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escartian
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Submit your answer below.
Answer will be given by me at the end of the day.
Note these brain teasers are not created by me...
Today's brain teaser is:
Below are incomplete words. Place two letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.

Fu (--) am
Ed (--) ar
Dit (--) urch
Ju (--) eam
Ran (--) ese
Divi (--) bt
Pi (--) upt
Dro (--) rse
Tr (--) aze
Bud (--) nder
Don't worry if you can't figure it out...(I personally only managed to fill 5 blanks)

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sinopoli32
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4 weighings will get it every time... you start out by putting 13 on each side. If they are equal, you 1 you did not put in is the special coin. If one is lighter/heavier, break it into 6/6/1 and put the 2 6 on the scale. Same situation, if equal, the 1 coin is your special one. If not, break the heavier/lighter 6 into two groups of three, se heavier/lighter then weigh 2 of them against each other, if same, the last coin is your special one... Well, now that i talk this out, we would need checks that would double the amount to 8 i think....

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If one is lighter/heavier, break it into 6/6/1

That wont tell you which one has the special coin since it could be lighter or heavier.

1a) Separate them into 3 groups of 9, compare two groups. If they weight the same, the third group has the special coin, in this case go to 2a. If they weigh differently, go to 1b.

1b) Keep the heavier group and swap the lighter group with the third group, if the initially heavier group is still heavier then it contains the special coin, otherwise the swapped out group has the special coin.

2a) The 'suspects' have been narrowed down to 9 coins. Separate them into 3 groups of 3, compare two groups. If they weight the same, the third group has the special coin, in this case go to 3a. If they weigh differently, go to 2b.

2b) Keep the heavier group and swap the lighter group with the third group, if the initially heavier group is still heavier then it contains the special coin, otherwise the swapped out group has the special coin.

3a) The 'suspects' have been narrowed down to 3 coins. Compare two coins, if they weigh the same, then the third coin is the special coin. If they weigh differently, go to 3b.

3b) Keep the heavier coin and swap the lighter coin with the third coin, if the initially heavier coin is still heavier then it is the special coin, otherwise the swapped out coin is the special coin.

Using this method, you can guarantee determining the special coin in 6 weighings or less. If your lucky you can determine in 3.
escartian
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ok you answered it
I know I stopped updating this for almost a month now so sorry.
So here is a new one:

Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

1. Inks - Tiles
2. Ride - Relive
3. Gaze - Freed
4. Snail - Pike
5. Snag - Cold

Archer44
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1.Sink-Tile
2.???
3.Graze-Feed
4.???
5.Nag-Scold

Sarthra21
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2. Rid- Relieve
4. Nail- Spike

Archer44
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1.Sink-Tile
2.Rid-Relieve
3.Graze-Feed
4.Nail-Spike
5.Nag-Scold

Thanks.

escartian
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1. Links - Ties
2. Rid - Relieve
3. Graze - Feed
4. Nail - Spike
5. Nag - Scold
So close archer44 but you messed up the first one.
Ok so here is a new one:

What is unusual about this following long sentence?

Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel and Ellen sinned.

hint: it is not that it has many names listed or comas

aWulfy
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they all sinned!!!!!
*gasp*

aWulfy
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sry for double post...
cuz the post above was a joke XP

ok,
I've seen this one before so......
can I just say the answer?

dennis, sinned
nell, ellen
leon, noel
yah......
did I just ruined everyone's fun????
if so... sry XD

escartian
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It is actually a palindrome (the whole sentence not just those names)
but close enough for me.
New one:

I may be in front when you wink
Or I may be the way you think

Metal wood or even plastic
My many functions can be fantastic

Sometimes I hold your most precious treasure
Many different sizes can I measure

A house is built on one of me
But a home contains many more you see

I don't know what more I can say
But didn't you walk through me today?

xeden
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Doors.

escartian
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No its not a door, keep thinking...

chessmaster102
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box?

Sarthra21
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A hallway?

aWulfy
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door?
no, not doors....
umm

window frame?
but wait....
I can't walk through a window frame

door frame?
but wait....
"Sometimes I hold your most precious treasure
Many different sizes can I measure"
ummm......

frame?
ahhh!!!
I don't know!!!
my brain is about to explode!
D:

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