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What one three-letter word can be inserted in all three blanks below to make two words in each row?
LIS___TACLE
HAS___DON
OF___DER
LIS___TACLE
HAS___DON
OF___DER
Hint
HearAnswer
TEN:LISTEN TENTACLE
HASTEN TENDON
OFTEN TENDER
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Fun
it was so boring i just forgot it so i'll stop typing now.
On an easy one like this I'd stay away from the hints. Wasn't bad, though!
My first teaser and I got it in an instant. Didn't really need a hint.
i didn't get the hint, HEAR? well i knew it was ten anyways
very good i liked it
good one, but the title helped too much.
Title gave it away.
nice one
The hint is misleading, when you need a three-letter word and the hint is 'hear', you automatically think 'ear'!
Hmmmm. Interesting title, instructions and hint. I didn't understand the instructions until I read the hint, which I thought of ear too, but then I somehow thought of listen, which gave me ten, then I got the rest of the answers.
Interesting one, but for a crossword buff, it was easy!
Very easy teaser, didn't even have to think about it. That's good, I guess, but I do like a challenge. Thanks for posting.
EASY EASY EASY
Instructions are confusing - I thought the three letter word had to fit in the blank, then the two words would be connected, then i would have to split them. Ex. OF___DER. I thought of putting FOR: OFFORDER, making 'off' and 'order.'
Good one
Easy but fun. Thanks
Agree with Darth on the instructions; confusing. Anyway still was fun but EXTREMELY EASY. Title gave it away.
It was pretty fun, but it took me all of 1 second to get the answer... ah well fun quiz
Really enjoyed it!
Fun teaser.
Really enjoyed it.
I never saw the title nor looked at the hint or the answer, but got it in the time it took me to read it!! I guess extremely easy is ok now and then!
Personally, I'd add two more pairs of words to this, for a total of ten words.
And then that's the hint.
And then that's the hint.
well with the hint it was way easy. but good one!
very easy yet enjoyable
Needs clearer instructions... I thought it meant you use parts of that three letter word to create two words on either side.. Such As:
OF___DER
Word: FUN
OF(F)(UN)DER
OF___DER
Word: FUN
OF(F)(UN)DER
The hint gave it away. Had fun playing
I got lost somewhere in the translation. I didn't get it and am usually pretty good at these things.
Thanks for posting anyway, at least the others caught on.
Monday~
Thanks for posting anyway, at least the others caught on.
Monday~
Real easy one!!!!
Does anyone read these comments? Good heavens the last one was 2008. Who is reading these besides me?
I am.
Good teaser.
Easy though
Good teaser.
Easy though
I read the comments too - I find them amusing! Varied - some are nice and complimentary and some rude and sarcastic!
But that's what makes them interesting!
The puzzle was easy, but it was a good one! Thanks!
But that's what makes them interesting!
The puzzle was easy, but it was a good one! Thanks!
It's a good thing I didn't need the hint, it would have thrown me off a lot.
Not too hard, but the hint was confusing.
I read the comments all the time. And the reason there is such a gap sometimes is once a tease becomes "old" it is so far down the l list you normally see, unless you search for it you don't find it. Then a teaser makes teaser of the day so people are doing it again and commenting again.
Often times the person who created it is no longer even on the site.
Any way - enjoyed this one.
Often times the person who created it is no longer even on the site.
Any way - enjoyed this one.
I found the instructions easy as we have had these kind of teasers before and knew what was expected. It was maybe easy for some, but not everyone. I did fine with it and enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.
Enjoyed it! Forgot to look at the title again, too
Enjoyed it! Forgot to look at the title again, too
Enjoyed it! Forgot to look at the title again, too
Sent from my overzealous phone...sorry
If I had to rate its mental challenge on a scale of one to TEN, I would give it a one.
Got my brain moving- Great!
Thanks, but too easy!
Might have been less so, if you had omitted the amount of letters involved.
Might have been less so, if you had omitted the amount of letters involved.
Oh! Definitely read that one wrong. Thought I had to create one word per line!!
Follow the instructions, look at the title - piece o' cake!
The title killed any fun factor; made it far too easy?
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got it very quickly and no hints nor the title were needed.
I found this one a bit too transparent. Nice, but not engaging.
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