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Divide These 15 words into 5 groups of 3 words (each).

(Each trio will share a characteristic.)



astern, bony, con, deal, land,
lien, nit, pending, pinion, range,
slander, steroid, tile, vary, venue


_______________________
As usual... instead of posting the ans.,

why don't you present [5 groups of 1 word each]

And/Or
post a similar problem?
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HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

Divide These 15 words into 5 groups of 3 words (each).

(Each trio will share a characteristic.)



astern, bony, con, deal, land,
lien, nit, pending, pinion, range,
slander, steroid, tile, vary, venue

_______________________
As usual... instead of posting the ans.,

why don't you present [5 groups of 1 word each]

And/Or
post a similar problem?

One more word for each of the 5 groups:

void
state
rate
ration
sable
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:42:14 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

post a similar problem?

I'm not good a word puzzles, but here goes... I'd think easy to hard, but
as I say, I'm not much good.

Can you pair up the words in the following lists using a distinct characteristic of each list?

a) artwork, braininess, distend, feminine, phonetic, softwood, stonemason, utensil.

b) agnostic, coatings, conifers, download, dungaree, epitaphs, forensic, handouts, happiest, infringe, integral, oriental, pictures, piecrust, predator, refining, relation, teardrop, thousand, triangle, underage, woodland.

c) boldface, champion, equators, hijacker, palomino, quipster.

d) breezy, enzyme, equity, jockey, joyful, quacks, squash, squawk, suffix, wheeze.
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On 23/10/2025 14:08, David Entwistle wrote:

On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:42:14 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

post a similar problem?

I'm not good a word puzzles, but here goes... I'd think easy to hard, but
as I say, I'm not much good.

Can you pair up the words in the following lists using a distinct characteristic of each list?

a) artwork, braininess, distend, feminine, phonetic, softwood, stonemason, utensil.

b) agnostic, coatings, conifers, download, dungaree, epitaphs, forensic, handouts, happiest, infringe, integral, oriental, pictures, piecrust, predator, refining, relation, teardrop, thousand, triangle, underage, woodland.

c) boldface, champion, equators, hijacker, palomino, quipster.

d) breezy, enzyme, equity, jockey, joyful, quacks, squash, squawk, suffix, wheeze.

I have spoilers for three out of four.

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a) artwork, braininess, distend, feminine, phonetic, softwood,
stonemason, utensil.

phonetic
stonemason
artwork
softwood

braininess
feminine

distend
utensil


b) agnostic, coatings, conifers, download, dungaree, epitaphs,
forensic, handouts, happiest, infringe, integral, oriental,
pictures, piecrust, predator, refining, relation, teardrop,
thousand, triangle, underage, woodland.

agnostic coatings
conifers forensic
download woodland
dungaree underage
epitaphs happiest
handouts thousand
infringe refining
integral triangle
oriental relation
pictures piecrust
predator teardrop


c) boldface, champion, equators, hijacker, palomino, quipster.

6 boldface quipster
5 equators palomino
4 champion hijacker

d) breezy, enzyme, equity, jockey, joyful, quacks, squash,
squawk, suffix, wheeze.

A few ideas for d), but nothing compelling.
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Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> posted:

On 23/10/2025 14:08, David Entwistle wrote:

On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:42:14 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

post a similar problem?

I'm not good a word puzzles, but here goes... I'd think easy to hard, but as I say, I'm not much good.

Can you pair up the words in the following lists using a distinct characteristic of each list?

a) artwork, braininess, distend, feminine, phonetic, softwood, stonemason, utensil.

b) agnostic, coatings, conifers, download, dungaree, epitaphs, forensic, handouts, happiest, infringe, integral, oriental, pictures, piecrust, predator, refining, relation, teardrop, thousand, triangle, underage, woodland.

c) boldface, champion, equators, hijacker, palomino, quipster.

d) breezy, enzyme, equity, jockey, joyful, quacks, squash, squawk, suffix, wheeze.

I have spoilers for three out of four.

....Don't scroll down if you don't want to know
....Don't scroll down if you don't want to kno
....Don't scroll down if you don't want to kn
....Don't scroll down if you don't want to k
....Don't scroll down if you don't want to
....Don't scroll down if you don't want to
....Don't scroll down if you don't want t
....Don't scroll down if you don't want
....Don't scroll down if you don't want
....Don't scroll down if you don't wan
....Don't scroll down if you don't wa
....Don't scroll down if you don't w
....Don't scroll down if you don't
....Don't scroll down if you don't
....Don't scroll down if you don'
....Don't scroll down if you don
....Don't scroll down if you do
....Don't scroll down if you d
....Don't scroll down if you
....Don't scroll down if you
....Don't scroll down if yo
....Don't scroll down if y
....Don't scroll down if
....Don't scroll down if
....Don't scroll down i
....Don't scroll down
....Don't scroll down
....Don't scroll dow
....Don't scroll do
....Don't scroll d
....Don't scroll
....Don't scroll
....Don't scrol
....Don't scro
....Don't scr
....Don't sc
....Don't s
....Don't
....Don't
....Don'
....Don
....Do
....D
....
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..
.
.

a) artwork, braininess, distend, feminine, phonetic, softwood,
stonemason, utensil.

phonetic
stonemason
artwork
softwood

braininess
feminine

distend
utensil

b) agnostic, coatings, conifers, download, dungaree, epitaphs,
forensic, handouts, happiest, infringe, integral, oriental,
pictures, piecrust, predator, refining, relation, teardrop,
thousand, triangle, underage, woodland.

agnostic coatings
conifers forensic
download woodland
dungaree underage
epitaphs happiest
handouts thousand
infringe refining
integral triangle
oriental relation
pictures piecrust
predator teardrop

c) boldface, champion, equators, hijacker, palomino, quipster.

6 boldface quipster
5 equators palomino
4 champion hijacker

d) breezy, enzyme, equity, jockey, joyful, quacks, squash,
squawk, suffix, wheeze.

5 squawk quacks
4 breezy enzyme
3 jockey joyful
2 suffix squash
1 equity wheeze

A few ideas for d), but nothing compelling.

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On 23/10/2025 18:43, Ilan Mayer wrote:

<snip>

Yes, I should have seen that.
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Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:43:06 GMT, Ilan Mayer wrote:

I have a new operating system - xbuntu and a I'm back to a old newsreader
- Pan. It's all going well, but there may be a few wrinkles. So this reply
may no go to plan.

Good effort, but...

NOT WHAT I WAS THINKING.
OT WHAT I WAS THINKING.
T WHAT I WAS THINKING.
WHAT I WAS THINKING.
WHAT I WAS THINKING.
AT I WAS THINKING.
T I WAS THINKING.
I WAS THINKING.
I WAS THINKING.
WAS THINKING.
WAS THINKING.
AS THINKING.
S THINKING.
THINKING.
THINKING.
HINKING.
INKING.
NKING.
KING.
ING.
NG.
G.
.

5 squawk quacks
4 breezy enzyme
3 jockey joyful
2 suffix squash
1 equity wheeze

Interesting, what is that scoring method?

I WAS THINKING.
WAS THINKING.
WAS THINKING.
AS THINKING.
S THINKING.
THINKING.
THINKING.
HINKING.
INKING.
NKING.
KING.
ING.
NG.
G.
.

d) SCRABBLE SCORES:

equity, squash, 18
joyful, suffix, 19
breezy, enzyme, 20
quacks, wheeze, 21
jockey, squawk, 22
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David Entwistle
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From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

On 23/10/2025 19:29, David Entwistle wrote:

On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:43:06 GMT, Ilan Mayer wrote:

I have a new operating system - xbuntu and a I'm back to a old newsreader
- Pan. It's all going well, but there may be a few wrinkles. So this reply may no go to plan.

Good effort, but...

NOT WHAT I WAS THINKING.
OT WHAT I WAS THINKING.
T WHAT I WAS THINKING.
WHAT I WAS THINKING.
WHAT I WAS THINKING.
AT I WAS THINKING.
T I WAS THINKING.
I WAS THINKING.
I WAS THINKING.
WAS THINKING.
WAS THINKING.
AS THINKING.
S THINKING.
THINKING.
THINKING.
HINKING.
INKING.
NKING.
KING.
ING.
NG.
G.
.

5 squawk quacks
4 breezy enzyme
3 jockey joyful
2 suffix squash
1 equity wheeze

Interesting, what is that scoring method?

The number of letters shared by each word.
--
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:03:23 +0100, Richard Heathfield wrote:

The number of letters shared by each word.

That's a better answer than mine. Excellent.
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David Entwistle
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