Guest Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Which of these words is the odd one out? easter homily jumping pumpkin scared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 1) easter is the only word that doesn't start with a consanant 2) pumpkin is the only word that has more than two consecutive consonants 3) scared is the only word that doesn't have two syllables 4) homily is the only word that doesn't contain a consonant blend 5) scared is the only word that isn't a noun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 superprismatic Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 As xamdam points out, any one of these is the odd one out. pumpkin because it is the only thing that is a physical object. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) Easter is a proper noun and should be capitalized. Also, it's the only word with the hard vowel sound. Edited November 22, 2009 by Joey D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) homily......all others are part of halloween and costume related stuff (fun)....??? Edited November 22, 2009 by EDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 homily......all others are part of halloween and costume related stuff (fun)....??? I wore my Frankestein costume three weeks ago for Halloween and two people commented that I looked homily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Haven't gotten the answer I was looking for yet. As a hint, the letters found in each word matter, but the frequency, pronunciation, capitalization, and sequential order of the letters are of no consequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 1) All the words have a prime number of vowels and consonants, except scared, which has four consonants. 2) The difference in the number of vowels and consonants in each word is a multiple of three, except for scared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 1) All the words have a prime number of vowels and consonants, except scared, which has four consonants. 2) The difference in the number of vowels and consonants in each word is a multiple of three, except for scared. I would consider both of these answers as observing the frequency of letters. My answer's not quite as obscure (at least in my mind it's not). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 homily, as it's the only one that doesn't start with a stand alone 4-letter word: EAST er JUMP ing PUMP kin SCAR ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 homily, as it's the only one that doesn't start with a stand alone 4-letter word: EAST er JUMP ing PUMP kin SCAR ed You don't call your friend homi? lol jk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 You don't call your friend homi? lol jk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Easter - I think it's the only word in which the letters can be rearranged to form a different word (teaser) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Easter - I think it's the only word in which the letters can be rearranged to form a different word (teaser) scared is the only other. sacred, cedars, cadres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 homily, as it's the only one that doesn't start with a stand alone 4-letter word: EAST er JUMP ing PUMP kin SCAR ed Unfortunately, this isn't it. But that answer seems better than the one I'd intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Maybe... "jumping" is the only word that has no "tall" letters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 jumping is the only one that cannot be typed with one hand (with proper hand placement on a qwerty) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 jumping is the only one that cannot be typed with one hand (with proper hand placement on a qwerty) Ding ding ding! We have a winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Which of these words is the odd one out?
easter
homily
jumping
pumpkin
scared
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