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Thoughts of a Piece of Dust: Problem of the Day Part VIII

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Problem of the Day Part VIII

First off, lets get to the answers from last week:

1. Strengths is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.

2. Words I accepted with no vowels and at least 6 letters: crypts, crwths, rhythm, rhythms, syzygy, trysts, and nymphs

3. A word with 9 "O"s and 6 "C"s: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. See here for a definition.

Carly G. earned 11 points and Heather D. earned 10 points with their efforts.

This week's problem is as follows:

Fill in a series of letters to finish the sentence. Each blank has the same letters in the same order, but the letters are broken up with different spaces each time. What is the completed sentence?

A ________ doctor had ________ and therefore, was ________ to operate.

If you get this difficult problem, you'll get 6 points.

Here's an easier one, worth 3 points. This one has the same word in each space. The word is exactly the same each time with no spaces.

My _______ is _______ than my wallet.

Good luck!

P.S. As a side note to get more people motivated to answer this, I've noticed my sister (Heather D.) has been bragging on her blog (I will talk about this more later once she's had a few more posts since her hiatus).

P.S.S. Don't forget there's still another set of questions to be answered. You have until Thursday to answer these ones!

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