Wednesday, September 12, 2012

You Decide

Q:

This is part puzzle and part creative challenge.  Here is a list of words.

messiah, vexed, eager, male, justify, savior, urbane

It's up to you to decide if these words are connected in any way.  But I assure you, they were chosen for a reason.  The reason is there for you to discover.

Now, add one more word (or two if you're waxing nostalgic) to this list that you feel is appropriate.  There is no unique solution.  However, there are wrong answers.  

No need to code or conceal your answer.  Just leave it in the comments.  A little post-modern expressionism, anyone?  Have fun!

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A:

The list of words could be used to describe a certain politician (imho).  Each word shares the same first two letters and name length of the first seven of the eight accepted planets (include Pluto if you're waxing nostalgic).

Any solution must be a seven letter word starting with Ne and a five letter word starting with Pl (if you're so inclined).

Nepotic       Plank

8 comments:

  1. I guess I don't have the right answer, because "eager" doesn't fit, but all the others do. So I guess that suggests an alternative puzzle.

    "Waxing" and "nostalgic" don't fit in the alternative puzzle, but do fit in a closely related variation of the alternative puzzle.

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  2. Okay,got it, I think. You still want it unencrypted?

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    1. Sure. I'm more interested in the creativity. I like nepotic and plank, myself.

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  3. I think I see at least part of your idea there. Nemesis and plans occurred to me rather quickly, but I'll keep mulling it over.

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  4. nebbish, pluck ?
    needles, plier ?

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