Here's a real stumper:
There are 5 words:
QUOTE
TRUE
NURSE
SPUR
SLIM
From these 5 words, there is a connection that will reveal a single letter, what is it?
6 Answers
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I have this bizarre theory that it might be the letter
M
The words are related through
”Brain Damage” by Eminem.
Here’s how:
The first verse features a discussion between Mathers and the school NURSE.
The second verse QUOTEs a school bullying incident that apparently gave Mathers brain damage. It appears that at least the part of there being a bully named D’Angelo Bailey is TRUE: the song SPURred a lawsuit by that very same bully. The case received some attention, since the judge dropped the lawsuit, and even a couple of rhymes.
This all brings us back to the single letter by the following path:
Mathers -> SLIM Shady -> Eminem -> M&M -> M
..Yeah, I’m probably overthinking this by at least a factor of ten.
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$\begingroup$ +1. Just because I read EMINEM in there and I am a fanboy :) $\endgroup$ Jan 5, 2018 at 16:38
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My letter is:
$\pi$
Because:
The letters used are E, I, and 10 consecutive letters from L-U. Using $e$, $i$, and the digits 1 and 0, you can add $\pi$ to form $e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0$.
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$\begingroup$ But Pi isn't a letter in the standard alphabet, sadly. $\endgroup$– user43851Jan 8, 2018 at 18:43
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This puzzle's been bugging me for a while, so I thought I'd take a crack at it.
I think the letter is
l
Which is a
lower-case "L"
Going word by word, you can construct a simple representation of each of them using it.
QUOTE
Quotation mark(s) " look like two tiny "l"s.
TRUE
The equals symbol = looks like two "l"s on top of each other.
NURSE
The symbol for a Hospital + looks like two "l"s, crossed.
SPUR
A simple spur x looks like two "l"s, crossed.
SLIM
A single "l" is pretty slim--as slim as letters go!
An argument could be made for the answer being
upper-case "I"
but that is a letter that appears in a clue word, while
lower-case "L"
does not.
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I think it is
A
Because
'A', although being a fairly common letter does not occur in any of these of this words. Also 'A' is the only vowel not present in these words.
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I'm not sure... The answer could be
U
Because
1. The letter "u" appears 4 times, which is uncommon in English.
2. The letter counts produce two individual "dots" and one "line", which is morse code for "u":
a
b
c
d
e ...
f
g
h
i .
j
k
l .
m .
n .
o .
p .
q .
r ...
s ...
t ..
u ....
v
w
x
y
z
answered Jan 5, 2018 at 0:29
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$\begingroup$ I really like this line of thought, the letter frequency is something I hadn't noticed. $\endgroup$– user43851Jan 8, 2018 at 18:42
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I think it might be..
Y.
QUOTE
Got nothing yet.
TRUE
True/false can also be displayed as Y/N.
NURSE
Got nothing yet.
SPUR
If you look at a spur off of a boot from the top, it closely resembles the letter Y.
SLIM
The letter Y starts out wide and gets slimmer the further you go down.
