A little word puzzle to engage your brain.

dreamdaisy

Thinking caps on everyone! What common property do these words share?

assess
banana
dresser
grammar
potato
revive
uneven

There are probably some others which could be added to the list but I don't know them. :oops: DD

joanlawson

If you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word.

joanlawson

1. Which two letters of the alphabet sound like:
(a) jealously
(b) a climbing plant
(c) a literary composition
(d) a number?

2. . Which sets of three letters of the alphabet, when spoken aloud, sound like words that mean respectively:
(a) a flower
(b) a being
(c) an opponent

dillydream

Sorted the first one joan

a NV
b IV
c SA
d 8T

but can`t get my head round the second :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

dreamdaisy

Joan, you don't need to spell it backwards, just read it right to left but yes, spot on (I thought you'd know this one!). I shall be thinking about the three letter all evening whilst eating ma curry, then come back and google the answer! DD

joanlawson

dillydream wrote:

Sorted the first one joan

a NV
b IV
c SA
d 8T

but can`t get my head round the second :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Well done, dillydream, except you used a number instead of a letter for the last one. It should be AT

joanlawson

While you're working out part 2 of the last puzzle, here's another one:

3. If ‘B 9’ means benign, can you think of:

(a) a letter and a number which sound like ‘earlier’;

(b) two letters and a number which sound like ‘to diverge’;

(c) a letter, a number, another letter and another number which sound like ‘to lessen your guilt’?

joanlawson

Anyone worked out the answers yet x:?:

joanlawson

In case anyone wants to know the answers:

2. . Which sets of three letters of the alphabet, when spoken aloud, sound like words that mean respectively:
(a) a flower
(b) a being
(c) an opponent

(a) P N E (peony); (b) N T T (entity); (c) N M E (enemy)

3. If ‘B 9’ means benign, can you think of:

(a) a letter and a number which sound like ‘earlier’;

(b) two letters and a number which sound like ‘to diverge’;

(c) a letter, a number, another letter and another number which sound like ‘to lessen your guilt’?

(a) B 4 (before); (b) D V 8 (deviate; (c) X 10 U 8 (extenuate).

skezier

hi Joan,

you know for me you might a well have written that in swahilian..... love the dyslexic xx