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Wed 11 Dec, 2002 03:46 pm
OK wordsmyths (or those who are skiving at work), here's another little teaser that should keep your brain cells frying for a while:
I'm looking for a 9-letter English word (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) which matches the following
Clues:
The letters 2, 8, & 3 (in that order) spell a GREEK LETTER.
The letters 4, 5 & 9 (in that order) spell a BODY PART.
The letters 6, 7, 4 & 1 (in that order) spell an INSECT.
The letters 3, 4, 9 & 6 (in that order) spell a SINGLE UNIT.
Notes:
Seven of the nine letters are different.
Five of the nine letters are vowels.
The correct word is found in Webster's Dictionary.
Happy sleuthing 
3-letter Greek letters are:
eta
rho
phi
chi
psi
3-letter body parts are:
arm
leg
a$$ heh, I dun think so
eye
ear
toe
(there are probably more)
only 4-letter insect I can think of is moth
lice, flea, wasp
"cap" as in knee cap?
tau -- Greek letter word.
single unit - item?
PS Thanks for tau.
Insects:
tick
grub
flea
gnat
I see you're using your collective wisdom to solve this one. That's smart thinking.
So, has anyone got close to the answer yet?
dagnammit! I was all ready to solve more......
Littlek:
Send me a PM and I'll confirm if you're answer is right.
Ok I had some time took a look, this one starts and ends with "e".
Thank you Craven.
I got it. It was driving me bonkers.
I think it's the British spellings that are throwing me off. Anyway, I'll blame that. :-D
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