Try to determine the pattern in the first two sets of words below, in order to fill in the blank for the missing word in the third set.

1. hear, boa, martin, bur, trip
2. ban, pint, far, breath, dome
3. star, condo, sag, skim, ____


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Try to determine the pattern in the first two sets of words below, in order to fill in the blank for the missing word in the third set.

1. bust, flat, cost, meal, road
2. mice, stop, seen, stir, nova
3. moor, chap, best, create, ____


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Beware of Reptile

My first is a reptile to beware
My second is sometimes used to stare
I'm one combo for a cubic pair

What am I?


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Deductions

In this teaser, I have given you a 9-letter word. Your job is to break up this word into 9 separate letters and place them on the dashes to spell a 7-letter word, a 5-letter word, and a 3-letter word. You can use each letter only once.

TEMPORARY

_ N _ M _ R _

_ O _ O _

_ I _


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