• (Don't post the RIGHT answer) --- A. Leaf, B. Part, C. Mitt, D. Corn, E. Saw

    From HenHanna@NewsGrouper@user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 19:58:12 2025
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    Pls DON'T post the (right) answer.

    1. Post a (good) WRONG answer, and/or

    2. Post a similar (new) problem .... Thanks!

    __________________

    These words are out of order (the correct order is NOT alphabetical).
    Pls Figure out the pattern and put them in the proper order.

    A. Leaf
    B. Part
    C. Mitt
    D. Corn
    E. Saw


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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Fri Jul 18 08:55:02 2025
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    On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:58:12 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

    or Add 2 or 3 additional items

    Ball, Bee, Force, Word.
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Sat Jul 19 02:12:20 2025
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    On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:58:12 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

    2. Post a similar (new) problem .... Thanks!

    Arrange the following letters in another order:

    AB, AS, BA, CD, DS, EM, GC, HS, JI, JY, NA, PC.
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Sun Jul 20 12:48:00 2025
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    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 02:12:20 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

    Arrange the following letters in another order:

    AB, AS, BA, CD, DS, EM, GC, HS, JI, JY, NA, PC.

    SPOILER.
    POILER.
    OILER.
    ILER.
    LER.
    ER.
    R.
    .

    One possible answer:

    NA, BA, PC, AB, AS, EM, DS, JI, JY, CD, GC, HS.

    They are the initial letters of the names of the twelve humans to have set foot on the surface of a solar system body, other than the planet Earth.
    There may be several reasonable answers as to how they should be ordered,
    but chronological, based on when they stepped onto the lunar surface, is
    the one I've chosen.

    Neil Armstrong
    Buzz Aldrin
    Pete Conrad
    Alan Bean
    Alan Shepard
    Edgar Mitchell
    David Scott
    James irwin
    John Young
    Charles Duke
    Gene Cernan
    Harrison Schmitt
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