Showing posts with label Unusual Words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unusual Words. Show all posts

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Unusual Word #5

The word has twelve letters.
It could describe a fizzy drink or a bubbly personality.
The 1st letter is the first and last letter of the word that describes a body part;
The next two letters are the same and it is a sixth letter of the alphabet;
Letters 4 though 7 are scrambled EVER;
The last five letters spell word that means something you can detect with your nose.

Monday, January 29, 2018

Unusual Word #4

The word has fourteen letters.
It means polysyllabic, characterized by long words, long-winded.
The 1st letter is the 19th letter of the modern English alphabet;
the 2nd letter occurs four times in a word that describes a person who mediates or resolves a dispute, or is a person in a sporting event who monitors the teams and makes sure all rules are followed;
the 3rd letter is the same as the 1st letter;
the 4th letter is the first letter of "?";
the 5th letter sounds like "you";
the 6th and 12th letters sound like "eye";
the letters 7 through 11 spell the word that you can define as a foot-operated lever, used for powering a  bicycle or other vehicle propelled by the legs (singular form);
the 13th letter is the first in the modern English alphabet;
the 14th letter is the middle letter of the three-letter word that is a synonym to the word finish.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Unusual Word #3

The word has eleven letters.
The word means a rumbling in your tummy, or a gurgling sound produced by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines.
Letters 1 through 6 - The first three letters are repeated again.  You can find them in boring, born and borax;
the 7th letter sounds like a question;
the 8th letter sounds like the beginning of the words jeans and jingle but it is not a "j";
the 9th letter is the 13th letter of the alphabet;
the 10th letter sounds like you;
the 11th letter starts the name of a long creature that does not have legs.

Did you guess the word?

Solution

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Unusual Word #2

This word has thirteen letters.
The 1st letter is the 16th letter of the alphabet;
the 2nd letter you will know when you read further on;
the 3rd letter starts the word opposite to yes;
the 4th letter you can find in donkey but not monkey;
the 5th letter you use when you talk about yourself;
the 6th letter sounds like an action you are doing when you looking at things;
the 7th letter sounds like you;
the 8th letter you can find in land but not sand;
the 9th letter starts the alphabet but comes in second in this word;
the letters 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th are all in action and reaction.

Did you find the word?
Do you know what it means?

Solution

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Unusual Word #1

The word has 13 letters.
The 1st letter starts the alphabet;
the 2nd letter sounds like "to be" in the present tense, plural form;
the 3rd letter is the same that starts this word and ends this word;
the 4th letter sounds like sea;
the 5th letter is the eighth letter of the alphabet;
the 6th letter you can find in a minute and a century, but not in a year nor a day;
the 7th letter is hidden in the water formula;
the 8th letter starts the word that means father and mother;
the 9th letter has already been used;
the 10th letter looks like a doughnut;
the 11th letter you will find in "Bumble Bee" and "Lady Bug";
the 12th letter sounds like what you see with in a singular form;
and you already know the 13th letter.

Did you find the word?
Do you know what it means?