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What do the following words all have in common, besides having just one syllable each?

BALL ..... MESS ..... LIST ..... TON ..... PUT

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
What do the following words all have in common, besides having just one syllable each?

BALL ..... MESS ..... LIST ..... TON ..... PUT
They can all be preceded by the word "kind" to make a new word.
(Although I must admit those words are new to me!)

Is there a clue in the title?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
What do the following words all have in common, besides having just one syllable each?

BALL ..... MESS ..... LIST ..... TON ..... PUT
Should it be BALLS?

Then we have
balls-up
mess-up
list-up (not sure about that one)
ton-up
put-up

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
What do the following words all have in common, besides having just one syllable each?

BALL ..... MESS ..... LIST ..... TON ..... PUT
Because there's no dot's after "put" is it one of those puzzles where a word finishes one word and starts another i.e if it was park(which it isn't)it would be ball park and parkmess?

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Together they have all the vowels... A E I O U.

If this is the answer, then for the third time in a row solving the riddle has been (at least for me) the key to finding the clue... Five of a Kind.
Is this weird, or what? It's like a detective who needs to solve crimes in order to find the clues.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
They can all be preceded by the word "kind" to make a new word.
(Although I must admit those words are new to me!)

Is there a clue in the title?
No to kind, yes to clue in title.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
Should it be BALLS?

Then we have
balls-up
mess-up
list-up (not sure about that one)
ton-up
put-up
No.

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Originally posted by venda
Because there's no dot's after "put" is it one of those puzzles where a word finishes one word and starts another i.e if it was park(which it isn't)it would be ball park and parkmess?
No. Ignore dots.

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Originally posted by lemon lime
Together they have all the vowels... A E I O U.

If this is the answer, then for the third time in a row solving the riddle has been (at least for me) the key to finding the clue... Five of a Kind.
Is this weird, or what? It's like a detective who needs to solve crimes in order to find the clues.
True, but not the answer to the puzzle.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
No. Ignore dots.
There are five dots between each word, but I assume you're saying ignore the dots because they have nothing to do with the answer..... ?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
What do the following words all have in common, besides having just one syllable each?

BALL ..... MESS ..... LIST ..... TON ..... PUT
Do those words have anything to do with a particular card game?

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Each of the words (ball, mess, list, ton, put) can have the vowel replaced with any other vowel to form a new word. ie. (pat, pet, pit, pot, put). I verified that 'tun' is a word.

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Originally posted by Apawnocalypse
Each of the words (ball, mess, list, ton, put) can have the vowel replaced with any other vowel to form a new word. ie. (pat, pet, pit, pot, put). I verified that 'tun' is a word.
Correct! Nice work!

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Correct! Nice work!
I don't get LUST.

Least not anymore.

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