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Re: Words in common

Posted by Fred on February 01, 2005

In Reply to: Re: Words in common posted by Fred on February 01, 2005

: : : Besides all ending in the letter "y" what do the words decay, enemy, essay, excellency, expediency and ivy have in common?

: : : Math class trivia

: : : my thoughts - all are nouns or can all the words also be used before or after the word "common"?
: : : Such as common enemy, common ivy

: In each word one vowel is followed by two consecutive consonants.

: : "Common" can't be the answer; it doesn't go with all of them.

That is, in each word at least one vowel is followed by exactly two consecutive consonants. So 'ace' doesn't belong to the group but 'all' does.