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Word Jumble 9 - The Gemstone Series
Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser:
DOD Take letter 1
ONRUM Take letters 1,2 & 5
CROSITH Take letters 1,2 & 3
ERVNE Take letters 1,2
Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?
DOD Take letter 1
ONRUM Take letters 1,2 & 5
CROSITH Take letters 1,2 & 3
ERVNE Take letters 1,2
Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?
Answer
DOD Take letter 1 - ODD, take OONRUM Take letters 1,2 & 5 - MOURN, take M,O,N
CROSITH Take letters 1,2 & 3 - OSTRICH, take OST
ERVNE Take letters 1,2 - NEVER, take N,E
Unscramble the above to get 'Moonstone'.
The Moonstone is known because of the way it catches the light and gives out a mystical gleam. The way the light appears changes as you change the position of the moonstone. In ancient times, these changes to the glowing gem was associated with the waxing and waning of the moon.
Moonstone is the perfect choice for soft, sensuous, feminine jewellery because of its beautiful glow.
In different cultures, the moonstone represents various things. In India, it is believed to bring sweet dreams. In Arab countries, it is a symbol of fertility. It is also believed to enhance feelings of intuition and sensitivity.
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wow...how do you come up with all of these?
Good job!
Good job!
BTW, I got Nerve for the Never one, but it didn't change my answer...
Nice teaser, the only one I didn't get was the ostrich one. Still, a good teaser.
Boy do I feel dumb. I missed the part about unscramble the words first. So I came up with a word like cromodern. I have a moonstone ring that was given to me by my grandmother that I still wear today - it is as old as dirt, but still very beautiful. Great teaser Brainster! And very informative info about the moonstone. More please?
There is a whole series on this vlerma. This is the 9th! There are 10 in total. I hope you enjoy going through them!
Jul 01, 2006
I got monotones for the final word, but I guess moonstone works too.
That's why I had to change the title of these series to "The Gemstone series" so that people got the hint that it was a gemstone. Another teaser in this series had the same problem too!
Nice way to burn a few brain and take the brain on a little jog. Good One.
I also got nerve for never, but hint of gemstone, got it. That was pretty good.
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I liked it, well done! Thanks for the Moonstone trivia at the end. Now, we'll see if my kids can get it!
That was tough
S HARRRRRD! My brain hurts!!!!!
Well, at least it's awake now!
Well, at least it's awake now!
I also came up with monotones.
This was a great teaser.Very informative and fun to work.Good job.
A very ingenius way to play with the alphabet and the mind. The variety of the answers is what makes these puzzles, even more fun than ever. Keep up the fabulous work.
This is a great teaser. I actually got them! however, i placed an 'o' in the wrong space and ended up with monostone. Wow. So close. All well, maybe i'll get the next one RIGHT. Keep 'em comin!
This is just like JUMBLE, which I always begin my day with. Good one!
My 12 year old son got this one right. It was fun, keep 'em coming
I GOT IT I GOT IT I GOT IT!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!! fun fun fun!!
it was... odd i liked it cuz moonstone is my birthstone
Easy but very fun.
nys... n i lyk the word, "moonstone"... haha... 1derful answr/xplanation on ur part...
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That was real COOL Got the words,BUT jewellery is not my forte so missed out on MOONSTONE.
Great teaser!! Moonstone is my birthday gem!
I didn't get them all...so I wasn't able to come up with a final answer. But I got NERVE for the last one, not that it would make a difference, but there are two answers for that one.........other than that......great teaser
Thanks two thumbs up . Good one.
I got a few, but was Jumbled a bit. Good one Brainster.
What about MONOTONES
I was unable to come up with MOONSTONE; the daily teaser e-mailed to us does NOT come with a title. No way for us to know that we were looking for a gemstone. The lack of title has been a problem before with the daily teaser e-mailed to us.
Simple yet interesting anagram teaser. I just love anagrams!
Thanks Rammohan, I am glad you liked it!
I can't see why anyone would have trouble with this one. It was very easy!!!
"Ostrich" stumped me, but after I solved all the other anagrams, it was obvious the main answer had to be "moonstone," so then one could work backward to get "ostrich" (but I didn't, I just had another cup of coffee).
Very easy, I did get nerve for the last word, but it has the same first 2 letters as never, so that was cool. Lots of fun.
i got nerve instead of never-but it didn't really matter. what mattered was i couldn't get ostrich
cute!!!!
I love this series. I solved it, but I kind of cheated by using an anagram solver. The evil ostrich, of course. Good job!
This was a great teaser. Just my kind. To those of you who got monotone...that is not a gemstone. Read the title! Duh!
I'm good at jumble so I got the words quickly except for the 3rd word which I got CHORIST which is someone in a chorus or choir...so that messed me up so I worked with the other 3 words and got MOON NE so figured out it must be MOONSTONE then looked at answer and saw OSTRICH which I'd never have gotten....lol Good puzzle.
I also got chorist instead of ostrich
very nice & thanks for the extra info
FUN! I got off to a bad start (using the letters from the scrambled words [slaps head] then I reread the directions. BINGO!! Moonstone!
Got it! Fun.
Like Catmom, I was using the letters AFTER I removed some letters and got something like riddurcurve. Wrong! Thanks for a fun quiz which I got once I woke up!
Nicely done...had to think a bit! Thanks!
chorist instead of ostrich sank my effort, as well
Brainster: both no's. 2 & 3. have alternate answers: mourn / muron & ostrich / chorist!
Despite this shortcoming, I did mange to guess the correct final answer, from the letters available.
Suggest in future you make sure there are no alternatives, thank you!
Despite this shortcoming, I did mange to guess the correct final answer, from the letters available.
Suggest in future you make sure there are no alternatives, thank you!
Fun, entertaining and easy teaser. I got all the words and the answer right away just working it in my mind.
Took me awhile to get ostrich, and I also got nerve for never which didn't matter. This was fun and I liked your explanation in the answer. I hope you keep the series going.
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