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Sandy Wood
Brain Game: A Fine Line
by Sandy Wood - June 23, 2008 - 6:30 AM

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Sometimes, two letters can make all the difference. Like the sign that says “SWIMMING” versus the sign that says “NO SWIMMING.” Or even UNsweetened chocolate as opposed to the normal sugary stuff. 

Other times, two letters might make no difference at all. If you take the last two letters away from “tee,” for example, what’s left (”t”) has the same pronunciation. That works for the last two letters of a few other words as well, like “jay.” However…

What five-letter word
can lose its last FOUR letters,
yet still be pronounced the same?

Click here for the answer.

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Comments (8)

  1. Ha, got it. I was just talking about that word yesterday. It still confuses me.

    posted by Eileen on 6-23-2008 at 7:10 am

  2. I got this one!! yay!! All you have to do is go through the alphabet :)

    posted by Bill on 6-23-2008 at 7:19 am

  3. YES!!! I feel so accomplished when I get these!!!

    posted by Liz on 6-23-2008 at 8:00 am

  4. That was too easy.

    posted by Amy on 6-23-2008 at 9:38 am

  5. “Aitch” and H also work.

    posted by adrian on 6-23-2008 at 1:15 pm

  6. Maybe it’s because I’m a computer scientist, but this one came to me right away.

    posted by Chris on 6-23-2008 at 1:20 pm

  7. :) I went through the alphabet too.

    “Aitch” doesn’t work because it says minus the “last” four letters.

    posted by Nerak on 6-23-2008 at 2:25 pm

  8. ha ha! Finally got one! I went through the alphabet too :)

    posted by heather on 6-23-2008 at 11:05 pm

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