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There is a five-letter word containing three consonants and two vowels when, if combined with other words, can form over twenty new legitimate compound words or two-word common phrases.
What is the word?
What is the word?
Hint
The word ends in "k".Answer
"break"Here are twenty-one examples:
break camp, break dance, break even, breakfast, break in, break loose, break open, break ranks, break short, break silence, breakthrough, clean break, coffee break, daybreak, even break, jailbreak, lunch break, newsbreak, page break, tax break, windbreak
BONUS POINTS CONTEST !!
I have a data-base of at least 35 more. How many NEW ones can you list - in the comments selection below - within thirty days of this posting.
YOU HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED !!
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break off, break out, outbreak
I went ebony on this
Well, I wasn't around for the "contest", but I'll add breakneck, breakwater and breakaway.
Break up, snack break
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