November 27 2011

X-Rayting [BB338]

XRAY Apologies in advance if you suffer from a squeamish constitution, but this week you need to fracture a bone of the corresponding length below, and thus knit the letters into a common word.

When RIB is broken in A(3)AG, for example, you’ll spell AIRBAG. (Only the last example involves a lesser known bone.)

You ready? Pass the scalpel.

P(5)LE
PE(5)
GR(4)E
EN(7)TE
(7)AL
(5)NA

Crumble any other fragile sets?

SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
BB337 SOLUTION: DITTO and WIDOW

Comments

Criseyde — 27 November at 10:07AM

1-6 without revealing the bones, the common words:

Heartbreaking, extract pellet, wrap up monthly mistress.

Have been looking forward to BB337 Solution. Still have no idea. Could someone kindly explain it, if it's not too much trouble?

Geoff Bailey — 27 November at 11:47AM

Criseyde: Re BB337, we were given an incomplete set of five-letter words, and told that in the complete set each letter that was used occurred exactly once. The unmatched letters left over were DIO, so we needed to find the two five-letter words using DIO and some other letter twice (that letter not already appearing in the group).

Criseyde — 27 November at 03:44PM

(Sorry if this is a double post.)
Thankyou Geoff for your explanation .. I was on the wrong track entirely.

7 VER(5)LE

8 (5)ALIST

9 (5)ENTIFIC

shame that appellation has 2 p's

— 27 November at 05:17PM

7. Verifiable
8. Recitalist?
9. Unscientific

10. Re(4)ches
11. De(4)

One Wheel — 27 November at 05:18PM

That one was me...