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More OT: NPR Puzzle
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klehner
Jan 17, 05 7:52
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Take a five-letter word that means red, change its first letter to another letter and you'll get another word meaning red. Drop the first letter and you'll get a four-letter word meaning green. What words are these?
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Hook'em
Jan 17, 05 7:54
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Rouge
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klehner
Jan 17, 05 8:01
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"Rouge"

Yeah, that's close.
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jhc
Jan 17, 05 8:18
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ouge means green?
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jhc
Jan 17, 05 8:22
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Drop the first letter and it also describes Mr. Tibbs.



blush

flush

lush
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klehner
Jan 17, 05 8:32
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Sorry, sarcasm. "rouge" is ot close.
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jhc
Jan 17, 05 8:45
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It's close in the cosmetics sense.
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rheopaipo
Jan 17, 05 12:34
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Sorry but as a man i only accept one word for the color red, that is red. you can have the colors light red, lighter red, dark red or really dark red but they are all red.

Therefore the answer is red, red, green.
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Monk
Jan 17, 05 13:57
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Just checking infrom MENSA, here--is this all in English?
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MarkRebuck
Jan 17, 05 14:05
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SPOILER FOLLOWS!!!!



















Blush/Flush/Lush

Blush and flush are definitely "red" words. I'm stretching a bit to make lush a "green" word, but...
-Mark Rebuck, http://www.markrebuck.com/
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klehner
Jan 17, 05 14:16
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Yes, it is supposed to be English. Maybe that's why someone suggested "rouge" (who knows what language that was?)...
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Hook'em
Jan 17, 05 14:28
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French (or Cajun take your pick)



As in Baton Rouge - Red Stick!
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klehner
Jan 17, 05 14:32
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Yes, I know that "rouge" is French; I was giving the original poster some (facetious) credit by assuming that there is some language where both "rouge" means red and "ouge" means green!
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