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Find the secret word by identifying particular letters in the following sentence which have a common characteristic, and then rearranging these letters as required to form the secret word:
The people said that the plumber would rather fix the problem with his wrench and caulking gun.
The people said that the plumber would rather fix the problem with his wrench and caulking gun.
Hint
Hint 1: The answer is a six-letter word related to the title.Hint 2: If you read the sentence out loud, you will not hear the answer.
Answer
bellowThe secret word is derived by identifying all of the silent letters in each word of the sentence. These letters are capitalized below:
the peOplE said that the plumBer wouLd rather fix the problem with his Wrench and cauLking gun.
Then rearrange the letters "o","e","b","l","w", and "l" to form the word "bellow".
As for the title, "crickets" is slang for total silence (i.e. silent letters make silence), and "shout" is a synonym of "bellow".
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