Friday night teaser for DUers

[malaise]

What two things do these words all have in common.


1. Banana
2. Dresser
3. Grammar
4. Potato
5. Revive
6. Uneven
7. Assess


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[foxfeet]

1. 1. Each word repeats at least one letter

2. The second letter of each word is also the last letter of the same word.

[femmocrat]

4. Actually, they repeat 2 letters.

:shrug:

[foxfeet]

13. Alternatively, "Assess" repeats one letter four times

while "Dresser" repeats three different letters twice.

Edit: spelling. Duh.

[Brother Buzz]

9. 1) last two letters are reversed from the second and third letters

2} Drop the first letter and every word becomes a palindrome.

[MineralMan]

11. Oh...excellent. I did not see that.

You win! Even if the OP didn't see that.

[On the Road]

12. Bingo!

You got it. I was trying to put my finger on it, but you did it.

[malaise]

18. Pretty good but

there's something else that they all share in common

[Brother Buzz]

19. Two pairs of letters in each word?

:shrug:

Speaking of palindromes, Weird Al Yankovic cover of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues."

BOB (even the title is a palindrome) by Weird Al Yankovic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg

[malaise]

22. Wow - that's freaking brilliant

over 54 million views - is this the most viewed YouTube ever?

You earned the answer and it's closely connected to the fact that they're all palindromes - if you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards it will be the same word. :hi:

[Brother Buzz]

26. Silly me, so simple.

:thumbsup:

As for the video, I believe Bob Dylan viewed it a million times himself, it's that clever. Allen Ginsberg probably pushed the numbers up a bit, too, before he died.

[malaise]

30. Weird Al Yankovic sure has a following

I'm going to check him out over the weekend.

Thanks for that great link.

[MineralMan]

2. They're all words in the English language?

[malaise]

7. LOL

:rofl:

Keep going

[MineralMan]

3. Oh, and they all contain a mix of consonants and vowels.

[madinmaryland]

5. Each word has

two different sets of letters.

1.) two n's and two a's.
2.) two e's and two s's.

and so on.

[MineralMan]

8. Or two s's and two s's.

The last word doesn't fit the group, exactly.

[MineralMan]

6. Each has two pairs of letters that are the same, of course.

Assess is sort of an outlier, though since both pairs are the same letter.

[NYC_SKP]

10. Each has an embedded palindrome:

anana

resser

rammar

otato

evive

neven

ssess

:hi:

[MineralMan]

14. You were late by a minute, it seems.

See #9.

[NYC_SKP]

15. Crap. Did #9 use the term, "embedded palindrome"? (j/k)

Maybe I should delete #9.

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[Brother Buzz]

16. I would never get in bed with a palindrome

;)

[malaise]

17. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

hahahahahhaha

Great observations all but I'm looking for the second thing they have in common.

[one_voice]

20. The second letter in the word is also...

the last letter in the word? :shrug:

[EstimatedProphet]

21. Lessee...

Kelsey GRAMMER is BANANAs, has a head like a POTATO, was REVIVEd from a DRESSER, and has been ASSESSed as UNEVEN psychological for his support of W.

[malaise]

23. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

hahahahahhahahahah - that's hilarious. :rofl:

[NYC_SKP]

24. Ah Ha! Each word is preceded by a number and a little dot thing, and the palindrome part.

:shrug:

I cannot get the second thing... will wait...

:think:

[malaise]

25. I posted the answer

In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at the end of
the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word.

[NYC_SKP]

27. Oh, that's clever!

I wouldn't call it a distinctly different feature as it depends upon the first feature, the palindrome.

But glad to know I can stop trying to find something else!

Good one!


:toast:

[malaise]

28. That's exactly what I pointed out

at #22. :hi:

sp.

[NYC_SKP]

29. New Game. Try your luck at this one (everyone):

What do THESE words have in common?

Hint: the order of these doesn't matter.

table

sand

win

yet

need

leaf

:P

[malaise]

31. OK let me study them

:D

[malaise]

32. I was going to say you can't make other words with any

of them but then there's bleat.

[NYC_SKP]

34. You can add to the list, "hag", "toe", and "vial"....

there are others that fit the rule, but these should keep you busy!

:P

[malaise]

35. Is it

that they are all in 'bold'? :evilgrin:

[NYC_SKP]

36. Nooooo. OK, here's another one that fits the pattern, and the most obvious of all.

"cab"

:P

[malaise]

37. I don't see a pattern all now

cab - abc - but the others don't follow that. You're 'chasing my brain'. :D

[NYC_SKP]

38. I'll post it as a new challenge in the lounge.

See if we get any help!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=105

:hi:

[NYC_SKP]

42. No, it has to do with numbers; if a=1 and b=2, etc....

That should help.

Consider "cab" with this new hint.

:P

[Brother Buzz]

39. First letter in the word is always last alphabetically?

Other than that, I got nuthin'.

:shrug:

[NYC_SKP]

40. Yes, but there's more (that's a good start) nt.

[alfredo]

33. Font and Font color.

[ljm2002]

41. Each contains a 5- or 6-letter palindrome. n/t