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What do each of the following words have in common?
brandy, pirated, swingers, tramps, grangers
brandy, pirated, swingers, tramps, grangers
Hint
They start off tall, but end up small.Answer
Each of the words can be reduced, one letter at a time, to form new words. Each time you remove either a first or a last letter and be left with a new word. The answers are sometimes different depending on which letter you drop.brandy, brand, bran, ran, an, a
pirated, pirate, irate, rate, ate, at, a
swingers, swinger, swinge, swing, wing, win, in, I
tramps, ramps, ramp, ram, am, a
grangers, rangers, ranger, range, rang, ran, an, a
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Tricky, I would have never thought of that!
I like it. At first I thought it had to do something with baseball.. because I found Randy and Ted, and Rangers and Pirate in it... reminded me of the Pirates and Rangers, and Randy Johnson and Ted Williams.. hehe
I got as far as, they are all words that are still words if you take off the first and last letter... I should have kept working on that idea..
wow my minds in the gutter.... good one!
i hated it it was so dumb
That was a cool one but I never would've thought of it.
Wowe!!!! that was a good idea! i neva would of thought of that! It was kinda boring but thats okay! anyway the only ones i made was the one which would you chose? and which
i had a hard time with this one...very good
Never would have thought that...
clever difficult very good
that was a good one. i did the same thing as Atropus.
Mar 08, 2005
i agree with thumper i did not like it. it was too boring.
Damn it! My answer was they all contain a new word in the middle, but I gave up too soon.
hey good one! at first I didn't know what to do so I looked at the hint, and it said starts off tall and ends up little. so I looked back at the words and said it's about sex ! after all theres tramps, swingers, brandy and I thought the other to were sex terms
That was gay
NEVER would have thought of that - good to get the brain working first thing in the morning!
Hmmmmmmm I Almost had it !!!!!
My answer was that they each have the letter R in common. I'm impressed by the real answer.
It was pretty easy for me...But why add swingers...It ends up with an I unlike the others ending up with an A
That is a good and challanging teaser
Good one. Never had a clue even after I read the hint. I was thinking tall bottle, tall ship but then got lost - Are swingers, tramps and grangers tall?!
didnt like that one at all thought it was dumb
Near impossible.
tiptoes007berbs...My mind was in the gutter too. As previously stated...it did have brandy, swingers...okay I'm making up excuses.
GREAT Teaser!! I knew the words in the words--I should have taken more time before I gave in!!
Good one! I was on the track but didn't get it. I thought it was that you could take away the second letter in each word and still have a word. But then I hit gangers. Oh well!
Mar 08, 2005
never wouldve gotten it! great teaser!
Very cool!
Mar 08, 2005
It was ok. I'm most of yall it was somewhat gay because you would've never guessed it but at the same time it is a teaser and that is the purpose.
this was really good. though it was difficult, it was fun
That was really clever...
Didn't get the answer though...
Didn't get the answer though...
I would have never even thought of 1 of those words...
I thought that the R's in each was it too. I loved it. U did good.
i liked really fun i got the answer but it was really interesting!
Good one...and the hint didn't give too much away.
Nice teaser! Tough, though.
Do you ever wonder if the folks who give negative commentas just "don't get it"?
Do you ever wonder if the folks who give negative commentas just "don't get it"?
And here I thought the answer was LIQUOR! hahahah jk
Great Teaser!
Great Teaser!
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jk Sharky
jk Sharky
Nice one!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldda never have thought of that! LOL
Mar 16, 2005
thats was awesome i didnt get it until i read the hint though!
o i thot teh anser was gonna be they all hav the letter "r" in them! loll
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