five-letter

• “• Find a sequence of four letters that appear in two different five-letter words, differing by one letter.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Mind of a Master Brain Teaser

• “Using the middle letter of each country's name, spell the five-letter name of a sixth country.”

  NPR: This Puzzle Is The Pits

• “SHORTZ: Yeah, yeah, five-letter word for stick 'em.”

  NPR: Pearls Of Wisdom

• “Corp. began using a new five-letter acronym to prepare its branch and call-center employees for the expected new era of regulatory restrictions.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Bank of America Branches Sit On Front Lines of Overhaul

• “In a recent crossword puzzle, the clue for 19 across was Zaftig, and the word 'plump' was the five-letter answer.”

  The Huffington Post: Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D.: Glenn Back, Gay Avech

• “But her kind marries people like Greg Gannon for one reason only, a five-letter word spelled m-o-n-e-y.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Shadow of Your Smile

• “Any guesses on who the character with the five-letter name could be?”

  The Tail Section » 2008 » October

• “And trust, that magic five-letter word, is the most important element in the relationship between a nation and its government.”

  Forbes: Wanted: Someone to Trust

• “I'm going to give you a five-letter word and a seven-letter word.”

  NPR: Hopelessly Devoted To A Challenge

• “Actually, the five-letter string “alien” appears a full 650 times in the 645-page text of H.R. 4321, encapsulated in three forms: “alien,” “aliens,” and “alienage,” a fact you can easily verify using Word, as I described in my note to Navarrette.”

  Yes, Dammit, They’re Aliens!

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