Peter's Strange Word
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My nephew, Peter, came home from school the other day in a bad mood so I asked him what was wrong.
"Our teacher asked us to write down our favourite word today," he explained. "When I gave her mine, she told me it wasn't a real word."
Intrigued, I asked him if he could tell me what the word was. He wrote it down on a piece of paper.
"I think you've just misspelled it, do you mean this?" I wrote down what I though was the correct version and handed it to him. "I have some of those in my house," I added.
"No!" he exclaimed. "This is a different word."
"Really? How do you define it?" I asked
This was his explanation
"For each one of it, I hit the sound.
If it's not it, we can consult.
Jointly, it will knock you out.
With death, there will be a result."
Looking at the piece of paper I could understand what he meant, although one of his explanations was a stretch. "Maybe it should be a word," I conceded.
What is Peter's strange word?
Please explain each line in your answer
riddle word
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My nephew, Peter, came home from school the other day in a bad mood so I asked him what was wrong.
"Our teacher asked us to write down our favourite word today," he explained. "When I gave her mine, she told me it wasn't a real word."
Intrigued, I asked him if he could tell me what the word was. He wrote it down on a piece of paper.
"I think you've just misspelled it, do you mean this?" I wrote down what I though was the correct version and handed it to him. "I have some of those in my house," I added.
"No!" he exclaimed. "This is a different word."
"Really? How do you define it?" I asked
This was his explanation
"For each one of it, I hit the sound.
If it's not it, we can consult.
Jointly, it will knock you out.
With death, there will be a result."
Looking at the piece of paper I could understand what he meant, although one of his explanations was a stretch. "Maybe it should be a word," I conceded.
What is Peter's strange word?
Please explain each line in your answer
riddle word
asked 14 hours ago
hexominohexomino
42.8k3128204
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
My nephew, Peter, came home from school the other day in a bad mood so I asked him what was wrong.
"Our teacher asked us to write down our favourite word today," he explained. "When I gave her mine, she told me it wasn't a real word."
Intrigued, I asked him if he could tell me what the word was. He wrote it down on a piece of paper.
"I think you've just misspelled it, do you mean this?" I wrote down what I though was the correct version and handed it to him. "I have some of those in my house," I added.
"No!" he exclaimed. "This is a different word."
"Really? How do you define it?" I asked
This was his explanation
"For each one of it, I hit the sound.
If it's not it, we can consult.
Jointly, it will knock you out.
With death, there will be a result."
Looking at the piece of paper I could understand what he meant, although one of his explanations was a stretch. "Maybe it should be a word," I conceded.
What is Peter's strange word?
Please explain each line in your answer
riddle word
asked 14 hours ago
hexominohexomino
42.8k3128204
$endgroup$
My nephew, Peter, came home from school the other day in a bad mood so I asked him what was wrong.
"Our teacher asked us to write down our favourite word today," he explained. "When I gave her mine, she told me it wasn't a real word."
Intrigued, I asked him if he could tell me what the word was. He wrote it down on a piece of paper.
"I think you've just misspelled it, do you mean this?" I wrote down what I though was the correct version and handed it to him. "I have some of those in my house," I added.
"No!" he exclaimed. "This is a different word."
"Really? How do you define it?" I asked
This was his explanation
"For each one of it, I hit the sound.
If it's not it, we can consult.
Jointly, it will knock you out.
With death, there will be a result."
Looking at the piece of paper I could understand what he meant, although one of his explanations was a stretch. "Maybe it should be a word," I conceded.
What is Peter's strange word?
Please explain each line in your answer
riddle word
riddle word
asked 14 hours ago
hexominohexomino
42.8k3128204
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hexominohexomino
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hexominohexomino
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hexominohexomino
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I think your nephew is thinking of the strange word
cussion
For each one of it, I hit the sound.
percussion is a musical instrument that you need to "hit" to hear a sound(per = each one)
If it's not it, we can consult.
discussion means to consult (dis = not)
Jointly, it will knock you out.
concussion is a knock out (con = jointly)
With death, there will be a result
repercussion means consequence or result (reper maybe like the Grim Reaper who symbolizes death)
And in your house you have many
pillow cushion which sounds similar
answered 13 hours ago
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I think your nephew is thinking of the strange word
cussion
For each one of it, I hit the sound.
percussion is a musical instrument that you need to "hit" to hear a sound(per = each one)
If it's not it, we can consult.
discussion means to consult (dis = not)
Jointly, it will knock you out.
concussion is a knock out (con = jointly)
With death, there will be a result
repercussion means consequence or result (reper maybe like the Grim Reaper who symbolizes death)
And in your house you have many
pillow cushion which sounds similar
answered 13 hours ago
piratepirate
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I think your nephew is thinking of the strange word
cussion
For each one of it, I hit the sound.
percussion is a musical instrument that you need to "hit" to hear a sound(per = each one)
If it's not it, we can consult.
discussion means to consult (dis = not)
Jointly, it will knock you out.
concussion is a knock out (con = jointly)
With death, there will be a result
repercussion means consequence or result (reper maybe like the Grim Reaper who symbolizes death)
And in your house you have many
pillow cushion which sounds similar
answered 13 hours ago
piratepirate
1,705526
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$begingroup$
I think your nephew is thinking of the strange word
cussion
For each one of it, I hit the sound.
percussion is a musical instrument that you need to "hit" to hear a sound(per = each one)
If it's not it, we can consult.
discussion means to consult (dis = not)
Jointly, it will knock you out.
concussion is a knock out (con = jointly)
With death, there will be a result
repercussion means consequence or result (reper maybe like the Grim Reaper who symbolizes death)
And in your house you have many
pillow cushion which sounds similar
answered 13 hours ago
piratepirate
1,705526
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I think your nephew is thinking of the strange word
cussion
For each one of it, I hit the sound.
percussion is a musical instrument that you need to "hit" to hear a sound(per = each one)
If it's not it, we can consult.
discussion means to consult (dis = not)
Jointly, it will knock you out.
concussion is a knock out (con = jointly)
With death, there will be a result
repercussion means consequence or result (reper maybe like the Grim Reaper who symbolizes death)
And in your house you have many
pillow cushion which sounds similar
answered 13 hours ago
piratepirate
1,705526
answered 13 hours ago
piratepirate
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answered 13 hours ago
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