[Guest]

I found my favorite lateral puzzles book of all time in my boxed up book collection - it is called "Lateral Puzzles." I'll be posting a few from it over the next few days - they are fun, and do not require any thought on my part So here is an easy one to start off with.

What are the elusive characters? Missing two letters or numbers?

W A T E _ M _ L O N

[akaslickster]

Emergency Room

[Guest]

Emergency Room

Not quite

[Nikyma]

room emergency?

[Guest]

watermelon?

I don't understand the emergancy room guesses.

[akaslickster]

I don't understand the emergancy room guesses.

watermelon?

I highly doubt it was meant to be that easy. More to it.

[Guest]

no no to all - the blanks represent single characters, also

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What are the elusive characters? Missing two letters or numbers?

W A T E _ M _ L O N

Neal , as you have said this is a lateral thinking puzzle, maybe we have to answer your question.

So how about the answer being two letters.

[akaslickster]

wait a mile on.

wateamilon

Edited May 10, 2008 by akaslickster

[Guest]

wait a mile on.

wateamilon

no sir, keep trying

[Guest]

18,5?

[Guest]

18,5?

no and I'll give you 2 stars for your guess

[akaslickster]

wate:melon or we ate colon melon yuk.

[Guest]

wate:melon or we ate colon melon yuk.

you did?? that's gross, man - I'll send you some food if you're resorting to that type stuff

incorrect, by the way

[akaslickster]

watedm+lon

okay bedtime, maybe later on.

[Guest]

watedm+lon

okay bedtime, maybe later on.

sorry captain, incorrect. Good efforts tonight, though.

[Guest]

I found my favorite lateral puzzles book of all time in my boxed up book collection - it is called "Lateral Puzzles." I'll be posting a few from it over the next few days - they are fun, and do not require any thought on my part So here is an easy one to start off with.

What are the elusive characters? Missing two letters or numbers?

W A T E _ M _ L O N

C & T

[Nikyma]

C & T

I can't believe I missed that! Nice work =W=

[Guest]

Yes, =W=, well done.

[Guest]

I still don't get it.

[Guest]

Oh, ok I see it now!

[Guest]

I still don't get it.

What Are The Elusive Characters? Missing Two Letters Or Numbers? The first letters of each of the aforementioned words correspond to the letters in the "sequence."