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Letters, Hyphen, Commas, Stop
In each of these the three sentences below, replace the missing number in the form of a hyphenated word (as opposed to digits). For example, the answer would be twenty-one (instead of 21), thirty-two (rather than 32), etc.
This sentence contains _-_ letters, one hyphen, two commas and a full stop. Interestingly, this sentence contains _-_ letters, one hyphen, three commas and the final full stop. Finally, this sentence contains _-_ letters, one hyphen, three commas and one full stop.
This sentence contains _-_ letters, one hyphen, two commas and a full stop. Interestingly, this sentence contains _-_ letters, one hyphen, three commas and the final full stop. Finally, this sentence contains _-_ letters, one hyphen, three commas and one full stop.
Answer
This sentence contains sixty-seven letters, one hyphen, two commas and a full stop. Interestingly, this sentence contains eighty-nine letters, one hyphen, three commas and the final full stop. Finally, this sentence contains seventy-nine letters, one hyphen, three commas and one full stop.Hide Answer Show Answer
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too much counting
exactly. XP lost count on one, and ended up with a slightly different answer. good job, though, it\'s hard to make those!
boring
Not my faveorite
A good teaser. It took me a while to get the answer though. I had to use word count to speed things up.
Nice one!
Nice one!
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