Nintendo Mensa – February 3rd, 2009

samus metroid

Samus is only a few chambers outside of Ridley’s lair.  She stumbles upon an ancient artifact that appears to be the key to opening the door to Ridley’s hideout.  She finds 8 words and a riddle:

What do all these words have in common?

- Carton
- Pined
- Renter
- Pose
- Waging
- Holy
- Biter
- Rifle

[spoiler name="View Answer Here"]ANSWER: Double an inner letter to get another common word: cartoon, pinned, reenter, posse, wagging, holly, bitter, riffle.
ridley metroid
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  • skunkchop

    WOW!
    My answer was that the first three letters of all six words are a consonant, a vowel and a consonant, respectively.
    I did find something in common with all of them, so I did answer the question, “What do all these words have in common?”
    I had a feeling my answer wasn’t the ‘proper’ answer.