Word Deduction 2

Without my first, I can help one to elevate
Without my last, to prep with little time to wait
Without both, I'm a creature known to ruminate

What am I?


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Beetroot

What advice is shown below?

BEETROOT
YEETROOT
YOETROOT
YOUTROOT
YOURROOT
YOURSOOT
YOURSEOT
YOURSELT
YOURSELF


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Similar Spelling

In this teaser you have been given two (2) clues in each line. Each answer to the clue comprises six (6) letters. Each 6-letter word differs by only one (1) letter, which I have given you. Your task is to discover the answers to the clues provided. The order of the letters do not change.

Example:

Remove _ _ _ I _ _ / _ _ _ U _ _ Justify

Answer:

E X C (I) S E / E X C (U) S E

1. Confuse R _ _ _ _ _ / C _ _ _ _ _ Bovines

2. Invent _ _ _ _ T _ / _ _ _ _ S _ Furrow

3. Endured _ A _ _ _ _ / _ I _ _ _ _ Tilted

4. Joking _ _ N _ _ _ / _ _ R _ _ _ Bargain


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I Bring Serenity

It's true I bring serenity,
And hang around the stars,
But yet I live in misery,
You'll find me behind bars.
With thieves and villains I consort,
In prison I'll be found,
But I would never go to court,
Unless there's more than one.


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Change One Letter

I start with an item found below the leg of one's pants
Change one letter, and I may tell of romance
Again change one letter, and I may be just a glance
Again change one letter, and security do I enhance
Again change one letter, and I am random chance

What are we?


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Delete a Letter 32

Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word.

1) a person of small stature (4 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a track worn by a wheel
2) unmistakably evident(5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) having a strong unpleasant smell
3) of or relating to the universe (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) causing laughter or amusement
4) animal skin that is prepared for use (7 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) a foam formed when soap is agitated in water


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Quotes #2

In this teaser you are to try and unscramble the set of letters in each set of brackets to complete these quotations. Good luck!

1. We may (FMFIAR) absolutely that (OHTNGIN) great in the (DWLOR) has been (DAECHCSOIMLP) without (NSPOAIS).

2. (ELVI) as if you (ERWE) to die (WTMOROOR). (NLREA) as if you were to (LIEV) (ORERVEF).

3. The way to get (DSETRAT) is to (UQTI) (GLATNIK) and (NBEIG) (ODGNI).


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When The Casket Shuts

I have no mind or a soul.
I've been eternally attached since man's dawn.
My kind disappear on and off,
to everyone I accompany them to their death,
and buried with them, then I hide away when the casket shuts.


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You Don't Get It!

What is represented with this rebus?


2. Blame
3. Blame
4. Blame
5. Blame


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Letter Juggle 3

Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

1. Send - Top
2. Tar - Ripe
3. Mach - Peter
4. Lice - Reline
5. Clean - Inline


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Personal Pronouns

"She" is a word that contains two personal pronouns: she and he. What five-letter word beginning with "U" contains four personal pronouns?


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Can I be Both?

To some I am considered a doctor,
and to many, my title is abbreviated.
I was also once a soldier who fought for many years.
After many battles, I have at last retired and have found other things to do.

Who am I?


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Detention Bound

In a high school science class, Jimmy was given 50 milliliters of water and 50 milliliters of ethanol. His task was to mix them together and then run an experiment on the mixture. When the teacher came to check on him, however, Jimmy's mixture only contained 94 milliliters. The teacher accused him of drinking some of the mixture in an attempt to get intoxicated and immediately sent him to the principal. Jimmy swears that he did not drink the mixture and that he didn't lose any of the liquids by any means. What happened to the other six milliliters, and how could Jimmy prove his innocence?


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Payable Cable

Changing one letter in each of the following words will make new words that are all related to each other. What are the new words?

Storm
Payable
Cable
Moth


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