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The 9-Letter Word Puzzle - Challenge #12

 
 
Reply Fri 27 Dec, 2002 02:13 pm
OK wordsmyths, here's the twelfth instalment, WITH LIMITED CLUES:

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 1, 2, 7 & 9 (in that order) spell wild OXEN.
The letters 6, 8, 4, 5 & 3 (in that order) spell a nocturnal MAMMAL.


Notes:
The correct word (and ALL sub-clue words) are found in Webster's Dictionary - 10th Edition.


Happy sleuthing Shocked
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 27 Dec, 2002 02:42 pm
wild oxen: yaks, gaur
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Bibliophile the BibleGuru
 
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Reply Fri 27 Dec, 2002 03:54 pm
Mac: no more progress yet? Are you losing your touch?
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Peace and Love
 
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Reply Fri 27 Dec, 2002 05:59 pm
wild oxen: cows, kine, musk

nocturnal mammals: gecko, hyena, lemur, mouse, owlet, ratel, roach, tapir

Confused
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 27 Dec, 2002 06:06 pm
YARMULKES

wild oxen is YAKS

nocturnal mammal is LEMUR

Haven't lost it yet, Biblio!
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Peace and Love
 
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Reply Fri 27 Dec, 2002 06:11 pm
Yeah, macsm -- Good Job!!!


Very Happy
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jespah
 
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Reply Sat 28 Dec, 2002 07:40 am
Eek, I barely got to look at this one before mac got it. Yay, mac!
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Raggedyaggie
 
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Reply Sat 28 Dec, 2002 08:08 am
Egad. I didn't even see this one until now, not that it would have made any difference. Laughing

BRAVO, Mac.
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Bibliophile the BibleGuru
 
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Reply Sat 28 Dec, 2002 11:19 am
YARMULKES is the answer.

LEMUR = MAMMAL
YAKS = OXEN
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