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... letters in the phrase SHOUT " DANGER ! " to make two words that are opposites of each other . What are they ? The words can have six and five letters , respectively , or seven and four letters , etc. - the lengths are for you to ...
... letters in the phrase SHOUT " DANGER ! " to make two words that are opposites of each other . What are they ? The words can have six and five letters , respectively , or seven and four letters , etc. - the lengths are for you to ...
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... letters are repeated . 18. CANDY 19. TRAIN 20. SPOIL Rating Good : 10 Excellent : 14 Ace : 18 142. GUYS Rearrange the letters in the word PERPETUAL to form two boys ' names - one in five letters and one in four . What are they ? 143. O ...
... letters are repeated . 18. CANDY 19. TRAIN 20. SPOIL Rating Good : 10 Excellent : 14 Ace : 18 142. GUYS Rearrange the letters in the word PERPETUAL to form two boys ' names - one in five letters and one in four . What are they ? 143. O ...
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... 5 Ace : 7 180. FOREIGN FOOD Name a European city in nine letters in which four of the letters are the same . Drop all four of these repeated letters , and the remaining five letters , in order , will spell something that most people ...
... 5 Ace : 7 180. FOREIGN FOOD Name a European city in nine letters in which four of the letters are the same . Drop all four of these repeated letters , and the remaining five letters , in order , will spell something that most people ...
Common terms and phrases
14 Excellent 9 Ace Aaron alphabet animal Answer each clue answers may differ apostrophe Bad Pun Department Baseball bird blank to complete Bobby Fischer Bobolink Brand BROOKLYNESE capital Change one letter common six-letter word complete the sentence consecutive letters consonants familiar two-word phrase Fill five letters five-letter word following words FOOD four letters four-letter words hyphenated Kind LETTER BANK letter F letters starting Liane Hansen Mary Hartman meaning movie opposites pair of clues phonetically phrase that contains played Popular Possible answers PSEUDO-OPPOSITES punny puzzle Q-TIPS Rating Rearrange the letters Redd Foxx restaurant Rating rhyme Rock Sanford and Son second clue seven letters seven-letter word Shortz silent sound spell sport Star Susan Stamberg syllable Tennis three letters three words TOM SWIFTIES two-syllable word U.S. President uncapitalized vowels Weekend Edition Sunday WORD LADDER word or name word starting word that contains word that goes