Questions tagged [word-property]
For puzzles which ask the solver to determine a hidden property of certain words (or phrases), given a set of words with that property and usually also a set of words without it for comparison. Puzzles with this tag often have titles of the form "What is a [...] Word™?"
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What is a Quotidian Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
It seems that it's a rite of passage on PSE to make at least one of ...
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1answer
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What is a Shifting Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word has a certain property, I call it a Shifting Word™.
You can use ...
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1answer
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What is an Immiscible Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an Immiscible Word™. If ...
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Anagrams, synonyms and antonym
You may have seen word puzzles where two words are given and the puzzle asks you to transfer one letter from one of the words to the other creating two words that are synonyms.
For example: Smarts ...
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What is a Fair Word?
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Fair Word. If it does not conform to this rule, I call it an Unfair Word.
Here is a list (not exhaustive) of some Fair Words and Unfair Words:
Fair ...
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What is an Icy Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Icy™ word.
Here is a ...
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1answer
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My Secret Cabal
I'm in a cabal so secret and nefarious that very few of its members even know they are members. Our ranks include:
Former Seattle police chief Carmen Best
Physician and diplomat Deborah Birx
Writer ...
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1answer
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Who sang this? It wasn't Carol
I There I Underneath I More Make All
I There And Underneath
I There Santa With I More Make All
I I And Underneath
I To I To
etc.
Question
Can you remind me who had a hit with this song? It's about ...
asked Dec 18 '20 at 13:29
chasly - supports Monica
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What is a Rainbow Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Rainbow Word™. The ones given here ...
6
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1answer
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What is a Date Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Date Word™ word.
Here is ...
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2answers
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What do These Names Have in Common?
What verb do these four names have in common?
Copenhagen
Danny
Roger
Tina
Clues:
If you get stumped on Tina, don't worry. It's a lesser known reference, and if you have a solution for the other three ...
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1answer
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Sergeant Sequence calls for back-up
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #42: Wordless Connecting Walls
"Sequence, get in here! Your man's definitely up to something!"
The mood at Headquarters was tense. Sergeant Sequence ...
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This puzzle's value is 334
The 28th of october is valued by 40. This sentence is valued by 17. This paragraph is valued by 143.
This puzzle is valued by 334.
Can you give the value of Puzzling StackExchange?
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1answer
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What is an Outs Word™?
This puzzle is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an Outs word.
Here ...
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2answers
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What is a North-America™ word?
This puzzle is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a North-America™ ...
6
votes
1answer
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What is a Multietude™ word?
This puzzle is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Multietude™ word....
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1answer
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Having fun with nyms
In the following sentence, can you replace every dash (-) with a character so that the sentence makes logical sense?
An ----nym is an ----nym of an ---nym.
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1answer
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What is a Lifelong Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Lifelong Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
473 views
What is a First Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a First Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What kind of car do I have?
What kind of car do I have?
The clue words:
stories, robbery, rock, minimum, old, ducks
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1answer
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Auferonyms - Words Inside Words
I have hidden something from my nemesis Aufero inside other words. The rules are that I can only add one or more letters to a word inside that word (not at the beginning or end), I can only add a ...
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1answer
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East and West words
Here are some East words:
wet, chip, awed, sect, stop, dry, ail, to, gyp, do, stop, an
Here are some West words:
few, loin, lira, jew, ours, bra, points, line, kid, tea, pots, be
What are the East ...
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Welcome to the Acme Corporation - please find your floor number
Welcome to the Acme Corporation.
The Acme Corporation is the greatest company in the world, and it should be your utmost honor and privilege to be employed as an associate of the Corporation.
The ...
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After the funeral
The mood was sombre in the lawyer’s office. Eight members of the Picodie family gathered together to hear the reading of their recently deceased father’s will. Around the table sat Eli, Ron, Agnes, ...
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Four groups, sixteen words
These 16 words can be separated into 4 categories... What are they? All of them have something in common... What is it?
Bean, Iron, Bird, Notorious, Cannonball, Ripper, Prince, Zodiac, Clown, Slim, ...
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What is a Parallel Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Parallel Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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Knit one purl one
Actually the title is completely misleading because this has nothing to do with knitting. Here is the actual puzzle.
Pull one.
Cost two.
Get off one.
Off the top of one.
Keep one up.
Bite one.
Drag ...
asked Jul 23 '20 at 21:16
chasly - supports Monica
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My Exciting Travel Adventure
I have been working hard all year. You know what that means, it's time for a summer vacation! This puzzle will tell you where I am heading!There are three puzzle sets, with 9 clues each. Each set has ...
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1answer
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increase your knowledge
BEE, DON, EXAMINER, GLOBE, HORNET, RETRIEVER, ROO, STAR, SUN, TERRIER
These ten words can be paired up into five pairs according to a certain rule. How?
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What is a Foldable Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Foldable Word™.
Use the examples below to find the rule.
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% set Title text. (...
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What is a Patternful Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Patternful Word™.
Use ...
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1answer
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My botched ordering task
I've messed up once again. I was supposed to put this group of words in order... Even though I'm sure I've alphabetized them correctly, I've been told that my solution is completely wrong! I can't ...
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Practical Chemo Opus
Herb Clark likes few substances, such as:
CARBON, NEON, SILICON, PHOSPHORUS, IRON, COPPER, ARSENIC, KRYPTON, ...
Find others per inclination.
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a difference of 29°
The eight words pictured here, along with their positions, can be divided into two groups of four words apiece. Identify the two groups and why each word-position combination belongs to its group.
I ...
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What do all of these pictures have in common?
What do all of these things have in common?
The answer is a simple word or phrase.
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What gets past the bluegrass bulge?
Sort of in the style of that old classic, ‘What goes through the green glass door?’
What gets past the bluegrass bulge?
Blue does, but green doesn’t.
Grass does, but glaze doesn’t.
Bulge does, but ...
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1answer
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What is a 21 + 3113 Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word adheres to a certain rule I call it a 21 + 3113 Word™.
Text-...
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What is a Scooby Word?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.Template taken from Rubio.
If a word conforms to a specific pattern, I call it a ...
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What is a BS Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a BS Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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What is an IHC. word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an IHC. Word™.
Use the ...
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1answer
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Follow the path of relation through the grid #6
There is a relation between rectilinear-adjacent squares such that there is a unique rectilinear path from the top-left corner of the grid down to the bottom-right corner of the grid. Each square can ...
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What should these be called?
On this site, rot13 is often used to encrypt comments so spoilers can be spoken about. Rot13 is a cipher, in which each letter is shifted 13 letters forward (or backward) in the alphabet.
There are ...
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1answer
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What is a Computer Phrase™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a phrase conforms to a special rule, I call it a Computer Phrase™. Use the ...
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1answer
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What is a Rotting Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Rotting Word™.
Use the ...
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What is a Transition Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Transition Word™.
Use ...
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1answer
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Can you find the missing words?
Given that:
$
\begin{gather}
\ \text{ art}\hspace{1em}\Leftrightarrow\hspace{1em}\text{phi}
\end{gather}
$
Can you figure out the words that are missing?
$
\begin{gather}
\text{imps}\hspace{1em}...
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What is a Vowelreuben™ Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Vowelreuben™ Word™.
Use ...
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3answers
558 views
What is a Limited Word™
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Limited Word™.
Use the ...
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Can you name the Product Code™?
Given the product codes of 10 fruits and vegetables in the chart below, can you figure out the product code of Broccoli?
$
\begin{gather}
% custom template - reuse if you may
\def\S#1#2{\Space{#1}{...
