Four Word Puzzles
Here are a few more word puzzles to test that brainpower on.
Some of these will have more than one solution, but you will
know if you get one that works.
1. The Repeating Word Pair
Create a grammatically-correct sentence in which the following
repeating word pair fits:
hope that hope that
2. Truth through Punctuation
Add the correct punctuation to the following, to make it both
grammatically correct and truthful:
there are twelve letters in this sentence
3. That Consecutive "Thats" Puzzle
Here's an example of the word "that" being used
five times consecutively: I said that,"that 'that' that
that man wrote should have been underlined." That's from
the page "That Riddle About That
"That," which has a full explanation. For this
puzzle, add three words to the following to make a grammatically-correct
sentence in which "that" is used six times consecutively:
He saw that that "that" that
that "that" __________ __________ __________ .
4. A Different Class of Words
When does a kayak have more in common with a racecar than
with boat?
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Solutions to the Word Puzzles
1. The Repeating Word Pair Puzzle
Here is one solution:
I hope that hope that comes from reason
is sufficient.
If you want a greater challenge, try to find a pair of words
that can be repeated consecutively in a grammatically-correct
sentence three or more times.
2. Truth Through Punctuation
The key is the quotation marks:
There are twelve letters in "this
sentence."
Count the letters in "this sentence" (12) if that
still isn't clear.
3. That Consecutive "Thats" Puzzle
There are probably many solutions to this puzzle. Here is
one:
He saw that that "that" that
that "that" followed was unnecessary.
4. A Different Class of Words
When they are on a page of word-related puzzles and are examples
of palindromes (they read the same forward and backwards).
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