Brain Teasers
Match Game
Group
These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
The following 16 words can be divided into 8 groups of 2 words. The words in each pair will share a similar characteristic. What are the pairings? Why?
acupuncture, advantage, allegory, brainchild, charming, disturbance, escapade, escargot, facsimiles, hibiscus, monetary, paternity, plasterboard, prosecute, speckled, weightlifter
acupuncture, advantage, allegory, brainchild, charming, disturbance, escapade, escargot, facsimiles, hibiscus, monetary, paternity, plasterboard, prosecute, speckled, weightlifter
Answer
Each word contains an embedded word. Each pairing contains embedded words that are related to each other.acupuncture & speckled > volumes > aCUPuncture & sPECKled > cup & peck
advantage & escargot > vehicles > adVANtage & esCARgot > van & car
allegory & charming > body limbs > alLEGory & chARMing > leg & arm
brainchild & facsimiles > distances > braINCHild & facsiMILEs > inch & mile
disturbance & escapade > headwear > disTURBANce & esCAPade > turban & cap
hibiscus & paternity > birds > hIBIScus & paTERNity > ibis & tern
monetary & weightlifter > numbers > mONEtary & wEIGHTlifter > one & eight
plasterboard & prosecute > flowers > plASTERboard & pROSEcute > aster & rose
Hide Answer Show Answer
What Next?
View a Similar Brain Teaser...
If you become a registered user you can vote on this brain teaser, keep track of which ones you have seen, and even make your own.
Solve a Puzzle
Comments hidden to avoid spoilers.
Follow Braingle!