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WombatDeath
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Composite words
« on: Jun 30th, 2003, 1:18pm » |
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Three 'composite word' problems. All words are listed at www.dictionary.com and they're all in common(ish) usage.
1) What word can be placed in front of each of the following to make six new words?
arm
cast
play
shadow
tell
warn
2) What word can be placed after each of the following to make six new words?
sea
slave
star
tape
war
who
3) What word can be placed before OR after each of the following to make six new words?
fire
half
house
stop
sun
weight
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Re: Composite words
« Reply #1 on: Jun 30th, 2003, 1:26pm » |
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1) fore
2) red
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Re: Composite words
« Reply #2 on: Jun 30th, 2003, 1:46pm » |
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along with THUDandBLUNDER answers
3)light
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Re: Composite words
« Reply #3 on: Jul 1st, 2003, 1:56am » |
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With numbers one and three I had no problems. The second one was a little too obscure for me I thought, so I looked at the first letter of T&B's answer, which led me to ring.
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WombatDeath
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Re: Composite words
« Reply #4 on: Jul 3rd, 2003, 1:40pm » |
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ring was the answer I was expecting for question 2; bonus points for finding another right answer!
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