3 letters

wolfgang59

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Posers and Puzzles

16 Feb 08

Green Paladin

Pale Blue Dot

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01 Mar 08

Originally posted by yosiman
tingle, fifth, remnant. Not sure about OBD.

Obdurate.

Aetherael

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01 Mar 08

Originally posted by Green Paladin
Obdurate.

that's the one i was thinking of 🙂 ... i had dangle, fifth, and alumna

yosiman

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09 Mar 08

XYG

FabianFnas

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09 Mar 08

Originally posted by yosiman
XYG

Oxygene

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

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09 Mar 08

3 edits

How about...

UFA

🙂

alexdino

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09 Mar 08

1 edit

failure

How abut...GGY,NNN,

kbaumen

Sigulda, Latvia

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09 Mar 08

1 edit

Baggy.
Manufacture.

But I can't think of any with 'nnn'.

Grampy Bobby

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09 Mar 08

Originally posted by kbaumen
Baggy.
Manufacture.

But I can't think of any with 'nnn'.

Good job, KB. Believe "manufacture" is the only root word in the English

language containing the letters 'ufa' in that exact sequence. -gb 🙂

Grampy Bobby

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09 Mar 08

Originally posted by alexdino
failure

How abut...GGY,NNN,

"Failure" has the three letters but out of sequence.

kbaumen

Sigulda, Latvia

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09 Mar 08

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Good job, KB. Believe "manufacture" is the only root word in the English

language containing the letters 'ufa' in that exact sequence. -gb 🙂

Could be, I can't think of any other word with this letter sequence. But then again, English isn't my mother tongue.

HandyAndy

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09 Mar 08

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Good job, KB. Believe "manufacture" is the only root word in the English

language containing the letters 'ufa' in that exact sequence. -gb 🙂

Except for chufa, tufa and calctufa

Grampy Bobby

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09 Mar 08

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Except for chufa, tufa and calctufa

Thanks, Andy. As usual you expand my previously known horizons.

-gb 🙂

HandyAndy

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09 Mar 08

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Thanks, Andy. As usual you expand my previously known horizons.

-gb 🙂

We expect a lot from you, gb. 😉

Grampy Bobby

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09 Mar 08

Originally posted by HandyAndy
We expect a lot from you, gb. 😉

Just thinking that with UFA I probably should have specified 'commonly

used' words. Can you think of any other than... manufacture?

HandyAndy

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09 Mar 08

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Just thinking that with UFA I probably should have specified 'commonly

used' words. Can you think of any other than... manufacture?

No. Tufa is a soft sedimentary rock well known to geologists, but probably not a word you'd be apt to hear in idle conversation.