I am a word.
Six letters I contain.
Give me a bread-maker and unlucky I became.
Take one away and twelve is what will remain.
Take two away and asleep I feign.
Take three and Superman, I will tame.
What word am I?
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Sign up to join this communityI am a word.
Six letters I contain.
Give me a bread-maker and unlucky I became.
Take one away and twelve is what will remain.
Take two away and asleep I feign.
Take three and Superman, I will tame.
What word am I?
You are the word
DOZENS.
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I am a word.
Six letters I contain.
DOZENS is a 6-letter word.
Give me a bread-maker and unlucky I became.
A baker's dozen is 13 loaves, and 13 has often been considered an unlucky number. (I think we're adding "baker" to "dozens" and moving the S.)
Take one away and twelve is what will remain.
A dozen.
Take two away and asleep I feign.
DOZE.
Take three and Superman, I will tame.
General ZOD. (Rearranging again.)