
can be set, sea, seat, eat, eats, ate, sat, tea, or teas.
Hmm--think I'll copy that over to the original thread, just in case.
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...or east, or sate, or even seta. A versatile set of letters, that.
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armies, corms, cowl, crease, erase, farce, farms, faro, frame, fret, glioma, hoar, holies, howl, mart, meads, mesa, recoil, recto, roads, safer, smart, smear, tease, trams, treads, trow, whilom, whoa, whom, worms, wort
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R E L A
P O C T
A D U S
K I Y E NINE: kein
eight-letter words: products
Seven-letter words: preload, produce
Six-letter words: ductal, locust, recuse, repaid, staler
(French)epouse
Five letter words: adore, clout, douse, eclat, locus, louse, roues, rouse, proud, score, scout, study
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polecats proctal prelact are some nice p's, and cloudy is a pleasing six
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I'll add 'leprous'. Oh yes, and 'locusta' - something to do with grass I think, tho' I could be wrong.
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R E L A
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K I Y E
NINE: kein
eight-letter words: polecats, products
Seven-letter words: leprous, locusta(?), prelact, preload, proctal, produce
Six-letter words: cloudy, ductal, locust, recuse, repaid, staler
(French)epouse
Five letter words: adore, clout, douse, eclat, locus, louse, roues, rouse, proud, score, scout, study
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Don't forget the singular noun for POLECATS and PRODUCTS. That means you have an extra 2 7-letter word.
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AUGH, I have GOT to get back to W&F!
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| T | P | U | S |
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| L | W | D | E | five letter words: dwarf, erupt, forte, opera, oread, shied, shoal, shore, short, tread
six-letter words: shofar
seven-letter: petrous
Close-but-no-cigar: perfidious (can't reuse the "i" but it would be so nice!)
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My only 6-letter word so far is TROUPE.
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M O P
E A R
T R Y
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M O P
E A R
T R Y
I got the transpose of this (same solution).
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>I got the transpose of this
me also.
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| T | P | U | S |
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five letter words: dwarf, erupt, forte, opera, oread, shied, shoal, shore, short, tread
six-letter words: shofar
seven-letter: petrous, diopter
Close-but-no-cigar: perfidious (can't reuse the "i" but it would be so nice!)
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B E V F
A W I L
H Y S O
E T U N
Partial list:
five-letter words: flout, foist, lousy, noisy, snout, south, thaws, views, viols, whets
Do hyphens count? five-way
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B E V F
A W I L
H Y S O
E T U N
five: olive, solve, evils
six: floutS, unoils
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B E V F
A W I L
H Y S O
E T U N
Partial list:
five-letter words: flout, foist, lousy, noisy, snout, south, thaws, views, viols, whets
six-letter words: flouts, unoils
Do hyphens count? five-way
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I guess, if it did, you'd have a seven letter word, if not, you're pretty much stuck! LOL
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work in progress - please feel free to add, below, and I will amalgamate | O | D | R | A |
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| C | E | M | S |
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five letters: agile, clime, drags, gismo(?), grime, lemon, oleos, shone, sidle, smile, uncle
six letters: garish, nuclei, oldish, ragmen
seven letters: melodia (see http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0533611.html)
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Isn't it amazing how evident it is when somebody tells you the words.
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work in progress - please feel free to add, below, and I will amalgamate
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| C | E | M | S |
| U | N | O | H |
five letters: agile, clime, drags, gismo(?), grime, lemon, oleos, shone, sidle, smelt, smile, uncle
six letters: garish, nuclei, oldish, ragmen
seven letters: melodia (see http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0533611.html
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six letters - gimlet
Son of the son of Gloin?
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work in progress - please feel free to add, below, and I will amalgamate
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five letters: agile, clime, drags, gismo(?), grime, lemon, oleos, shone, sidle, smelt, smile, uncle
six letters: dolmen, garish, gimlet, girdle, nuclei, oldish, ragmen
seven letters: melodia (see http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0533611.html), railmen
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five letters: bison, cries, crisp, louse, noise, pious, poise, posit, scion, spice, spoil, trice, tries
six letters: bisect, flense, optics, script, triple
seven letters: section, unspoil, baptise 1/18/04
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E L F A
N O P B
U S I T
G E C R
five letters: bison, cries, crisp, ensue, louse, noise, pious, poise, posit, scion, spice, spoil, trice, tries
six letters: bisect, flense, optics, script, triple
seven letters: section, unspoil, baptise
(C'mon, gang, I know I'm not the only one playing with this!)
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It's not that you're the only one playing this, it's just that you've posted almost all the words that I've found, and more.
Anyway, here's a couple you've missed:
FLOPS and TRIPS
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Just under the wire: wofa, I'm assuming you had optic, since you listed optics. Did you get apse?
5: ensue, scrip
Must take exception to spoil, I'm afraid. Guess I'll have to allow baptise since this is an international board. I'll try to watch for Brtispeak spellings in the future.
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I sure spioled that one, didn't I.
I've been leaving out the four-letter-words as too numerous to post, in general. (Also fives as four-plus-s. Guess it's the pedant in me.) Apse is a goodie. Maybe I"ll go back and see if I can find any more good-fours.
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pice
Did you say you had an eight? Or was that unscript?
Edit: ignore same. I just looked at the original thread and there it is.
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I actually agree to leaving out the fours, making the fives as the beginning so that:
a) You won't have a long list of words to post
b) Makes it JUST a little tougher
I'm pretty sure there would be a LOT of threes and fours, and boy, would WE have a list to go through! haha.....
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Original puzzle is here: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=131196three little girls...if you multiplied their ages by each other the product would be thirty-six. possible ages are 36 – 1 – 1; sum is 38 18 – 2 – 1; sum is 21 12 – 3 – 1; sum is 16 9 - 4 – 1; sum is 14 9 – 2 – 2; sum is 13 6 – 6 – 1; sum is 13 6 – 3 – 2; sum is 11 4 – 3 – 3; sum is 10 The sum of their three ages is the same number as my apartment numberIf there’s still uncertainty, the sum must be 13, because that's the only sum with more than one possible set of three addends. So the ages are either 9-2-2 or 6-6-1. The oldest little girl has blue eyes There’s an oldest! That means the ages can’t be 6-6-1 because the two six-year-olds are the same age (measured in years, anyway) and nobody could accurately be called “oldest.” HOW OLD ARE THE GAY CHICK'S LITTLE GIRLS? That leaves only nine, two, and two. QED. Nein, ja? Ja!
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Amemeba's third wrong answer is correct:
None, pigs can't talk.
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original puzzle is here: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=142045the 5x5 grid with no blacked out squares.
Across clues:
1. Hit
6. Judy's partner
7. Make holes
8. Funny magazine
9. Drink
Down clues:
1. Vegetables
2. Sheep
3. Chickens
4. Oceans
5. Often droppedP U N C H
P U N C H
P U N C H
P U N C H
P U N C H
Down answers:
1. Peas (Ps)
2. Ewes (Us)
3. H'Ens (Ns)
4. Seas (Cs)
5. Hs
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