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Word Dissection

calligraphy

  • Take away my last 7 letters, and I’m a useful article held in the hand
  • Without my first 3 and last 4 (letters),  I am the noblest animal
  • Take away my 1st 6 letters, and I’m a watery article of commerce
  • Minus my last 4 and I’m an author
  • My  4, 5, 6, 2 is seen in some mammals, a showy thing keeping the neck warm
  • Without my 1st 7, I’m a portion of the body
  • My whole is taught early in grade school.

Can you figure out the word?

Posted: Sunday, June 21st, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Categories: Online Brain Teasers and Puzzles, Word Puzzles.

13 Comments to “Word Dissection”

  1. bobg | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 2:51 am

    Penmanship )


  2. joe | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 4:38 am

    Penmanship

    Answers are:
    Pen
    Man
    Ship
    Penman
    Mane
    Hip
    Penmanship


  3. TheMadEgyptian | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 5:45 am

    Penmanship.


  4. tad | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 8:39 am

    PENMANSHIP


  5. Shawn | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 9:21 am

    penmanship


  6. Anastasia11 | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 9:43 am

    Penmanship


  7. fuzzy | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 10:13 am

    Penmanship


  8. seelesscacti | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 12:20 pm

    penmanship

    The second clue was a bit confusing… I’d change “1st” to “first”, because I was reading it as subtract first, third and last four. But then again, I was being stupid thinking of “nape” instead of “mane” on the fifth clue.


  9. mrman | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 1:11 pm

    Penmanship


  10. amboutwe | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 5:09 pm

    penmanship


  11. Mashplum | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 9:00 pm

    penmanship


  12. Falwan | Profile (beta) June 22nd, 2009 - 10:18 pm

    Authorship ?!


  13. RK | Profile (beta) June 23rd, 2009 - 10:40 pm

    it’s true, ‘penmanship’


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