Friday, January 18, 2013

PUZZLE, Jan. 18th, 2013

Previous Puzzle Congratulations to Aygul for being the first to solve it.
Given the following four definitions, what are the corresponding doublets?

1) a current gift = PRESENT PRESENT
2) a secure bank vault=SAFE SAFE
3) a short formal statement=BRIEF BRIEF
4) a fragile supply ship= TENDER TENDER

New Puzzle

The following list of words has been altered from the original word list:

heat              jeans                     ram                        silk                          mice                      malt      
pest              belly                      tears                      drapes                     bill                        gutter               
Change the first letter of each word above with the first letter of another word in the list.
What are the words in the new list? Is there a theme to this new list? And which one word which does not fit the theme.

The first correct answer gets the point!

6 comments:

Yadiriny189 said...

meat
beans
jam
milk
rice
salt
jelly
pears
grapes
dill
butter

The theme is about food.
No fit "pest"

Helen189 said...

meat beans ham milk rice salt
test jelly pears grapes dill butter

They are all food, except test which does not fit the theme.

Jillian177 said...

heat jeans ram mice silk malt
pest belly tears drapes bill gutter

meat, beans, ham, milk, salt, PEST,jelly, pears, grapes, dill, butter, rice. Category = food. Test is the exception

Patrick177 said...

meat beans jam milk rice salt jelly
pears grapes dill butter

PEST is the odd one, all the other one are food:)

Christina Le Breton said...

meat beans jam milk rice
jelly pears grapes
salt
butter
dill

all food, pest does not belong

Veronica Baig said...

YADIRINY:Almost:-)
HELEN: Congratulations:-)
JILLIAN:Yes, but not the first:-(
PATRICK: You have to be fast to get the puzzle point;-)
CHRISTINA:Yes, but too late:-(