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One Word Below Has Got To Go
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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
Which word below is the odd-one-out and why?
showed
history
sidewalk
antelope
building
numbest
showed
history
sidewalk
antelope
building
numbest
Answer
sidewalkWithin all of the other words there are two words which overlap with each other such that the last letter of the first word is also the first letter of the second word.
shoWed includes shoW and Wed
hiStory includes hiS and Story
antElope includes antE and Elope
builDing includes builD and Ding
numBest includes numB and Best
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