Take the pl off plague and you get ague, an old word for a fever with shivering fits, said ay-gyoo.
What word of one syllable becomes a word of two syllables when you take two letters away?
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A disease, and then a fever.
Lee WLee WA Victorian word puzzle that seems to break the rules of counting.
What word of one syllable becomes a word of two syllables when you take two letters away?
A disease, and then a fever.
Take the pl off plague and you get ague, an old word for a fever with shivering fits, said ay-gyoo.
Source: How to Solve Conundrums, 1900