5
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Add, a fruit is what you get

Remove, fifty-four is what you get

What word am I looking for?

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You could be the word:

LIVE

If you add a letter, you can make:

OLIVE - a fruit.

If you remove a letter, you can make:

LIV - i.e. 54 in Roman numerals.

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  • $\begingroup$ Yes, this is correct! $\endgroup$ May 14, 2020 at 11:42
  • $\begingroup$ Quick there :) I was planning to make it 'five and four is what you get'. Would've probably been slightly harder $\endgroup$ May 14, 2020 at 11:50
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    $\begingroup$ @Prim3numbah Ha, yeah that was the line that I hit on first and it was a quick step to find the other, so disguising that line more would definitely make it a bit more difficult... $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    May 14, 2020 at 12:02

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