I'm a ten-letter word, but when I am heard,
I have only four, not one letter more.
My first two sounds are neat; a kind of sheet,
That starts with spread, not the kind on a bed.
Of my sounds, the third is what will be heard,
alphabetically, in the middle of modus operandi.
If you want to hear more, then like the shore,
I end at the sea, that's a hint, you see.
What word am I?
Excellency
ReplyDeleteI don't see how Don's answer fits the clues, except that it call be spelled with fourletters... X L N C. (say those four letters out loud...it sounds like "excellency")
ReplyDeleteExcellency - 10 letters sounds like XLNC.
ReplyDeleteSecond clue: A spread sheet - nice and neat - Excel, by microsoft.
Third clue - If you tek the letters of modus operandi and sort them alphabetically, the middle letter is 'n'
Last clue: Sounds like sea?
Does that help?
That is such a cool puzzle. I really like it.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked it. I would even go so far as to say this is an excellent puzzle. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnswer: Excellency (XLNC)
The four letters, XLNC, sound just like the ten-letter word excellency.
The first two sounds (XL) are the name of a spreadsheet program.
If you arrange the letters in modus operandi alphabetically (addeimNooprsu), the letter N is the middle letter. Also, modus operandi is usually written as an abbreviation, MO, which in the alphabet, would have an N in the middle.
The final letter (C) sounds like sea.