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TATTLETALE (which has ten letters, but only four unique letters… T, A, E, and L)
Ha! Clever. I peeked, by the way.
posted by adrienne on 5-13-2008 at 10:16 am
Or it could be “then”…a four-letter word that contains “ten”…”I could tell you my name/But I’d be myself”, myself being the word “then”…
Just a thought…
posted by marge on 5-13-2008 at 11:35 am
Marge, I’m with you. I thought it was “then” as well, although why would the answer be in the riddle?
posted by Amy on 5-13-2008 at 12:15 pm
diplomatic.
Tact is a four letter word, but it wouldn’t be diplomatic to say so…
posted by roger3 on 5-13-2008 at 1:59 pm
I thought the answer was teen
posted by dirk on 5-13-2008 at 2:39 pm
Posted this link in www.surfurls.com
posted by babu on 5-13-2008 at 9:31 pm
Clever, but not accurate. The culprit identified in the answer gossips about or informs on others, not on himself or herself. Self-revelation has nothing to do with that rat.
posted by antonio on 5-13-2008 at 9:41 pm
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Ha! Clever. I peeked, by the way.
posted by adrienne on 5-13-2008 at 10:16 am
Or it could be “then”…a four-letter word that contains “ten”…”I could tell you my name/But I’d be myself”, myself being the word “then”…
Just a thought…
posted by marge on 5-13-2008 at 11:35 am
Marge, I’m with you. I thought it was “then” as well, although why would the answer be in the riddle?
posted by Amy on 5-13-2008 at 12:15 pm
diplomatic.
Tact is a four letter word, but it wouldn’t be diplomatic to say so…
posted by roger3 on 5-13-2008 at 1:59 pm
I thought the answer was teen
posted by dirk on 5-13-2008 at 2:39 pm
Posted this link in www.surfurls.com
posted by babu on 5-13-2008 at 9:31 pm
Clever, but not accurate. The culprit identified in the answer gossips about or informs on others, not on himself or herself. Self-revelation has nothing to do with that rat.
posted by antonio on 5-13-2008 at 9:41 pm