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0 to 10 Pyramid XIX
Language
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.Language
Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. Add another letter and rearrange for the next...and the next. You end up with a 10-letter word!
[Foreign words may be used, but only if they are in common English usage.]
A clue is given for each word.
Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you solve this "0 to 10" word pyramid in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch!
**CLUES**
1. Newton's gravitational constant
2. Symbol for a particular precious metal
3. Historical period e.g. Ice, Bronze, Stone
4. Between Breeze and Storm on the Beaufort Scale
5. Preserved in sugar (e.g. cherries)
6. Brief or hurried look
7. Divine and heavenly; innocent and pure
8. Large-leafed herb - does it have heavenly properties?
9. Painkilling drug
10. Increasing rapidly
The hint relates to the starting letters.
[Foreign words may be used, but only if they are in common English usage.]
A clue is given for each word.
Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you solve this "0 to 10" word pyramid in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch!
**CLUES**
1. Newton's gravitational constant
2. Symbol for a particular precious metal
3. Historical period e.g. Ice, Bronze, Stone
4. Between Breeze and Storm on the Beaufort Scale
5. Preserved in sugar (e.g. cherries)
6. Brief or hurried look
7. Divine and heavenly; innocent and pure
8. Large-leafed herb - does it have heavenly properties?
9. Painkilling drug
10. Increasing rapidly
The hint relates to the starting letters.
Hint
All words start with either A or G, apart from #10, which starts with E.Answer
1. G2. Ag (silver)
3. Age
4. Gale
5. Glace
6. Glance
7. Angelic
8. Angelica
9. Analgesic
10. Escalating
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