15 Dec 2017

A question about : MSA daily brain teaser 05/12

The list of words below were originally a list of five letter words, but in each case two consecutive letters (though never the first two) have been removed. The 26 missing letters are all different. What was the original list?
A N T
A S S
B A Y
C O Y
D I M
E E L
F A R
M A R
P I E
S E E
T I E
T O P
W I N

Best answers:

  • What part of consecutive don' you understand?
  • What part of "The 26 letters are all different don't you understand?"
    I think it means the missing letters are
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
    I put in topaz , using up the t and z, because one has to start somewhere. May be leter on I will need to change my mind,
    Until then Mum's the word. ;D ;D ;D
  • lol glad you fruitcake! tis nice to be back albeit not for long - wanted to get my santa hat on me mary mug again incase the fairy comes back to audition for the nativity again.
    bob - al I cn sai is u mae kneed to re reid wot I rote
    cya!
  • "cya" What do you mean "cya" ??? I didn't even get a chance to say hello So Noo, if you're still there,
    [glow=red,2,300]Hello[/glow]
    ;D
  • congrats vanoonoo
    please don't stay away so long this time
    the place really isn't the same without you and Judi ! :-* :-*
  • Give that girl a Garland.
  • Judy?
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