Thread: Put in a Good Word for Me - 5

Put in a Good Word for Me - 5

Find a common property shared by the 24 words in the list.
Then insert the first word into its proper place in the list.



9. SHOE

joy
jack
tray
split
beer
chest
tomato
hitch
screw
gardens
line
statesman
drop
light
syrup
ridge
drab
stick
Sunday
fuzz
needle
geometry
pudding
tea



10. ROOST

heart
ball
barrel
walk
crop
press
mountain
land
law
party
hour
game
litter
action
pudding
mill
earth
neck
times
devil
moment
morning
trade
wrist

I need a hint. On both sets.

Hello, masters!

You know that every term is preceded by a word or words
. . and the entire list has a common theme.
Also, we have to think in cliches or common phrases.


For #9, what word(s) would precede these?
. . ___ split, ___ statesman, ___ syrup, ___ fuzz


For #10, what word(s) would precede these?
. . ___ press, ___ party, ___ action

Originally Posted by Soroban

Put in a Good Word for Me - 5

Find a common property shared by the 24 words in the list.
Then insert the first word into its proper place in the list.

9. SHOE

joy
jack
tray
split
beer
chest
tomato
hitch
screw
gardens
line
statesman
drop
light
syrup
ridge
drab
stick
Sunday
fuzz
needle
geometry
pudding
tea

I'm beginning to think I'm not too good at this.

Spoiler:

Almond joy
Apple Jack
Ash tray
Banana split
? beer
Cedar chest
Cherry tomato
Clove hitch
Cork screw
? gardens
? line
Elder statesman
Gum drop
Lime light
Maple syrup
Oak ridge
Olive drab
Hickory stick
Palm Sunday
Peach fuzz
Pine needle
Plane geometry
Plum pudding
Sassafras tea

Another great performance, masters!

Here are the missing items, plus two corrections.

THEME

Spoiler:

types of trees

beer

Spoiler:

birch beer

gardens

Spoiler:

Cypress Gardens

line

Spoiler:

dateline

drop

Spoiler:

Gum drop works fine.
but "gum" is used for the Key word: gumshoe.
The expected answer was: lemon drop

stick

Spoiler:

orange stick
(used for manicures)