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Five Letters Sound Like Six When Pronounced

What five-letter word sounds like six letters when pronounced?

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Cello. The pronunciation of c is ‘ch’, making it sound like the word has 6 letters.

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Fish Seal Word Ladder

Get from the word FISH to SEAL by changing one letter at a time and forming another English word in each step.

1. FISH
2. _ _ _ _
3. _ _ _ _
4. _ _ _ _
5. _ _ _ _
6. SEAL

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1. FISH
2. FIST
3. FEST
4. FEAT
5. SEAT
6. SEAL

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Thought Follows Closely Behind

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

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A nose.

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O T T F F

What letter comes next?

O T T F F S S

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E (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven eight)

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Secure Spy Transfer

You are a spy and need to send an item to a contact in another country without letting anyone else have access to it. All unlocked items will be opened in transit. How can you send this item securely?

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Place a lock on the item and send it to your contact. They will place their own lock on the package and return it to you. You remove your lock and send it back. When they receive it, they can unlock the package and retrieve the item.

Place a lock on the item and send it to your contact. They will place their own lock on the package and return it to you. You remove your lock and send it back. When they receive it, they can unlock the package and retrieve the item.

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Dark As Midnight

What is dark as midnight but is still night?
The word has 7 letters, starts with a B and ends with an E.

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Bedtime

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One In China

I am one in China,
Two in Indonesia,
Three in the Philippines,
None in Japan.

What am I?

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The letter ‘i’.

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Two in a Corner

Two in a corner,
One in a room,
Zero in a house, but one in a shelter.

What am I?

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The letter “r”.

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Around the House Without Touching It

What goes around and in the house, but never touches the house?

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The sun.

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What Toby Likes

Toby likes indigo but not red. He likes onions but not turnips. He likes forms but not shapes.

According to the same rule, does he like tomatoes or avocados?

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Toby only likes words that start with prepositions, like his name. Thus he likes tomatoes, not avocados.

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