Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

[JB]

Which of the words below is least like the others? The difference has nothing to do with vowels, consonants or syllables.<br /><br />TWIN CHIME SCORE PLATE CARE HAT

 

[bootle]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

chime<br />care

 

[jtexas]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

hat

 

[heycods]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Plate

 

[JB]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Ha! Gotcha this time.

 

[dogsdad]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

I say "care" is different because as a noun, it is not a tangible object.

 

[Holdimhook]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Gotta be care. Dogsdad types faster than I do.

 

[jtexas]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Originally posted by dogsdad:<br /> I say "care" is different because as a noun, it is not a tangible object.

Can you show me a tangible score?

 

[sangerwaker]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Sure.<br /><br />

<br /><br />Wouldn't what's on the board be the "score". How bout a "score" of music. Pick any sheet music as an example.

 

[62_Kiwi]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Originally posted by jtexas:<br />

Originally posted by dogsdad:<br /> I say "care" is different because as a noun, it is not a tangible object.

Can you show me a tangible score?

I agree with Dogsdad - "care" is the only non-physical object. A Score can be a mark of physical damage - such as what you often get on a brake disc. Still a physical thing.

 

[bootle]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Twin<br />Chime<br />Hat<br /><br />Score --- cores<br />Plate --- Pleat<br />Care --- race<br /><br />

 

[bootle]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Hey Sanger, At first i too thought that it may have somethinh to do with baseball, that is why i picked chime and care 'cause i could'nt see what they had to do with baseball

 

[jtexas]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

The image is of a scoreboard...if the score is tangible, then so is your age, your fuel economy, etc.<br /><br />I'll buy the musical score and the brake disc, though.<br /><br />But it has to be "chime" because it's the only one that isn't in this sentence: "My twin brother doesn't care if you wear your hat when you cross the plate to score the winning run."

 

[JB]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Well, that's the one, JTexas, but the wrong reason.

 

[jtexas]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Only "care" can be traditionally typed with one hand on a qwerty keyboard.

 

[bootle]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

"Which of the words below is least like the others? "<br /><br /><br />By the way that this question is worded, my understanding is the answer has to be more than one word.

 

[JB]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

"is" implies one word, Darth.<br /><br />C'mon, guys! JTex has the right word, but the wrong reason.<br /><br />Why is CHIME least like the other words?

 

[jtexas]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Darth, you forgot your English 101...the word "words" is object of the proposition "of" - the predicate is "is" which is singular. So it depends on what the definition of is is.<br /><br />All the letters in "chime" are in the first half of the alphabet?

 

[bootle]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

C'mon jt, are you tryin' to say Bubba Billy was right? <br /><br />btw, i do believe that you meant "preposition"

 

[JB]

Re: Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

Okay. Time's up.<br /><br />CHIME is the only one in the group that does not leave a common English word when the first letter is removed.<br /><br />JTex only gets half credit because he couldn't explain why, but half is more than anybody else got.