Forum: gent
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Subject: Homework help


  Posted by: GolfFreak - Leader [01730209] Mon, Oct 08, 2007, 22:02

Replace one letter in each word to end up with a name of an animal.

Ex..
smug = slug
rum = ram
dish = fish
mile = mule
mitten = kitten

dare = hare
hear = bear
tear = ??? can only use animal once

fix = fox
box ???? can only use animal once

load = toad
told = ????

thick = ????

thanks
 
1Uptown Bombers
      ID: 325212517
      Mon, Oct 08, 2007, 22:07
box=boa?
 
2barilko6
      ID: 479469
      Mon, Oct 08, 2007, 22:08
Tear=Teal
Box=Boa
 
3Uptown Bombers
      ID: 325212517
      Mon, Oct 08, 2007, 22:10
thick=chick
 
4GolfFreak
      Leader
      ID: 01730209
      Mon, Oct 08, 2007, 22:26
thanks!!! Had to look up teal. part of the Duck family


Only one left

load = toad
told = ????
 
5barilko6
      ID: 259998
      Tue, Oct 09, 2007, 10:09
told=tola

Tola is a worm
 
6ChicagoTRS
      ID: 4110481415
      Tue, Oct 09, 2007, 17:46
told = mold?

don't know that mold is an animal but it is a living organism...
 
7GolfFreak
      Leader
      ID: 01730209
      Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 00:49
Not sure. Will let you know when she gets it back. They get weekly brain teaser for extra recess.
 
8wiggs
      ID: 6825712
      Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 09:21
is it possible that load is wrong and told is actually toad?
 
9barilko6
      ID: 44829307
      Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 09:37
The answer is in post 5!
 
10ChicagoTRS
      ID: 4110481415
      Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 10:04
...I think the answer is in post 6!

;-p

wtf is tola? not in wikipedia...
biblical term for a silk worm...kind of obscure...

actually mold is probably no better...so what is the answer...inquiring minds want to know...
 
11barilko6
      ID: 44829307
      Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 10:06
Hey...obscure references never lost me a game of trivia before!

You said it yourself, a tola is a silk worm! :^)
 
12GolfFreak
      Leader
      ID: 01730209
      Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 22:00
It was teal.

Went with mold. But it was wrong. She didnt write right answer down.

Sorry.
 
13GolfFreak
      Leader
      ID: 01730209
      Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 22:14
Will send a note with daughter to school asking teacher for answer.