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(Message started by: evergreena3 on Apr 1st, 2004, 9:03pm)
Title: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by evergreena3 on Apr 1st, 2004, 9:03pm
A few separate riddlets (love that word) for you:


1) A word I know, six letters it contains.
Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.

2) What is a five letter word which becomes shorter with two letters added onto it?

3) What is the next letter in the following sequence:  W I T N L I T F _ ?


EverGreenA3

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Title: Re: word-answer riddles
Post by Cathos on Apr 1st, 2004, 9:18pm
1) Don't know if this is what you're looking for, but it could be [hide]trieze[/hide]

2) I have an answer, but it's not very long...

3) I'm pretty sure it's part of the sequence...
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by raven on Apr 2nd, 2004, 10:59pm

Quote:
1) A word I know, six letters it contains.
Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.

2) What is a five letter word which becomes shorter with two letters added onto it?


This is probably a stupid answer... but...
:: [hide]twelves only contains six letters (t,w,e,l,v,s) and you take away the 's' and you get twelve?![/hide] ::

:-/

By that same logic... :: [hide]short becomes shorter [/hide]::
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by raven on Apr 2nd, 2004, 11:15pm
I'll take a wild guess?


Quote:
W I T N L I T F C


I'm talkin' WILD here!!!  ;D
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by DeMark on Apr 3rd, 2004, 12:37am
Ummm... for 1), maybe a word that contains :[hide]dozen[/hide]: in it?
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by Cathos on Apr 3rd, 2004, 11:11pm
Ah, yes, perhaps [hide]dozens[/hide], but I like my first answer better   ;D
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by evergreena3 on Apr 5th, 2004, 9:07am
I believe the correct answer for each is above, though not in the same post.

1) [hide] dozens[/hide]
2) [hide] short[/hide]
3) [hide] S.  Read the clue, word for word, and look at the letters used...[/hide]

EverGreenA3
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by Cathos on Apr 5th, 2004, 11:16am
Well, trieze works well, it's french for 13, has 6 letters, and when you subtract 1 you get twelve...
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by DeMark on Apr 5th, 2004, 12:15pm
Cathos, do you have a dictionary? French for 13 is treize.
Not trieze.
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by Cathos on Apr 5th, 2004, 1:41pm
Well, it still works the same  ;)
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by Annemiek on Apr 13th, 2004, 6:22pm
That is one of the more uneducated answers ever.  When you subtract one of what?  it would actually make sense if you subtract the word "one" from the the six letter combination and get the combination of t,w,e,l,v,e remaining, if not in that order.  Or, if you actually subtract one letter from the combination, you get t,w,e,l,v,e as well.  It's people like you who make this world a dumber place in which to live.  Maybe you should just go under a rock and hide the world from your stupidity so that it doesn't spread like a disease to drag every poor soul down with your dense head
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by Noke Lieu on Apr 13th, 2004, 8:36pm
C'mon, tell us what you really think...  :-*

but running with it (its a slow work day)
If you remove one copy of O N E from the set of letters that the word contains, and are left with the letters T W E L V, (a number of copies each, not necessarily distinct) that means there must have been 7 different letters in the set. That's a violation of the original question which states this word contains six letters.

Of all the ways I can imagine to interpret this...

The word is six letters long
Examples: answer, dozens, stupid, idiots, murmur.


The word contains 6 different letters, thus is at least 6 letters long, but may be more.
Examples: Dozens, toggling, moronic, responses


The word comprises the letters s,i,x,l,e,t,t,e,r,s
Examples: I can't find any


The word contains the letters s,i,x,l,e,t,t,e,r,s and more
Example: extraterrestrials


There is only one of these interpretations that allow you to "remove one"  leaving the rules of the puzzle unviolated.

Much of my working day is taken up teaching maths to little kids. At least when they get beaten by a puzzle, they don't sulk. :'(
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by Cathos on Apr 13th, 2004, 8:43pm
Well, Annemiek, since you're obviously better at this than I, would you please tell me the correct answer?  I do believe both of the above answers work fine, though dozens of course is the intended.
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by Icarus on Apr 14th, 2004, 7:24pm
Annemiek, we are interested here in people who contribute to the conversation. Cathos contributes much. Your post contributes absolutely nothing. Far from fitting your description, Cathos has demonstrated intelligence (he is right, I believe about the intended answer being "dozens"). You, on the other hand, have demonstrated complete cluelessness on how to judge the worth of other people.

I have known many people of high intelligence, and many people of low intelligence. Quite frankly, on the whole the latter are often easier to work with and more enjoyable to be around, because they are far less likely to hold a over-inflated view of themselves.
Title: Re: 6-1=12, 5+2 is shorter, next letter
Post by Speaker on Apr 15th, 2004, 10:24pm
I decided to change the question to suit an idea that the anemic post put into my head.

Eleven + Two

Subtract one to get twelve.

So, it works two ways. But, there are seven different letters in the first part.

By the way Noke, hilarious analysis of the situation.


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