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Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.Language
Starting with a one-letter word, symbol, or abbreviation (Clue 1), add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next (Clue 2). Add another letter and rearrange for the next...and the next. You end up with a 10-letter word (Clue 10)!
[Foreign words may be used, but only if they are in common English usage.]
A clue is given for each word. Words increase in length by one letter at a time.
Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you solve this "0 to 10" word pyramid in 60 sec.? Go on - open the stopwatch app!
** CLUES **
1. Churchill's 'Victory' fingers
2. The 'idiot box'
3. James Herriot or Debbye Turner, for example
4. What we do for our national leader every 3 years in New Zealand; (5 in UK; 4 in USA)
5. Plainly seen
6. Secretive (opposite of #5)
7. Change (e.g. currency)
8. Orchestrate or 'work it'
9. Directing (an aircraft) towards a destination
10. Exaggerating or 'hamming it up'
The Hint will provide starting letters from #6 onwards.
[Foreign words may be used, but only if they are in common English usage.]
A clue is given for each word. Words increase in length by one letter at a time.
Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you solve this "0 to 10" word pyramid in 60 sec.? Go on - open the stopwatch app!
** CLUES **
1. Churchill's 'Victory' fingers
2. The 'idiot box'
3. James Herriot or Debbye Turner, for example
4. What we do for our national leader every 3 years in New Zealand; (5 in UK; 4 in USA)
5. Plainly seen
6. Secretive (opposite of #5)
7. Change (e.g. currency)
8. Orchestrate or 'work it'
9. Directing (an aircraft) towards a destination
10. Exaggerating or 'hamming it up'
The Hint will provide starting letters from #6 onwards.
Hint
6. C7. C
8. C
9. V
10. O
Answer
1. V2. TV
3. Vet
4. Vote
5. Overt
6. Covert
7. Convert
8. Contrive
9. Vectoring
10.Overacting
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I am embarrassed to say that I only made it up to #4! I'm very impressed by any who can get this in 60 seconds. They have a terrific mastery of language and a quick mind. I though this was a terrific puzzle. Very challenging for me, but very well constructed.
Thanks. I got hung up on #9 for a while, but eventually solved it last among the ten.
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