Q:
Arrange the vowels of the alphabet in a circular pattern like this:
A
U E
O I
Think of a spring flower in four letters with two vowels. Shift one vowel clockwise one space and the other counter-clockwise one space. Rearrange the result to name a different flower.
Think of a spring flower in five letters with two vowels. Shift the vowels in the same way. Rearrange the result to name a part of that flower.
Think of a spring flower in six letters with two vowels. Shift the vowels in the same way. Rearrange the result to name the same flower. There are several possibilities, but.....
This next flower is a species of the previous six letter answer. Think of a flower in seven letters with two vowels, prized for its aromatic qualities. Shift the vowels in the same way. Rearrange the result to name the part of your body most attracted to this flower.
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The first answer is IRIS to ROSE. The second is TULIP to PETAL. For the third, any flower with adjacent vowels will work since you are merely switching the order. ORCHID works but CROCUS was the intended answer and SAFFRON is attractive to your SNIFFER.
I assume you are not looking for the technical name of the body part!
ReplyDeleteIf my answers are correct, the first letters of the various flowers can be rearranged to get the proper way (in two words) to address a knighted dog with a certain common name.
ReplyDeleteYes on the first. Not sure we're on the same page with your second. Sir _ _ _ _ _?
ReplyDeleteClarification: I did not count the self-referenced flower twice. Hence Sir _ _ _ _ !
ReplyDeleteCorrection: Ignore my noble dog comments. I had an O where a C should be. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteWhen I got to six letters, I realized there were many answers so I needed a tie in to the seven letter flower. In fact, the four letter flower represents the family, the six, the genus and the seven, the species.
ReplyDeleteName a holiday spice in six letters with two vowels. Shift one clockwise one space and rearrange the result to name something attractive.
BTW, the dog reference would have been cool considering the last word.
Some unkindly used the name of the spice to refer to the polar opposite of Jerry Brown.
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