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End/Start Inserts
For each of the pairs of words below, insert a word in the blank space between them to form two separate words such that the inserted word finishes the first word and begins the second. For example, given "MAN ____ ON", you would insert the word "GO" to form "MANGO" and "GOON". The hint gives the number of letters in each of the words that must be inserted.
BOW ____ AGE
GENE ____ KING
LAND ____ GOAT
DIG ____ SELF
PAR ____ ATE
BOW ____ AGE
GENE ____ KING
LAND ____ GOAT
DIG ____ SELF
PAR ____ ATE
Hint
The number of letters of each word that must be inserted are, respectively: 4, 3, 5, 2, 3.Answer
LINE (bowline, lineage)TIC (genetic, ticking)
SCAPE (landscape, scapegoat)
IT (digit, itself)
ROT (parrot, rotate) or DON (pardon, donate)
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first one could have also been 'man' with bowman and manage
i was thinkin the same thing, great teaser though
If I'm right I am with you 2 I didn't seem to get #1 right either. Great Job. Keep them coming
I also agree with others. I liked it! keep sending them my way. Thanx
very nice job..i thought it was tough
Oh I love those!!!! Excellent job Snaps!!!
Nice job! Only it is too early for me to even think
I think that the teasers are superb to contribute towards the sharpening of the mind!!!!!!
KEEP THE GOOD JOB GOING!!
KEEP THE GOOD JOB GOING!!
Must not have my thinking cap on today - way too hard for me this morning...
I agree with tarheel, I couldn't think today and only got a few right
What's bowline?!?!
I thought the first one was bowman/manage too! I did not get that one. but it was fun! I like these they make you think! Keep them coming!!!!!
Snapping for Snaps!! That was a little tough I think I need another pot of coffee. Great Job and keep up the good work!
That rockes my sox dude!!!! I was a little unsure on the first one !!!! ?Bowline? I think we should all snap for snaps!!
for #1 I was thinking bows and sage? would that have worked too
Good - hard, but good
Nice job.. I had PARSED and SEDATE for #5.
Oops, just noticed that you said the insertion must be a word. SED doesn't work then.
Hey, this teaser was fun! I didn't get them all right, though...Oh well, good job!
Didn't get the first or last ones, but got the other 3, so, yeah, it was fun. Thanks. What's a bowline? Is that the line you site along when you are shooting your arrow, or is it the line on the bow?
I liked that one It was a little hard though I only got two of them but it was fun
Loved it!!!
What's a bowline? *doing research* I missed #4 because I don't use two-letter words very often... I got scape, and I got rot. Great teaser,.... and now, i'm getting my coffee out of the microwave.
Excellent ... another good one for students! (Chrissydaze, you needed to add a WORD, not just a letter. Otherwise, your solution would work.) It's a FAVORITE!
i dont get it
Nov 03, 2005
Loved it! Had to use the dictionary for #3 - is that cheating? And bowline is the line from the bow (like ow!) of a BOAT.
Well done!
ummm any boyscout should know a bowline is a type of knot used to create a secure loop...
I LOVED this one, I got most of them, I just missed #2, this has been one of my favorite ones. Great job.
Very good teaser. I dont take the time to figure any of the teasers out, im not patient enough, but its a good one for those of you do actually give it a shot!
That was fun! Thanks... good teaser!
Loved it That was fun and not too hard.A favorite for me
I'm not patient either. Plus my brother in breathing done my neck to get online! it was toughish, but I liked it. Kinda creative!
Wow, It took me a while to "get it". Great Job!
This was a great one! I didn't get the first one..but loved having to really think. (I'll only go to the dictionary for crossword puzzles)
Keep them coming.
tHIS WAS HARD! I was DETERMINED to get it, took forever, but I gave up without having the first one. I guess I would have had to look in the dictionary for that, didn't know it was one word. Is it really a knot? Anyway, good and hard!
tHIS WAS HARD! I was DETERMINED to get it, took forever, but I gave up without having the first one. I guess I would have had to look in the dictionary for that, didn't know it was one word. Is it really a knot? Anyway, good and hard!
Amazing....just amazing.....
Can you tell I got none right????
Can you tell I got none right????
i got first one (wrong) too
great teaser
great teaser
Way too hard! But FUN!! I had never even heard of most of those but I did know the scapegoat one 'cause that was a vocab word!!!
Wow, that was interesting
I only got two though
it was hard...
I only got two though
it was hard...
Easy; but bowman/manage is also correct! Enjoyed it. Thanks!
yeah thats what i got too: bowman/manage. overall it was fun .
Interesting and well done.
MA MA HU HU, I DON'T LIKE THESE, BUT NOT BAD.
I've seen ones like this before, but they are all always fun.
My brain was ou-of-order and I totally whiffed on them all. But I do recall a "bowline" is the tie-down line on the bow of a watercraft.
I stumbled a little bit with #1 and then #4, but this is an ingenius mind starter, if you have ever been exposed to any of these words. The other 3, for some reason, just fell into place! Fantastic work! WTG
I got ParSON/ SONate for the last one... does that work too or am I making words up?
A bowline is a knot, probably one of the most useful of all the knots, that and the square knot.
I got all but bowline.
Guess I didn't understand the directions or something. I didn't get this one at all. Sorry.
that was fun! Not too hard and not too easy....GOOD JOB!
ur right it was was fun
I found this one really difficult, only got 1 right. Color me embarrased.
COOL
Another vote for bowman/manage.
I love this kind of puzzle--got the first three. That the sounds of the letters changed in the last two threw me big-time! But I still enjoyed it mucho!
I love this kind of puzzle--got the first three. That the sounds of the letters changed in the last two threw me big-time! But I still enjoyed it mucho!
I didn't get a one but enjoyed trying
couldn't get TIC - very clever. thanks
Tougher than it appeared. Need more stronger coffee.
I would suggest that those that do not own a dictionary should invest in one. Then when you are presented with an unfamiliar word such as "bowline" all you have to do is look it up and feel good that you have learned a new word. I didn't know what it was either, but had no trouble finding it in my dictionary. As an elementary school teacher who has spent many hours over the years teaching dictionary skills I can't imagine being without a dictionary. And I hope that most of my former students are still using one. Please don't take this as a negative comment or a "put-down." I just felt compelled to put in this reminder because it seems that lately there have been questions regarding the validity of words in these teasers.
Good job, Snaps!
Good job, Snaps!
Got two without the hint, four with. Possibly would have been able to get bowman if I hadn't checked the hint >_> lol
I got the first one!!!!
I agree with the first person about it being bowman and manage but if they used the heads in certain ways they'd be able to notice that the hints tell you how many LETTERS need to be filled in!
nice!
good one!
I also got bowman/manage. Solved everything but one. I was looking at Dig / Self and thinking "Dig-It? No such thing."
As said, without the hint, the first one can be man. It can also be MEN: BOWMEN - plural of bowman, MENAGE - A collection of animals; a menagerie (Webster).
Also without the hint, the second could be RA - a sun god of Heliopolis: GENERA - pl. of genus., RAKING.
Also without the hint, the second could be RA - a sun god of Heliopolis: GENERA - pl. of genus., RAKING.
Very nice job. Got part of them, but not all. More please.
So.. I was debating whether to re-think my answer for #1 when I read the hint.. and I decided not to. I figured I'd be able to be all clever when I announced to the Braingle world that I came up with another answer. ..... Too bad half the comments already say my answer.
I also missed SCAPE! The goat kept tripping me: I couldn't think of anything to go with it.
By the time I reached the last one, I just couldn't put forth the mental effort, and I have myself on a timer so I don't spend too long on a teaser (or writing comments). I have 28 seconds left to say that I just couldn't come up with any ideas at all for the last one, despite the fact that there were, what, three possibilities that fit the hint? Sheesh on me.
LASTLY -- many thanks to realm2346 for reminding me that my coffee's in the microwave.
I also missed SCAPE! The goat kept tripping me: I couldn't think of anything to go with it.
By the time I reached the last one, I just couldn't put forth the mental effort, and I have myself on a timer so I don't spend too long on a teaser (or writing comments). I have 28 seconds left to say that I just couldn't come up with any ideas at all for the last one, despite the fact that there were, what, three possibilities that fit the hint? Sheesh on me.
LASTLY -- many thanks to realm2346 for reminding me that my coffee's in the microwave.
This was very well written. It's going in my favorites.
Last one can also be DON. (As in similar to wear).
PARDON / DONATE
Fun one! Thanks!
PARDON / DONATE
Fun one! Thanks!
another alternate is generic/ricking
The validity of answers is overwhelming.
Fun! I can't believe I missed bowline though...
2 Snaps up!!!
I thought that 'man' was the answer to the first one and when I saw the answer and didn't see 'man'... Woo! I thought I figured another answer and started looking for a 'correct teaser' button or something. Unfortunately, the first comment was about that as well as half of the others.
Also, I didn't get #2.
Also, I didn't get #2.
crib--plz tell me what ricking is!!
Today is 3 yrs. to the day since my earlier comment! It was interesting for me to see what was different. As I got "man" again before the hint, and the "right" answer after the hint, it occurred to me that I don't remember hints three years ago!! Also, got the next w/o the hint, 3 & 4 with, and the last not at all!! Pretty much the perfect quiz: excellent fun & not ridiculously easy, not impossible. Thank You!!
Today is 3 yrs. to the day since my earlier comment! It was interesting for me to see what was different. As I got "man" again before the hint, and the "right" answer after the hint, it occurred to me that I don't remember hints three years ago!! Also, got the next w/o the hint, 3 & 4 with, and the last not at all!! Pretty much the perfect quiz: excellent fun & not ridiculously easy, not impossible. Thank You!!
Didn't do well last time, and still didn't do well this time.
CriBB--sorry!! (ricking question)
Complication. I know this Teaser was meant to be Fun, but the only fun I had was the idea of the Teaser being fun. The actual teaser was difficult. And, I did feel so good attempting to solve this teaser, but hey, I enjoyed it anyway.
I didn't do well on the teaser, but I forgot to turn back my clock, so now I have an extra hour to figure out where I went wrong! Have a great day, everyone - I'm still laughing at myself!
Too many possible answers makes this one fairly easy. Looks like the editors turn back their clocks everyday.
Hmm I thought you had to get it right not the possible answers. I forgot to do the 1st one. I got all the others. Had fun doing it. it was a fun teaser and really like it. Thanks!!!!
I agree with cutebug, there are too many possible answers. And as to finding the "right" answer as opposed to a "possible" answer - who is to say what is right or wrong? I have had teasers rejected for the mere fact there were multiple answers to them... so not sure how this one got by the editors.
Never heard the word bowman so I missed that one and I got hung up on King being a person and not finding a word to work, but got the last 3 easily. I liked the teaser and think it was a good one. Enjoyed figuring it out.
nice one!!
I was stumped on gene......but I got all the rest!!
By me, a well-constructed puzzle should have only one correct answer. For two of the items in this puzzle there are at least two answers that seem acceptable: For BOW____AGE both MAN and LINE would fill the bill, and for PAR____ATE both ROT and DON would work.
BOW___AGE could also be MAN to make BOWMAN https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowman and MANAGE
Well done; great teaser except for the extra possible answers!
Solved it, without the need for any hints!
Solved it, without the need for any hints!
Also had "man" for the first one. Overall, a great teaser. I didn't get scape. I thought of it, but then didn't think scape was an actual word. Funny that it's coming up as a spelling error when I type it in here, but in looking it up, apparently it's a long, leafless flower stalk according to dictionary.com.
OK, read some more comments..... do those who said it was easy REALLY know what a 'scape' is?
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got them all very quickly though I did not know scape was a word but it fit and was correct anyway.
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