Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Bra, Rain, and In
by Sandy Wood - August 12, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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Thanks for taking a crack at the Brain Game. Today, we ask you for a simple five-letter word. What could be easier than that? Good luck!

Several words contain shorter words “hidden” in the consecutive letters inside them. In the word RANTS, for instance, you can find RAN, AN, ANT, and ANTS. With this in mind:

What five-letter word contains four different personal pronouns
hidden within in its consecutive letters?

Here is my SOLUTION.
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Comments (25)

  1. What about YOURS? It contains YOU, YOUR, YOURS, OUR, and OURS.

    posted by Lugh on 8-12-2009 at 7:45 am

  2. I’m stretching this here, but ‘sheit’ may be used. It’s been known to be a Proper name. I’m going to start the movement (so I can add to this contest) that sheit can be short for sheitel, a cloth worn by orthodox jewish married women as to cover their hair for only their husbands to ever see.

    With that said, She, He, I, It.

    (reCaptcha: F.B.I. angered)

    posted by Steven on 8-12-2009 at 8:14 am

  3. yeah…..i got the SHER part, but couldn’t come up with the U on the front. I came up with SHERS, but I guess that’s not a word.

    posted by Ian on 8-12-2009 at 8:38 am

  4. Came up with usher, but the proper name Sheri also works – she, he, her, and I.

    posted by Diana on 8-12-2009 at 9:00 am

  5. I started out with ‘shers’ too, but since that on its own is not a word, I moved on to ‘YOURS’ :)

    posted by Mike's Girl on 8-12-2009 at 9:19 am

  6. I’m with Diana, but I came up with Shire –

    She, He, Her, I

    And if you allow possessive form,

    His, Hers

    Giving a total of 6 out of a 5 letter word.

    posted by Ellen on 8-12-2009 at 9:46 am

  7. Nice one, Lugh!

    And Diana and Ellen, you’ve got the right idea, but the letters in your pronouns aren’t consecutive (“hers” uses the 2nd, 5th, 4th and 1st letters in “shire”). Still, nice job! And the point of all this, as always, is to get the noggin in high gear. You both certainly did that.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 8-12-2009 at 10:05 am

  8. Diana is right, Sheri works her words are consecutive. Ellen, however, is off track. Hers are not consecutive.

    posted by Bill on 8-12-2009 at 10:11 am

  9. Nice try with Shire but the pronouns need to be consecutive letters according to the instructions.

    posted by Wrongo on 8-12-2009 at 10:14 am

  10. I’m with Lugh, “YOURS” seems to be the winner with 5.

    posted by Dylan on 8-12-2009 at 10:43 am

  11. Not to be a buzzkill, but with YOURS, according to the rules, would the pronoun ‘yours’ count, since it is the word itself, and not a different pronoun within it? With that said, the other four are still very correct.

    ok, strike me down with stones please lol. Blasted technicalities!

    posted by Steven on 8-12-2009 at 11:37 am

  12. I came up with USHER and I’m pretty darn proud of myself for getting it.

    posted by Stephanie on 8-12-2009 at 12:31 pm

  13. I got HEIRS-He, Her, His, Hers and I

    posted by Becky on 8-12-2009 at 12:40 pm

  14. I got “timesheet”, with I, Me, she, he. Could be a cheap one, but hey it works.

    posted by Kevin on 8-12-2009 at 1:02 pm

  15. I got “timesheet” with I, Me, she and he.

    posted by Kevin on 8-12-2009 at 1:03 pm

  16. Sorry for the double post. I guess I REALLY wanted this one.

    posted by Kevin on 8-12-2009 at 1:06 pm

  17. I thought of HEIRS, too. Becky, you forgot that it also includes SHE, so that makes six combinations.

    recaptcha: oneness rested (very zen!)

    posted by DWHolmz on 8-12-2009 at 1:45 pm

  18. How about “asherite”?

    she…he…her…I…it

    posted by Dwayne on 8-12-2009 at 2:45 pm

  19. Farts…Fart, Art, Arts, Far

    posted by Billy Bob on 8-12-2009 at 3:00 pm

  20. Theirs – the, he, heir, heirs : )

    posted by Donna on 8-12-2009 at 4:44 pm

  21. I came up with usher and immediately thought it was wrong. I got the “sher” part, then added the U and completely overlooked the “us”, thinking I was cheating by using “U” (you) as a personal pronoun.

    posted by Curtis on 8-12-2009 at 4:47 pm

  22. ok i see I didn’t follow directions,in a backward way, used a personal pronoun to get 4 consec words, not a word to get 4 consec peronal pronouns…I’ll keep thinking : (

    posted by Donna on 8-12-2009 at 5:05 pm

  23. I’m sorry but according to the directions, YOURS does not count. yours, our, ours are all possesive pronouns. But still good.

    posted by David on 8-12-2009 at 11:18 pm

  24. “Brain Game: Bra, Rain, and In” You forgot me.

    posted by anonymous on 8-18-2009 at 4:58 pm

  25. I actually got this one in no time at all! Yay!

    posted by Acacia on 9-21-2009 at 1:53 am

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