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Completing Many Words

11+ Verbal Reasoning, topic 4.1.3

Finding the Missing Letter to Complete A List

You may be given a list of words that are all missing the same letter. You must decide which letter is missing.

Example question

Example question

  • [ ] oat, [ ] art, [ ] old, [ ] alm
Testing different letters

Testing different letters

  • If the answer isn't obvious straight away, you could test each letter of the alphabet until you find the right letter.
Testing 'A'

Testing 'A'

  • Aoat is NOT a word.
  • Aart is NOT a word.
  • Aold is NOT a word.
  • Aalm is NOT a word.
  • So 'A' cannot be the missing letter.
Testing 'B'

Testing 'B'

  • Boat IS a word.
  • Bart is NOT a word.
  • Bold IS a word.
  • Balm IS a word.
  • So 'B' cannot be the missing letter.
Testing 'C'

Testing 'C'

  • Coat IS a word.
  • Cart IS a word.
  • Cold IS a word.
  • Calm IS a word.
  • So 'C' is the missing letter.
Write the answer

Write the answer

  • The answer is the letter 'C'.

Test yourself on Completing Many Words

  • Which letter completes these four words?

    [ ] and, [ ] our, [ ] ore, [ ] pot

  • Which letter completes these four words?

    [ ] ith, [ ] hat, [ ] hen, [ ] ilt

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