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The 9-Letter Word Puzzle - Challenge #6

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Bibliophile the BibleGuru
 
Reply Fri 20 Dec, 2002 01:40 pm
OK wordsmyths, here's the sixth instalment:

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 5, 7 & 6 (in that order) spell a type of FISH.
The letters 8, 2, 9 & 7 (in that order) spell a type of CHEESE.
The letters 4, 1, 2 & 3 (in that order) spell a group of MAMMALS.

Notes:
All nine letters are different.
Three of the nine letters are vowels.
The correct word (and ALL sub-clue words) are found in Webster's Dictionary - 10th Edition.
Vowels here, are defined as: A, E, I, O and U.

Happy sleuthing
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littlek
 
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Reply Fri 20 Dec, 2002 01:48 pm
Mmmmm cheese! On it... Thanks Bib.
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Raggedyaggie
 
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Reply Fri 20 Dec, 2002 02:11 pm
Cheese Very Happy

Blue; Brie; Edam; Feta; Jack
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 20 Dec, 2002 03:48 pm
type of fish: eel, cod, gar

group of mammals: bevy, herd, clan, team, cete, gang
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Bibliophile the BibleGuru
 
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Reply Fri 20 Dec, 2002 05:49 pm
If you get tired of this one, or complete it by tonight, then go to Challenge #7, which should see you through the weekend.
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 20 Dec, 2002 10:51 pm
OK, I'm stuck.
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Bibliophile the BibleGuru
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 07:28 am
If you get stuck then move on to Chalenge #7 Smile
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Raggedyaggie
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 08:09 am
Bib:
It's too soon to move on. We just got started on this one. Macsm is not a quitter. She's just stuck. :wink: I'm not a quitter either. I just don't guess the right answers. Laughing

Group of Mammals:
herd, pack, trip. band, down, husk, mute, raft, army, leap, span, raft, yoke, dray, rout, (not sure about host and sord)

Cheese: tome, trip

Jes, LittleK, Macsm: Come on, gals. You can do it.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 08:48 am
where'd my scratch paper get to....?
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jespah
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 09:25 am
3 letters are vowels, so I bet 2 of them are #2 and #7. Since all 9 letters are different, eel, cete and gang are out.

If the fish is a gar and the cheese is feta, then the word is:

-e--graft and the animal group is --e-. Since the 9-letter word seems to be put together logically, I think all we need is to figure out the animal group.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 09:42 am
remember we're mammals too: clan...
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Bibliophile the BibleGuru
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 03:46 pm
K: that's a good point.

I think I'll add a bit of a hint here:

The group of MAMMALS are four-legged.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 04:38 pm
aaaaaah, such a help! (rules out sea mammals too)
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Bibliophile the BibleGuru
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 04:53 pm
It's nearly Christmas, so I'm being extra nice to you K. Razz
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mikey
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 05:03 pm
Type of fish could be fin...?
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jespah
 
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Reply Sat 21 Dec, 2002 08:27 pm
Got it! The word is xenograft.

xenograft

n : tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species

The group of animals is oxen.
The cheese is feta.
The fish is a gar.
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mac11
 
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Reply Sun 22 Dec, 2002 02:19 am
Thank goodness, you got it, jespah! I was seriously stuck. Feta and gar seemed like a likely combination, but the group of mammals wasn't coming to me...and I was so sure we were looking for something like herd, bevy, gaggle, etc. that I didn't even think of just a plural!
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Bibliophile the BibleGuru
 
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Reply Sun 22 Dec, 2002 09:31 am
Congratulations Jespah - again!

The correct answer is:

XENOGRAFT

MAMMALS = OXEN
FISH = GAR
CHEESE = FETA

The nine different letters were A, E, F, G, N, O, R, T and X
The three vowels were A, E and O.
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